MLK was a real gangsta, he contributed to the high black male recidivism rate but for a worthy cause! lol! We need to reexamine what the word gangster means! Gangsters and guerrillas are always discredited yet "America" was founded on this same notion many fold. The Declaration of Independence was GANGSTER. It was deemed treasonous by Great Britain. Those revolutionaries risked their lives for their "beliefs". They had something to GAIN and nothing to FEAR! Let's not mention killing Native Americans, importing Africans as slaves and annexing Mexico and Canada. The way history is told, perpetuating myths as facts, heralding mass murderers, thieves, slave owners, etc as HEROES and naming streets, schools, housing projects, libraries, parks, etc after them is hideous. I hereby present some evidence... if you have more, PLEASE submit: 1. Peter Stuyvesant, responsible for making NYC the largest slave port north of Charleston South Carolina (hence your beloved Bed-Sty and the prestigious Stuyvesant High School) 2. Thomas Jefferson (who owned 144 slaves, some of whom were his own children:) .. ever read Slave Life at Monticello http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson/slaves/ 3. James Madison-I live on Madison Ave in Harlem:(:(:(........ a "Founding Father" who also owned slaves. I particulalry love this link becuase it does exactly what I have been stating which is ... revere him as a hero despite the opening line of him owning slaves- complete with trivia questions! http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_James_Madison_a_slave_owner 4. Columbus sheesh Columbus Day and Columbus Circle?!?!??!?! are you serious? "Christopher
Columbus not only opened the door to a New World, but also set an
example for us all by showing what monumental feats can be accomplished
through perseverance and faith." --George H.W. Bush, 1989 speech How revisionist! Columbus and his men
also used the Taino as sex slaves: it was a common reward for Columbus'
men for him to present them with local women to rape. As he began
exporting Taino as slaves to other parts of the world, the sex-slave
trade became an important part of the business, as Columbus wrote to a
friend in 1500: "A hundred castellanoes (a Spanish coin) are as easily
obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are
plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to
ten (years old) are now in demand."
Ok so I'm getting MAD lol. If you would like more information about our "Heroes" please read Howard ZINN's classic A People's History of the United States http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_11?field-keywords=howard+zinn+a+people%27s+history+of+the+united+states&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&x=0&y=0&sprefix=howard+zinn The point I'm making here is that America's twisted definitions of Heroes and Gangsters has some people adopting self-destructive behaviors but are given record deals and movies. The swag and hip of society can get "dress-up" like their Cause célèbre Che Guevera and swag up and down the street. People love to dress up like "rebels" and stores are ready to supply you with spikes, tattoos, fishnets and piercings. America produces movies like The Killers with clean cut people in suits brandishing GUNS- while real gangsters like the current Wall Street protestors are held to a level of scrutiny that not even our "Founding Fathers" have to adhere to today and are not given the light of day! Halloween is a distraction and no where near as scary as our current reality. And now a word from our sponsor- βThe media's the most powerful entity
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