The 15 Most Overrated Black People.

where’s Louis Farrakhan?

Louis Farrakhan, Santiago de Cuba, February, 1998:
"There is not a member of the black masses in the United States who is not proud of the example set by Cuba and its revolution, with Comandante Fidel at its head"

Source: http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/farakhan21898.html#says
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"Minister Farrakhan and his delegation met privately with President Fidel Castro of Cuba."
http://www.finalcall.com/media/cuba/
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Unity generates power to change reality
By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

"The time has never been more ripe for a strategic relationship between the Black, Brown, Native American and the poor of this nation and the world."

"We need a Ministry of Defense. Our young men are born soldiers, but they are in the wrong war. They are fighting a war in the streets of America against each other, or they are fighting an unjust war overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. We need to bring our boys home and put them into the Ministry of Defense, so we can defend our communities, rather than destroy our communities.

We need a Ministry of Art and Culture. We applaud the hip hop community, the leaders of young people all over the world, but I want the young generation of artists to know there is a bigger purpose for art and culture than popping our fingers and shaking our backsides.

Mao Tse Tung, throughout his long march to conquer China, had a billion people whose lives he had to transform. Many of them were victims of opium, drugs and prostitution, like we are. But Mao Tse Tung went to the cultural community and they accepted his idea. Then, through song, dance, poetry, drama, documentaries, movies and books, the idea of Mao Tse Tung became the idea of a billion people. China became a world power on the base of culture and the artistic community. If we had a Ministry of Art and Culture in every city, [we'd] create this movement [in the U.S.], we could say to our young people, “What is the idea of the Time and are you reflecting that idea in your songs, dance and music?

We need a Ministry of Trade and Commerce. Do you think that a Millions More Movement should not be involved in the development of Africa, the Caribbean and Central America? ... we need a Ministry of Trade and Commerce that can link the struggle here with Africa and the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Source: FinalCall.com
This is Farrakhan's own "Nation Of Islam" website
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4328.shtml
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Farrakhan hails Obama as 'hope of entire world'

Louis Farrakhan, at the annual Saviours' Day celebration in Chicago, Feb. 25, 2008: "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better"..."If you look at Barack Obama's audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed."
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23333598/

Video of Farrakhan's Obama endorsement at the above 'annual Saviours' Day celebration in Chicago, Feb. 25, 2008'. Hear him (Farrakhan) call Obama "The Messiah" And speak of "universal change":
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=farrakhan+messiah+obama&aq=0&oq=Farrakhan+messiah
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Farrakhan:

"If you look at Barack Obama's audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed."

"Mao Tse Tung, throughout his long march to conquer China, had a billion people whose lives he had to transform."

As long as we're goring sacred cows, let's take on a couple more.

Malcolm X -- little more than a pimp and a burglar, Malcolm Little couldn't make up his mind who he hated more: Whitey or Elijah Muhammed. In the end, the latter killed him, much to the embarrassment of his black separatist supporters and the bigots who marched with him.

Frederick Douglass -- We're told these days that Douglas was a fiery champion of abolitionism, a tireless fighter for equality. Yet he was never mistreated and learned to read from the wife of his white master in Baltimore. He lived little of the harsh life of slavery, serving as a house servant most of his youth, until he escaped at age 20 and moved into the abolitionist circles of William Lloyd Garrison and others. Far from being liberationist manifestos, his autobiographies are poorly written self-aggrandizements cataloging the petty resentments of a man who found his identity by assuming the travails of others.

Ralph Ellison -- wrote one lousy, boring book (Invisible Man) that nobody ever reads outside of PC high school Lit classes. Reiterates the same tired class envy/white privilege mantra that has been popular with black martyrs for the last 80 years, but was nothing more than a disgruntled communist with a tan.

Mohammed Ali -- one heck of a boxer, no doubt. But a loud-mouthed jackass of a man whose ego broke the trail for subsequent windbags like Charles Barkley and Dennis Rodman and turned professional sports into narcissistic vehicles. Compare him to a man of equal skill like Joe Louis, who won his fights and went on about his business instead of assailing us with non-stop jabber about his greatness. And speaking of boxers ...

Mike Tyson -- an utter boob, a complete clown, a misfit who escaped from the 'hood only to prove that if you give a gorilla a bunch of money, what you have is a rich gorilla. Completely washed up, a discredited felon, Iron Mike has to be surviving on the charity of others these days unless he's managed to get his old job at the car wash back ...

Louis Farrakhan -- crazier than a bedbug, Calypso Louie believes whites are demons and blacks are awaiting rescue from their oppressors by civil rights aliens. Aside from a Buckwheat smile that could curdle milk, Farrakhan should be locked up for sheer lunacy, as well as brain pollution.

Jimi Hendrix -- guitar player junkie who drowned in his own vomit. Big whoop ...

Billie Holiday -- blues singer junker who roached her liver and died with a dime bag of heroin tucked under her hospital sheets.

Then there's Nelson Mandela, Stokley Carmichael, Wesley Cook (aka Mumia abu Jamal), Ruben "Hurricane" Carter, Julian Bond, ... men not worth the ink that's been expended telling us how nobly they've struggled against bigotry and oppression and blah blah blah. Mediocre men who in general are hailed for simply being victims, often of their own stupidity.

How about a list of underrated black people? This is a decidedly mixed bag from off the top of my head.

Booker T. Washington--Founder, Tuskegee Institute, author, Up From Slavery (New York: Doubleday, 1901) Although he's well-known, he has been panned by liberals for decades.
Marva Collins--K-12 educator. Author, Marva Collins Way (New York: Manner, 1984)
Raymond Tanter--International relations and national security expert. Author of numerous scholarly articles.
George Schuyler--Prolific writer, author of Black No More. Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940 (New York: Macauley, 1931) and Black and Conservative INew Rochelle, NY: Arlington, 1966).
Manning Johnson--anti-Communist activist, author Color, Communism & Common Sense (New York: Alliance, 1958)
Jimmy Jones--athlete; quarterbacked the USC Trojans to significant victories over UCLA in 1969 and Michigan, Alabama and Notre Dame in 1970
Larry Elder--Radio talk show host and author
Moise Tshombe--Premier, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1964-1965--pro-Western African leader snubbed by the West.
Julia Brown--FBI agent who infiltrated the Communist Party; author, I Testify: My Years as an Undercover Agent for the FBI (Boston: Western Islands, 1966)
Abel Muzorewa--pro-Western Zimbabwe leader that the West discarded in favor of Robert Mugabe
Thomas "Georgia Tom" Dorsey Composer of the hymn "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" (1932) Played piano for the Tub Jug Washboard Band.

Re: Angela Davis

Portrait of Angela Davis by Obama "Hope and Change" artist Shepard Fairey...

Angela Davis

Angela Davis by Obey Giant, Shepard Fairey:
http://www.zimbio.com/Shepard+Fairey/articles/63/Angela+Davis+Obey+Giant+Shepard+Fairey

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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
PROFILE: ANGELA DAVIS

* Communist professor at the University of California’s Santa Cruz campus
* Recipient of the Lenin “Peace Prize” from the police state of East Germany in 1979
* Provided an arsenal of weapons to Black Panthers who used them to kill a Marin Country judge in a failed attempt to free Davis' imprisoned lover, Black Panther murderer George Jackson
* Icon of the campus Left and frequent guest speaker at anti-war rallies
* Leader of a movement to free all criminals who are minorities claiming that they are political prisoners of the racist United States
* “The only path of liberation for black people is that which leads toward complete and radical overthrow of the capitalist class.”

Angela Yvonne Davis is a tenured professor in the “History of Consciousness” program at the University of California - Santa Cruz. A former member of the Black Panther Party, she is currently a “University Professor,” one of only seven in the entire California University system, which entitles her to a six-figure salary and a research assistant. This income is supplemented by speaking fees ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 per appearance on college campuses, where she is an icon of radical faculty, administrators, and students. Davis has also taught at UCLA and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1303

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"The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people"--Barack Hussein Obama, in his Thank You letter to Shepard Fairey

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From Shepard Fairey's official website (ObeyGiant.com):

Check it out! I got a thank you note from Barack Obama. If he is elected, maybe I have a get out of jail free card. All kidding aside, I’m honored to be acknowledged by someone so important to the future of our country. Also, the Obama campaign asked me to do a poster illustration for sale on their site. It should be out next week on barackobama.com.-Shepard
http://obeygiant.com/post/check-it-out
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Here is the 'thank you' letter Barack Obama sent to Shepard Fairey:
"Dear Shepard, I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.

Sincerely, Barack Obama.'"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601017.html
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The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people--BH. Obama

Other "political images/messages" by Fairey...

by Shepard Fairey

http://www.duckywaddles.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=744
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"Stalin Lenin", Shepard Fairey,
limited edition silkscreen, signed
and numbered. 18"X24" *SOLD OUT*
Source: http://www.duckywaddles.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=429
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Photobucket
"Bush Hell" by Shepard Fairey

Source:
http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=bush&fulltext=Search

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