Black Racists Hustle Rosa's Funeral (Debbie Schlussel On Shades Of Wellstone Memorial Rally Alert)

Frontpagemag.com ^ | 11/03/05 | Debbie Schlussel

[Alia]

That's right -- you did call Rosa Parks a myth.

Help me here.. She was an activist for the NAACP, and she refused to move to the back of the bus when ordered to do so during a time when black-skinned people were treated as second class citizens. Where's the myth part come in?

And, if the whole thing was a "set-up", then do you think the white guy ordering her to move was a MYTH, too?

Kathryn Jean Lopez at NRO:

IN THE TRADITION OF PAUL WELLSTONE'S FUNERAL [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Here's some of Al Sharpton at Rosa Parks's funeral: I heard somebody say Jim Crow is who she fought and Jim Crow is still around. But Jim Crow is old. That's not who I'm mindful of today. The problem is Jim Crow has sons. Cheers.

One we gotta battle is James Crow Jr. Esq. He's a little more educated. He's a little slicker. He's a little more polished. But the results are the same. He doesn't put you in the back of the bus. He just puts referendums on the ballot to end affirmative action when you can't go to school. He doesn't call you a racial name, he just marginalizes your existence. He doesn't tell you that he's set against you, he sets up institutional racism. Where you have a nation respond looking for weapons in Iraq that are not there but can't see a hurricane in Louisiana that is there. Cheers. James Crow Jr. Esquire, that's who we gotta fight.

Jim Crow was no myth. And Ward Connerly is as right-on as can be about freedom in America; despite Al Sharpton's inability to get any if not most facts straight. About many things. Al prefers myths, I can only presume.

Ward Connerly refuses to move to the back of the bus when race hustlers like Al Sharpton demand it of him.

Ward is most definitely a hero of mine.

[goldstategop]

Off topic> The one word that didn't get mentioned in the courtroom was the "w" word. The judge was an excellent example of judicial restraint. Don't we want judges who faithfully adhere to the law instead of making it up? If I was a liberal, I'd be upset. And the attorney for the army pointed out the government kept it promises to our troops. There weren't two sides in that courtroom. I mean you do get heard and that's great about American justice but that does NOT mean both points of view have equal merit. DUH The other case on the show illustrated that "separation of religion and state" can really be taken too far. Do want to treat every holiday like it has the potential to create conflict between people of different faiths or no faiths? If we ban Halloween, why not Christmas? That's where the Left is taking things way too seriously. They think we have no business being in Iraq and at the same time they think we need to preoccupy ourselves with whether someone gets offended by lighting Christmas trees. Don't laugh. Lefties are even more zealous than most people are and they blow perfectly normal things all out of proportion. I can just see Dingy Harry's stunt fodder for some good satire.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We're Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[WyCoKsRepublican]

This whole thing is a sham. The RATS are pathethic. The lineup of the nations's most prominent blacks, one of which is Slick Willie, was fun to watch. Lots of shouting, hate-filled rhetoric and trashing of this great nation. Rush is right, they are sinking in the quicksand, and the branch being held continues to crack.

[Cincinna]

The Arkansas Grifters have a different voice and a different demeanor the further South they go.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

That's right -- you did call Rosa Parks a myth. Help me here.. She was an activist for the NAACP, and she refused to move to the back of the bus when ordered to do so during a time when black-skinned people were treated as second class citizens. Where's the myth part come in?

It is a myth that Rosa Parks was THE one who stood up to Jim Crow. Many others did before her in the same year who get no recognition.

It is a myth that Rosa Parks sparked the bus boycott. The bus boycott was prearranged waiting for a test case. The trigger was almost pulled in the case of Claudette Colvin. But she and several other 'lower class' Negroes were left to twist in the wind because they weren't the 'right kind' of Negro.

It is a myth that Rosa Parks and the bus boycott overturned segregated bus seating. The other women got together after the bus boycott began and got segregated seating laws declared unconstitutional in Browder v Gayle.

It is a myth that Rosa Parks was a simple seamstress who spontaneously stood up alone to discrimination on December 1, 1955, and around whom a movement spontaneous sprang up. She was a long-time activist, a secretary for the NAACP, who had in fact advised Claudette Colvin earlier that year while Colvin's case of failure to yield a seat to a White was being considered and was part of the boycott planning before December 1, 1955.

It is a myth that Rosa Parks changed anything. The prime mover behind Parks and the boycott was E.D. Nixon. Parks was simply selected to front the movement, which was able to be implemented quickly because Parks was already on the inside and known to the boycott organizers as the right kind of Negro who could appeal to Whites because she wasn't 'too black' and she had nothing in her background to offend the Black churches. It is noteworthy that none of the 'ordinary' Negroes who did stand alone against racism were found suitable to the boycott planners for challenging the system.

It is not an issue that Rosa Parks did what she did on Dec. 1, 1955 or that it was in some degree courageous or that it was the right thing to do or that it was an important part of the movement to end discrimination and abuse or that it is worth noting on her passing. But she was neither singular nor nor a giant in the civil rights movement. She was selected as a posterchild and a symbol, nothing more.

Myths die hard, don't they?

[Buffettfan]

I did not see any black conservatives in attendance.

[Alia]

Thank you for explaining your "myths about Rosa Parks". I understand why you see this as you do. It does make Rosa Parks into more of an "icon" than a myth, perhaps?

When I review any and all of the great things which have happened in America, and also the bad things which have happened in Ameria -- one thing I know with certitude is that there were others, and many, who paved the way for that one person in that particular moment in time, to "be" the name, the myth, the icon, the hero.

Asidem: Which is why I have always found MOST curious and hypocritical of the left to "blame America" ("Blame the Culture") for the creation of criminals -- but yet the left never pays tribute to the very same "culture" which creates icons like Rosa Parks. And E.D. Nixon.

However, if the American public had NOT been so fed up with racial bigotry,.. if so many others had not fought the good fight.. before Rosa Parks time, Rosa Parks could have still been ignored -- and the world might not have known of her. Hard decisions, and a play of life's hand is what gives each of us the golden opportunity to play our part.

Rosa Parks did hers, as did those who came before her. And I'm so glad that you've posted about these others who did come before her -- that their tribute and place in history's great record be not forgotton.

So, no. I don't see Rosa Parks as a "myth". Has it been "billed" as a myth in the eyes of a sycophant press and liberal agenda? Yes.

But what she did was no myth. Her moment in history's eye was critical, at nexus. At centerpoint. And so she is given an "icon" status. Was she MORE or less deserving than those who fought the good fight before her? No. But her moment on the public stage was found to be ripe for the turning of the tide.

"Rosa Park's" name is the chapter heading for what went on during a period of time, and before the next new chapter began.

[KateatRFM]

That is very well stated. We have always gravitated to an icon who represents a concept to us, but I think most of us know people in every movement who quietly stood up for themselves and their rights in a cause. I have had my moments in the fight for womens' rights, but a lot of us prefer to pick our battles and never get any press.

Rosa Parks was the perfect choice because she was viewed as "old" -- and even the most loutish oafs still pause before bullying an old lady. Call her a 'representative plaintiff' if you like -- the abject failure of the McDonalds Class Action Suit was due mainly to the fact that the 'representative plaintiffs' they chose were overweight shelter-dwelling Black dropouts who clearly had many other issues besides fast food. When they get a little sense and put up Susie Sorority the bulemic blonde, they'll turn her into an icon and run fast food out of the country.

[Alia]

When they get a little sense and put up Susie Sorority the bulemic blonde, they'll turn her into an icon and run fast food out of the country.

roflmao! You are sharp and so right about that. lol!

BTW, I remember a time when Canada (specifically west coast) was utterly beautiful and imminently sensible. I recall my great-uncles discussing Canada's move towards "socialist healthcare" and that it boded the end for Canada. The 60s. It was hard for me to witness, periodically through visits, the decline of standards in Canada. Last visit with my relatives? I was in near tears witnessing how dramatically altered, say Victoria B.C. was. Folks I know who now visit there -- cherish the place. I simply nod my head. As I remember when it was far far more beautiful, safer, saner.

The next big "blip" on my radar on Canada -- was the cost of a pack of cigarettes -- $4.00 and $5.00 a pack. In the 80s. And once those rises were set into Rosetta Stone, then the prices for just about everything else rose.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

It just bothers me that none of the regular Negroes was "good enough". If no regular person was going to be good enough, why not just send Parks out to do the deed in February rather than turn their backs on one person after another before admitting no one was going to be good enough? The others really did stand (sit) alone, not Parks. Parks knew she had backing.

[Alia]

I do understand. Very much.

Marketing, packaging and product is as core and valued an item as anything else. Just ask any homemaker. Right down to the smallest detail. Take Cindy Sheehan. (Puleeze!). Why her? There were others before her. Remember -- whomever is "chosen" or selected or however you wish to put it.. it's NOT just the issue. Not just the "package". It's the timing. And as you say -- yes, Rosa Parks had backing. We could go back and forth, you and I, on the "connections" thing (who has "connections"); but that is only a factor in a larger equasion. You can have the best connections in the world, but should you not be "marketable" as a "product" or spokesman or representative, that bottom line or goal can be very adversely affected. Why would the left-wing black activist groupies elect to be associated, say, with "shabazz"? Certainly, there are more reasonable spokesmen, more presentable than Shabazz. So. Why him? It's the good cop/bad cop "presentation, IMHO.

Question: Were you involved with the original folks who protested?

I get the impression there's something more on your mind.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I'm far too young for that :-)
I'm just an iconoclast I guess.

I think we've come to reasonable understanding on the subject.

[Alia]

Iconoclasts can be quite thought provoking. :) Thanks for the exchange.