Farrahkan should be vilified more. He had a major hand in the death of Malcolm X, when he embraced white people as equal after his trip to Mecca and Medina and the nation of Islam basically banned him and killed with the help of the CIA. I dont get how he has somehow outlived that time period and people are inviting him in a pulpit. he would never show up at my church.
Funny you mention him, if I'm not mistaken he got a lot of those votes from a largely black district, didn't follow it all that well. Either way, Duke is probably an equal to farrakahn but the other end of the spectrum and that is for what Duke used to be. Don't know if he went back to the klan or if he is still trying to change his life.
But they are treated differently. Duke is a racist and preaches hatred. The press and the public called him out on it and he has disappeared into the darkness. Farrakhan and others are racists that preach hatred and they are proclaimed leaters of the community, have large followings and are front and center any time a proclaimed racial event takes place. Why is one rightly attacked while the other is praised? That's all I'm asking, why the obvious difference in the way they are treated and viewed?
Seems like there were even repercussions, recently, for people found to have attended one or more of his gatherings? By contrast, Osama has Shopton over to the White House.
And you won't see me praise Duke, but that doesn't change the obvious disparity in the way they are portrayed by the press and treated by the masses. It's a legitimate question, why the difference? Why aren't all racist haters treated the same? Why are white racist haters tarred and feathered while black racist haters are called community leaders? To make progress on racial issues the black community is going to have to take a look in the mirror the same as the white community has to. It's one of the main reasons why I think Obama has hurt racial relations much more than he has helped.
Maybe next we will have to change the name of anything who's name honors Confederate army units, like the Louisiana Tigers.
