-Caveat Lector-
For once I am spared being the one to point out an
unpleasant truth to the liberals on this list. This is a
current book on MLK plagiarizing and womanizing. He was
once stabbed in the chest by a husband of one of his
conquests and some of the "beatings" he incurred had nothing
to do with civil rights but rather his lurid lifestyle.
Another book at Amazon.com "Plagiarism and the Cultural
Wars" is available for any who doubt these charges. This is
why the title "Dr." is not always used but then revisionists
are annually busy distorting the truth. The University of
British Columbia or U of Vancouver actually uses the
writings of MLK as an EXAMPLE of plagiarism, partial and
total, along with stating what will happen to their own
students who do such things. I will see if I can locate it
if anybody is truly interested which I doubt as I only see
oeple interested in having their intractable beliefs
validated instead of wanting to learn truth. Truth is
subjective but such things as MLK's plagiarism is documented
line by line with the original text.
And yes, many ministers have affairs and do all sorts of
horrible things but they do not have a national day
celebrating their goodness. They are not held up to the
entire nations as examples for us all to follow as MLK and
Jackson are. And as testified to in congress, the FBI was
watching King not because of his race but because of his
communist ties and funding. Both sides of the civil rights
movement received $ from commies as this was during the
build up of the Cold War.
Again, I have the info on the Canadian University on another
computer but will find it if anybody is really interested
enough to read it. I will post if requested, This is the
ONLY person this nation devotes an entire day to him and him
alone. I wonder what the blacks who did not cheat and
womanize think of the rewards given to those who do as it
has been "justified" because he was black and oppressed.
Were not they all?
Amelia
July 10, 2000
Book Review: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Wayne Jackson
Article Description
This is a review of Professor Michael Dyson's new book,
The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
Any student of recent American history knows that one of
the significant figures in the civil rights movement was
Martin Luther King, Jr. And though some of his methods for
achieving racial equality were not consistent with New
Testament principles for changing wrong attitudes, America,
nonetheless, owes a great deal to him.
In Martin Luther King's famous "I-have-a-dream," speech
(1963), he poignantly expressed the hope that someday his
four children would be able to "live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the
content of their character." Character indeed.
However, if the famous civil rights leader had been judged
more by the content of his character than by his civil
rights activities, he would have carved a far different
niche in history. At least that is the conclusion one might
draw after reading Michael Eric Dyson's new book, I May Not
Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. (Free
Press, 2000).
Lest anyone should think that Dyson is some radical racist
out to "lynch" King's historical legacy, that is far from
the case. The black minister and professor (DePaul
University; Columbia University - African American Studies)
contends that Martin Luther King, Jr. was "arguably, the
greatest American ever produced on our native soil." Many
would suggest that descriptive is a gross exaggeration.
But in spite of such a laudatory accolade, Dyson honestly
exposes some of King's egregious character flaws - though he
attempts to rationalize them.
The thrust of Professor Dyson's book is this: Martin Luther
King, Jr.'s image has been so glamorized by the popular
press over the years (among blacks and whites alike), that
the current black generation is inclined to distance itself
from its prominent leader. The author characterizes King as
a "safe Negro" with whom white people became comfortable.
Dyson, therefore, attempts to humanize (even radicalize)
King, so that modern black people, especially the younger
generation, can identify with him.
In order to remove what he calls King's "soapy" and
"sanitize[d]" image, Professor Dyson felt obligated to throw
the floodlight upon the more unsavory elements of King's
life. For example:
King's critics have long noted that much of the civil rights
leader's academic writings were plagiarized. Dyson concedes
the point, but justifies the conduct by suggesting that this
tendency had its roots in a "black tradition" of borrowing
and expanding the ideas of other people. [Note: That
"tradition" is not limited by ethnicity.]
He contends that "King's plagiarism at school is perhaps a
sad symptom of his response to the racial times in which he
matured." And so, King stole from the writings of others
because of his "black" heritage. But what of the thousands
of honest black students who never stooped to literary
thievery? How did they overcome their "tradition"?
It is widely known that King was a womanizing adulterer.
Again, Dyson comes to the leader's defense. He asserts that
the reformer's "relationship with Coretta symbolizes the
difficulty faced by black leaders who attempted to forge a
healthy life with their loved ones while the government
aimed its huge resources at destroying their families . . .
."
He talks of how "the state has often abandoned or abused the
black family with cruel social policies." So now we know -
Martin Luther King's marital infidelity was the state's
fault! His lack of morals was thrust upon him by the
conditions of society.
Every principled black person in America ought to be
insulted and outraged by this sort of rationale. It, in
effect, says this. You cannot appreciate the advancements of
the civil rights movement, and the contributions of Dr. King
to that effort, unless you recognize how flawed and
victimized by his culture he was! If King's cheating and
adultery have to be played up, in order for the current
black generation to "connect" with him, what does that imply
about today's black youth? That's Dyson's implication. And
young black people ought to resent it.
Finally, there is this notation. While it is widely believed
that Martin Luther King, Jr. was committed to the "Christian
religion," he was far from it. He denied some of the most
fundamental components of historic Christianity. He
repudiated the doctrine of the deity of Jesus, and he
rejected the concept that the Lord was raised bodily from
the dead. King disdained the New Testament affirmation of
Christ's virgin birth, asserting that the early Christians
devised a mythological story to account for the moral
uniqueness of Jesus of Nazareth. His theology has been
profusely documented in The Christian News Encyclopedia.
This was the Martin Luther King, Jr. that many never came to
know, and who has been concealed for so long. And so, as
Dyson aptly says in this new volume (regarding his hero):
"You don't need to go out saying Martin Luther King, Jr. is
a saint."
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