Please name five Black American males you respect

[reddread]

I wont go first.

[Lithos]

1. and your point?

[bravenak]

2. Why not?

I can think of many, I'd like to hear your answers first since you posed the exercise.

[Maedhros]

3. Here's my five, in no particular order:

1. My son-in-law
2. His recently deceased grandfather
3. Neil Degrasse Tyson
4. Tamba Hali
5. Morgan Freeman

These are just off the top of my head; I could name more.

[Hekate]

4. Easy for me to do, but what's your point? It just feels like bait. nt

[procon]

36. Bait. Yeah, that's my take away, too. nt

[SidDithers]

101. It is...nt

Sid

[notadmblnd]

5. My husband, my son, my brother in-law

the President and my sister's neighbor who helps care for her yard.

[Adrahil]

131. Awesome. NT

[MineralMan]

6. If you're not willing to list yours, why should I list mine.

Cough up your list, and I'll give you mine.

[AverageJoe90]

7. Here's mine:

1.) Dr. Neil Tyson
2.) Martin Luther King, Jr.
3.) Morgan Freeman
4.) Lester Holt
5.) Barack Obama, current President.

[RebelOne]

37. I agree with your list,

but Barack Obama should be No. 1 and Morgan Freeman No. 2.

[AverageJoe90]

39. Okay, but mine was in no particular order, TBH.

I just wrote 'em down as they came to me.

[bigwillq]

8. My friend Ari

Great father, great husband, great son. Teacher, coach, basketball referee.

2. My friend Shawn
3. Gary, coach in my area.
4. Bobby, coach in my area.
5. John Lewis

[kwassa]

9. no, please name five black American males YOU respect ...

then I will be happy to oblige. I can do many.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Hmmmm

Alive

Desmond Tutu
Leonard Pitts
Larry Wilmore
John Lewis
Neil Degrasse Tyson

Dead

MLK
Frederick Douglass
Richard Pryor
Nelson Mandela
Thurgood Marshall

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

58. Nice lists, but as a nitpick

I think they're supposed to all be Americans

[Kelvin Mace]

134. Doh!

[onecaliberal]

11. 5

John Lewis
James Clyburn
Cory Booker
POTUS Barack Obama
Muhammad Ali

[Autumn]

12. Here are mine, in no particular order

Neil Degrasse Tyson
Martin Luther King
Morgan Freeman
Mohammad Ali
Dick Gregory

[Xyzse]

13. Quite a few actually. I am even going by those who are still alive.

Charles H. Epps Jr.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Kojo Nnamdi
Terry Crews - This guy is smart, funny, and yes he is smarter than what his roles portray.
Wendell Holloway

[OriginalGeek]

64. Agreed on all

I just wanted to especially high five for Terry. That guy is awesome. I wish he was a friend of mine so we could hang. I enjoy every performance I've seen him in.

[Rex]

14. No please, you go first.

[villager]

15. Kind of a chickenshit post, if you "won't go first"

n/t

[madokie]

121. Yup thats what chickens do

the shit and this is a chicken shit post if ever there was one posted on DU

[hifiguy]

16. OK.

My Representative, Keith Ellison
my friend Marcellus
my friend Rick
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Justice Alan Page of the MN Supreme Court

[3rdwaydem]

17. My 5

1. President Obama
2. Dr. King
3. Colin Powell
4. Andrew Young
5. Eric Holder

[cyberswede]

18. Name five American males you respect

...race notwithstanding.

[Chaco Dundee]

19. all should be respected

Neil degrasse tyson
Morgan freeman
Denzel washington
Barac obama
Ray charles l.p.

[RadicalGeek]

20. My Five, INPO (In No Particular Order)

Cornel(l) West
President Obama
Jarrett Samuels (My High School's Football Coach)
Ryan Shazier (LB For the Steelers)
Daryle Jenkins(sp)-Head of One People's Project

[LeftInTX]

21. Why you ask?

There are plenty of them and why only 5?

I don't get this.

[reddread]

22. take your pick

I respect them all, including Cornell West and Mumia Abu Jamal.
Now where would this thread go with those for starters?

on the unfortunately dead side, I would note Malcolm X and Huey Newton.
Give considerable props to Louisville's (still living!) favorite son as well.
anyone lacking patience or politeness can go start their own thread.

[bravenak]

26. I'll accept your list and add Barack Obama.

And my sweetie pie.

[JustAnotherGen]

52. This is an interesting thread

Very interesting

[bravenak]

55. Oh. I think so too.

Not sure whether I like it very much, but, well, who cares what I think? I have bad grammar anyway.

[JustAnotherGen]

69. Don't worry

There's always ignore. See my response below. I'm kind of gob smacked that so few people have any heart space heroes they respect. It says a lot about my father that all I can say was - he was a stellar man. He was. The number of forty something white men that came to his visiting hours to bring their respect and share how influenced them? They would all have Coach R at the top of their list. My brother would probably be second.

[bravenak]

72. Most of the ones I respect I know personally.

There are just too many to count or list. I am going to stop. With this kinda stuff.

[JustAnotherGen]

77. Within the thread op shows intent

Upset because we aren't all thrilled about Corny being on Bill Maher tonight. I think my list speaks volumes.

Uncle Frank didn't have Corny's education or the education of his Father In Law or brother in laws. He didnt speak "pretty" like Corny. Your grammar cops would have a fit with his fixin's and ain'ts -

But he didn't just talk. He did. He gave. He helped. So many black folks received the gift of education he didn't get. Some of them probably were taught by Corny. But I digress.

My list stands - because it provides an excellent contrast point.

[bravenak]

82. You are sharp!

My mind was going there but, I hoped this wasn'what I thought it was. That's why I felt the need to add the Prez. I also favor your list of people. Hmmm.

[zappaman]

86. Myself as well.

Starting with my wife and her mother.

This OP is stirring the pot.

[bravenak]

91. Yeah. I'm getting the feeling that this person is not on the up and up.

Kinda sad. But it is nice to know what kinda people we are dealing with.

[whistler162]

123. Probably a Michiganist or

whatever the term is.

Dead(without a gender biad0
Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglas
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Airmen(not one person but)
Lena Horne
Dr. Charles Richard Drew

Alive or where last time I checked
Mr. Patterson - fell in love and married a white woman, add her to the list of white woman I respect, in the early 1960's. Lived worked and raised two children in the Central New York area.
Mark Muhammad nice guy for a Professor and former board member of the company I worked for.
Bill Cosby
President Obama
Oprah

[JustAnotherGen]

92. You got the icky feeling too?

[sheshe2]

93. I did as well.

And why aren't the women included?

[JustAnotherGen]

94. Because

Corny is a man.


I still take Melissa's side in their argument!

[sheshe2]

98. Love that quote!

And I love Melissa~

Corny is a man and a bit of an ass along with Tavis!

Well here is my #1 on the list~

[randys1]

76. Willie Mays is the greatest living human Black or otherwise

[Iggo]

61. Cool, because the wording of your OP makes it look like you can't think of any.

In case you were wondering.

[reddread]

62. no it doesnt

so I dont

[Iggo]

65. Except yes, it does.

But at least now I know you weren't wondering!

[hfojvt]

23. Michael Strahan

and then Charles (from my first office job), Eddie (my insurance agent), Charles (who works with me now), and Sen (does that count, my graduate school roommate from India)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Paul Robeson, MLK, Bayard Rustin, Langston Hughes, Miles Davis

And, many more.

[bigwillq]

25. Your turn (nt)

[Tikki]

27. My friend Art, My President, Eric Wallace, Keb Mo (met him) and my grandson's paraeducator.

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But then, I respect people for who they are and all...


ERIC WALLACE A man from North Carolina who is 'down under' learning the greatest sport on Earth and doing quite well...


Tikki

[gwheezie]

28. People I know amount to more than 5

tyrone my son in law
Alvin my bff
James my neighbor he's the go to guy for any problem you have from running out of hay to pulling your tractor out of the mud
Tony the person I want standing next to me if I keel over dead, he'll either save me or pray for me
Jimmy C

[JustAnotherGen]

96. You win the thread!

"He'll either save me or pray for me".

That's a good friend.

[stevenleser]

29. Charlie Rangel, Barack Obama, Bill Perkins, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton...

Hank Aaron, Chet Whye, Oscar Carter, Julius Hollingsworth, Shar-ron Corley, Roy Paul... I could go on.

[ieoeja]

30. Eric, Greg, David, Ron and my son. n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

70. Love your list!

[obnoxiousdrunk]

31. 50 Cent, Nas, Run DMC, Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dog...

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

59. No Rob Hustle?

'Call the Cops' deserves some respect.

[whistler162]

124. You forgot Milli Vanilli

[Sissyk]

32. Only five?

I can think of about 2 dozen without even trying, starting with my youngest son.

May I ask, what's your point?

[REP]

33. What does this question even mean?

My default position is respect unless given a reason otherwise. That's for fellow humans and other living creatures.

If you meant "admire" or "look up to," that's another question.

[Cal Carpenter]

34. I'm with you

My first reaction was to take this post in good faith, and immediately people I know personally came to mind. But then I started thinking about what the word 'respect' means and I realized the OP is a pretty fucked up question without some explanation or context.

[Rex]

35. +1

Exactly!

[BklnDem75]

38. My father and my siblings...

Interesting OP...

[Nye Bevan]

40. President Obama, Morgan Freeman, Michael Jordan, Cory Booker, Denzel Washington (nt)

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[Prophet 451]

41. In no particular order

- President Obama (self-explanatory)

- Neil Degrasse Tyson (great scientist and a great explainer-of-science)

- Darren Young (openly gay wrestler)

- Laurence Fishburne (tremendously undervalued actor)

- Samuel L. Jackson (coolest mofo alive)

[whatchamacallit]

42. Stevie is God

Love Jimi, Marvin, Otis, Al, Parker, Coltrane, Taj... Fuck it, my music list alone is endless...

Edit: Living only?

[bemildred]

43. Fredrick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Richard Wright, MLK Jr., Malcolm X. nt

[Blue_Tires]

44. 1. My father

2. Ralph Gilles
3. MrScorpio
4. PBO
5. Ta-Nehisi Coates

[JustAnotherGen]

97. Your mind went to your dad first too?

[Behind the Aegis]

114. I thought of you!

(Though you aren't a male.)

[JustAnotherGen]

119. Thanks you!

My husband read through this thread and he's like - You are sooooo Mr. Tom.

What he called my dad!

I don't back down.

[csziggy]

45. In no particular order

1.) Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
2.) Dr. Henry Louis Gates
3.) Morgan Freeman
4.) Congressman John Lewis
5.) President Barack Obama

[demigoddess]

46. mine

a Massage therapist, Joseph
Barack Obama, I love the way babies smile at him. Babies can see the soul.
Dr Henry Louis Gates, a wonderful teacher
Morgan Freeman, always a class act.
The guy two doors down, who has the most beautiful yard in the neighborhood.

[JI7]

47. only 5 ?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

48. I'm not sure why we're doing this, but why not...

1) Bill Cosby: He's made me laugh, and he's an advocate for better childhood education. He's not a perfect human being, but he's done a lot of good.

2) Barack Obama: He rose from a dysfunctional family to become an Ivy-League educated attorney, a US Senator, and President of the United States.

3) Earvin "Magic" Johnson: Hall-of-fame basketball player who -- whether he meant to or not -- did a great deal to destigmatize HIV/AIDS. He's also a hghly proficient businessman who has risen to the ownership of the Dodgers.

4) Jay-Z: Musician who earned over a billion dollars and married Beyonce Knowles in the process.

5) Les Brown: Motivational speaker, one-time talk host, one-time Democratic politician, and one-time husband of Gladys Knight. I heard him speak in Florida about 20 years ago. He's a very sharp, self-made man who at one time in his life was labled by the Dade County schools as "educably mentally retarded."

I've stuck with the living, so I've left Malcom X, MLK, Richard Pryor, George Washington Carver, Benjamin Banneker, and countless others out of this.


Why do you ask?

[reddread]

57. great list, much appreciated

cant speak for we, but for me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025709492

made we very ill. thankfully you all made the bad taste go away.
sure, suspicious and unfriendly minds could take the question apprehensively,
but would they object to the disrespect shown Dr West?
While simultaneously implying there is something worthwhile about seeing that heinous Maher?
in the words of White Power Bill:
"WHITE POWER!"

But I think we can do better.

[OilemFirchen]

66. OIC!

Huey Newton
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Fred Hampton
Clarence Clemons

Stupid game, but I win.

[Skidmore]

49. Okay.

My husband
My brother in law
Neil Degrasse Tyson
John Lewis
My son-in-law's best friend.

[LittleBlue]

50. Pharrell Williams, Samuel L Jackson, Wynton Marsalis,

Russell Wilson, Morgan Freeman

There are more, but you asked for 5.

[blm]

51. ALL men and women have my respect unless they prove they don't deserve it.

Anyone is everyone and everyone is anyone. Till they prove otherwise.

[Kalidurga]

56. ^^^THIS

My default position for everyone.

[JaneyVee]

53. Easy. Living or in history?

[JustAnotherGen]

60. Easy peasy

My father. - he was a stellar man

My Grand Daddy - lived all his life in Jim Crow and beat the son of a gun at his own game

My Uncle Doug - one cool cat. He was an air force aviator in his first career - second career? Xerox named a town hall meeting room after him. He implemented TQM at Xerox.

My uncle Frank - son of share croppers, dropped out of school when he was 12 because his father was lynched. Joined the army to fight in WW II. Went to Pittsburgh to work in a steel mill after eloping with the rich mans daughter (my aunt Clara). They scrimped and saved and plotted - bought apartment buildings and office buildings. When he died Aunt Clara was worth more than 6 million dollars. Get this - the house they bought in 1950 and paid cash for in Aliquippa they lived in until Aunt Clara moved to her retirement community a few years ago. It was 1300 square feet. At his funeral my dad pointed out that Frank was proud that in his 90 years he only owned five cars. He exemplifies - how big and showy do you need to be? You don't need to be. He gave a lot of people a free place to live - sometimes for a year at a time because they fell in hard times. Funded food banks, gave over a million dollars to the UNCF. And he was sweet and always had sugar cane at hand.

Joe Miller - former citi bank South American VP. That's my god father. Child of a prostitute in Harlem. Worked his way through City college. Joined the Army - became a Green Beret with my dad. Never married or had kids - another man that lives way below his means and blows through his money giving it away to people who need help.

You won't see any of these men in the news. There are no statues built in their honor. You might see my dad and Joe in pics of those first Green Berets, Vietnam documentarys -

But to me? They the black men I respect the most. The number one thing they each gave me? Never back down. When you are chastised - push back fiercely.

When you grow up within the black culture - you don't need to reach for the mega stars. You have precious jewels right in you blood line.

[Dont call me Shirley]

63. 5

1. Cornell West
2. Tavis Smiley
3. Van Jones
4. Nick Gerard - High School Teacher
5. Barack Obama
6. Sidney Poitier, my favorite

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

67. In no particular order

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Stokely Carmichael
John Lewis
Russell Simmons
Roland Fryer Jr.

[gladium et scutum]

68. five Black American males I respect

LCDR Joel Porter
CDR Malvin Bruce
VADM Samuel Gravely
Admiral J.Paul Reason
General Daniel James

[BKH70041]

71. Blind Melon Chitlin

Tyrone Greene
Ned the Wino
Buckwheat
Bart, Sheriff of Rock Ridge

(This list won't mean much to those who aren't familiar with TV/movie/comedy acts.)

[Rowdyboy]

73. Simple enough....

Don-close friend and co-worker for 35 years.
Dr T.-my oncologist
Lee Morris-my former supervisor of 10 years
Daniel-former co-worker and friend
Arnel-mayor of the town where I've lived for 25 years

[Vinca]

74. The POTUS,John Lewis,Eugene Robinson,Clarence Page, the AG.

To name a very few.

[Mister Nightowl]

75. As in, *Some of my favorite famous people are black*?

No thanks.

[JustAnotherGen]

90. You are a breath of fresh air!

My list are my "folks".

[LWolf]

78. Okay.

Anton. Hampton. Kamau. David. Archie.

[marle35]

79. Five

Pres. Obama
Rev. Dr. William Barber
Eugene Robinson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Morgan Freeman

[valerief]

80. To the Ignore list for you!

[MineralMan]

81. So, we never did get a list from the OP.

In fact, pretty much all we got was the OP. Never mind.

[bravenak]

84. Oh. We got this list.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5710016

[Hekate]

106. So the OP really is bait of a sort. nt

[bravenak]

107. Of course. I mean, we all knew that, though.

It 's kind of us to play along.

[Drunken Irishman]

83. Pres. Obama, Hank Aaron, Rep. Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, MLK

A lot, lot more. Including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ali, Arthur Ashe, Malcolm X, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Neil deGrasse Tyson...I can really go on and on.

[JustAnotherGen]

88. Of the entertainer athlete set - famous people

Hank is at the top of my list. He had such dignity.

[DreamGypsy]

85. No reason to repeat everybody else, so I'll just add a couple new names...

Jackie Robinson
Dick (Richie) Allen

[Egnever]

87. Only 5?

1 My next door neighbor Wonde
2 Grimey AKA Herbert
3 My old Heart doctor (sure to raise eyebrows) Conrad Murray
4 My good friend Trucker
5 Obama!

and quite honestly the vast majority of Black Americans I have met.

[sakabatou]

89. Alive or dead?

[H2O Man]

95. Er, no thank you

[delta17]

99. Many more than five.

Narrowing it down...

MLK Jr.
Buddy Guy
A close friend
Lorenzo Cain
Mo'ne Davis

This doesn't exclude anyone who wasn't mentioned, of course.

[wyldwolf]

100. Living

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Al Sharpton
Eugene Robinson
John Lewis
Barack Obama

[kestrel91316]

102. Wow. Betcha this is a racist baiting project.

[cwydro]

110. Think so too.

And as I posted. WHY do they have to be MALE?

[ZombieHorde]

103. All of them.

Respect is my default position. People have to earn my disrespect.

[warrant46]

104. Heres mine

1. Michael Brown

2. Trayvon Martin

3. Mike Tyson

4. Adrian Peterson

5. Michael Vick

[3catwoman3]

105. Besides President Obama...

...Michael Eric Dyson
...Neil Degrasse Tyson
...Levar Burton
...John Lewis
...Keith Ellison
...James Clyburn
...Jonathan Capehart
...Clarence Page
...Eugene Robinson

[demwing]

108. My 5

Barack Obama
Rev Martin Luther King, JR
Muhammad Ali
Bob Marley
Neil deGrasse Tyson

[cwydro]

109. Why do they have to be MALE?

I have two close African American friends who would be on that list, but they are female.

Do you mean famous males? Alive? Dead?

Is this just a stupid bait question?

But of course, males count more than females. Right?

[JustAnotherGen]

120. OP was upset that

Folks weren't all jazzed up about Cornel West being on Bill Maher.

People are different and there is a good segment of black America that has moved on from what West is selling - myself included. I'm tired of talkers and writers - do something.

[phylny]

111. My list:

Ricky Ervins, a former NFL player who trained our middle daughter after her ACL surgery years ago.

Dr. John Taylor, the obstetrician who delivered our third baby girl.

Stan, our office manager's husband, who is a devoted husband and step-father/grandfather and a kind man.

Booker T. Washington, since his national monument is in the next town over, and

President Barack H. Obama.

[joeglow3]

112. Many listed here, plus Charles Dutton

[LaydeeBug]

113. *ONLY* 5? Sheeeeeeeew, I could give you a lengthy list, or do you just want the top 10?

Five is jive.

[scarletlib]

128. Just to add my 2cents:

Ditto to allof the above but also must add Rev William Barber of North Carolina NAACP creating and leading Moral Monday Movement.

[ariesgem]

115. My father

Muhammad Ali
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Spike Lee

[SoCalDem]

116. JC, Lang, Keelan, Jeff, Pete

5 of my bowling buddies whom I have known for 20+ years ..and their wives too

[davidpdx]

117. I'll go

President Barack Obama
Representative John Lewis
Laurence Fishburne (He is a great actor. I remember seeing him in Quicksilver years ago.)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (I admit I had to look up his name because I couldn't remember it off the top of my head)
Rev. Jesse Jackson (I got to hear him speak about 20 years ago and even if you don't agree with 100% of what he says, hearing him in person was a honor. Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay for the whole speech).

[LostOne4Ever]

118. My five

Langston Hughes
Neil deGrasse Tyson
George Washington Carver
W. E. B. Du Bois

and the list would not be complete without

MLK Jr.

[yuiyoshida]

122. Willie Mays, Willie McCovy, Juan Marichal ...Vida Blue

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Chili Davis...Kevin Mitchel, Jeff Leonard, Managers Frank Robinson, Dusty Baker, (Yes, I love Sports especially baseball.) And, I have been to Cooperstown, NY.

[mythology]

125. Sure I'll play

In no particular order, here are some prominent African American males I respect. Given that you obviously won't know the ones I name from my real life, I'm refraining from listing them.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Chuck Nice
Barack Obama
Morgan Freeman
Keith Ellison
Joe Frazier
Martin Luther King Jr.
Frederick Douglass
Denzel Washington
Booker T Washington
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Arthur Ashe
Jesse Owens
Hank Aaron
Ralph Ellison
Langston Hughes
Bill Cosby
Emmet Till
James Earl Jones
Spike Lee
Thurgood Marshall
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Wonder
B.B. King
John Lewis
Sydney Poitier
W.E.B. du Bois
Richard Wright
George Washington Carver
Jackie Robinson
Baratunde Thurston

I don't respect all of the above equally, nor do I respect or stand for everything they did/do. But I do respect the abilities of all of the above. There are others I left out, but that's a good start.

[exboyfil]

127. Why Emmet Till?

What happened to him was tragic, but what was his personal accomplishment? I would say his mother for allowing the casket to be open to put a face to the horrible thing done to him.

My list would include Medgar Evers instead.

[OilemFirchen]

132. I'll add Paul Laurence Dunbar to the list.

Just to piss off the OP.

[exboyfil]

126. In respect of privacy

I won't give names but here is my list:

A young coworker who has one of the sharpest minds I have ever worked with. He took to a complex analysis package very quickly (far quicker than I did)

One of my college roommates who is now an engineer in Southern California

A friend from church who is now an Asst Super. of Schools

A high school friend who is now a prominent lawyer in the community I went to high school in

Another friend of mine who is now a high school choir director

As a bonus a friend from Jr. ROTC who died tragically as a young man from heart disease. That one hurts.

Of course you also have the famous individuals. My current favorite is Neil deGrasse Tyson because I have an interest in science and technology education, and I think he did a fine job with the latest Cosmos (not to mention his earlier projects to popularize science).

[TlalocW]

129. I can't think of five WHITE American males I respect

So I lose.

TlalocW

[Adrahil]

130. Easy...

Barack Obama
Keith Ellison
Niel DeGrasse Tyson
Chris Massey (a guy I work with... Really smart, excellent guy all around)
Elijah Cummings

Lots more really...

[Corruption Inc]

133. If I do I'll get verbally abused as several have been thrown under the bus here

along with alternative media, universal health care and holding the Bush war criminals accountable.