I had to take the bus about a week ago, and someone had taped a sign to a seat in the front row. The sign had Rosa Parks' picture and it said "This seat is reserved in memory of Rosa Parks". I thought it was kind of sweet. I was sad when I heard she passed away. She made a big difference, and I always respected what she did.
I believe Rosa Parks should be remembered. However, I have to say it does seem kind of unfair to give her a national day of mourning(not to sound like that white supremesist kid). White people have done much to end segregation and racism or discrimination. We don't have a day of mourning for John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, Susan B. Anthony, etc. We don't even have days of mourning for black abolitionists during and before the Civil War like Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, etc, and other prominent black leaders in history. What did Rosa Parks do to alter history in this nation? She may have sparked more support of the anti-segregation movement and given blacks in America more confidence, but she didn't vote to end segregation in Congress.
Making her out to be a grand hero of the republic is pathetic. Recognizing her activities towards the civil rights movement above that of prominent whites, who did far more than refuse to move on a bus to end segregation in this country, is blatent racism. Furthermore, recognizing her above or even equal to prominent blacks, leading the civil rights movement, is idiotic. Martin Luther King, for example, did far, far more than her to close the gap between whites and blacks.
"No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" - Albert Einstein
It's not okay to hate someone based solely on their race, religion, sexual preference, gender, nationality, and blah blah blah. Hate is the bane of mankind. No one should hate you, me or the next person. But, if you're going to act like a jackass, everyone is going to treat you that way. That's common sense.
And just for the record, I don't hate you. You just annoy me. I do respect your opinions, but it gets really hard to do so when you're being extremely disrespectful and immature.
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Gah, why ya gotta keep a brother down? (that was my attempt at ebonics)
I think that a day might be overboard. Sure, she's important, but MLK is already honored from that movement. I'm not denying her importance, but it ususally takes something extremely special to get a nationally recognized day, and I don't expect Bush to decide she deserves one.
"You learn about equality in the classroom but you find out about it in life" - Campus Confidential www.myspace.com/yogore
So, since we're on the matter of equal rights, does this mean we get to have moments of silence every September 13 to remember Governor George Wallace, a great leader of the white race?
No, because he didn't change the course of your country. He did jack shit and no one knows about him except his mom and a few idiots.
"Regardless, I have always, and will always, succeed."
So, since we're on the matter of equal rights, does this mean we get to have moments of silence every September 13 to remember Governor George Wallace, a great leader of the white race?
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