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PrintableuPtoWnNY said: MrSoulpower said: That's true, but you were already telling the other poster that "he could be right", when there is zero evidence for this, in fact, there is much evidence to the contrary. In your context, you could also claim that someone could be right accusing me, or anyone else, of racism, simply because nobody but I know how I truly feel inside, right? That applies to you, me, all of us. People can call me whatever they want(they could be right or wrong), but only I know what's truly in my heart. That's true, even though legally, someone may be subject to slander charges. The thing is, there is absolutely no evidence that Elvis was racist. If he was, he never showed it, and all his actions speak against it. It is simply not fair to slander the man based on myths and hearsay, when his only crime in the view of some people today is that he was a white man making millions of singing black music. It's simply not fair. And once again, those who made the claim in this discussion have failed to provide even one shred of evidence for their accusation, and most have long abandoned this thread. | |
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Eileen said: Audience, thank you for the hat tip.
Credit where credit is due. 
tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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lowkey said: i dont know if he was a racist or not but i will say that just because he loved black music and respected the black artists that created it dont mean he didnt have some racist personal views.nobody can convince me that he wasnt surrounded by a bunch of 'good ole boys', i mean the name col tom parker alone screams redneck.one thing that cant be debated is elvis benefitted from racism and segregation, and for all the talk about how much he loved black music did he ever put his money where his mouth was? did elvis ever take a stand against the racist practices of the venues he performed in? ray charles was banned from geogia because he refused to play at a segregated venue, do anybody know of any instances where elvis took a stand against racism? i really dont care if he was or not, i happen to think he was incredibly overrated as a singer and performer and it wouldnt suprise me one bit if a white man from the deep south during the jim crow era was a racist.the same white kids who beat,spit on and humiliated those black kids at arkansas little rock was probably listening to chuck berry and fats domino records. Any of your friends racist? Any of your co-workers? Do you speak out against it? | |
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japanrocks said: If Public Enemy says he was.....then he was.
I´m a big Public Enemy fan but even Chuck D. has made and still makes a lot of mistakes in his career, and for some of them he has apologized, including that line about Elvis. Don´t know if he still raps that line about Elvis but he has definitely apologized for it and said that "Suspicious Minds" is one of his favorite songs. And keep in mind that you should take a lot of their lyrics with a grain of salt. ( Some of it doesn´t even make sense...like, for instance "...skin´s protected against the ozone layer.")  He´s still cool though." I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Chic35 said: Why would anybody care now?
In the Ghetto A racist man would not have african american female backup singers in the background. that's like saying a slave owner wouldn't fuck his slaves. | |
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