* If an opinion has a popular appeal, it is a strong opinion and it has coercion.
The popuarity of an opinion is very often determined by the presentation...put a diamond on a piece of paper bag ........or put it in a velvet lined box....and see which one gets a better reception. How things are preceied and the reception they get is too often manipulated aka think propaganda....also known as "public relations"
* Ghandhi was surely an exception.
History has many exceptions....your Yunus Emre is another one
* I also believe African American have made a profound impact on the American civilization.
Yes they did, and they still are..........
Two of my favourite musicians (Monk and Miles Davis) are Afro-American. American athletism scene is dominated by African Americans and finally your president is an African American. African American people have very good cultural assets but to my knowledge they are not offered equal economic opportunities. An Afro American icon Louis Armstrong would probably die in misery did he not have that stunning skill as a musician.
It was not only his skill as a musician, it was being in the right place at the right time and making the right connections.......I´m more curious how many other artists are/were never known. Skill and talent are small parts of the equation.
How many great musicians does the Afro-American community have? How many of them will end up as Mohammad Ali or Michael Jordan.
I´m not sure what you are referrng to, Mohammed Ali´s Parkenson´s syndrome?
In this competition, you need coercion, like that offered by Obama who made it possible for a Black person to head NASA.
If by coercion you mean the presentation of a better idea, a more humane idea, not more bute force.....I agree........I think we need some sort of international movement to stop the insanity of destruction and devastation "advanced" civilization is visiting on the World......Universe...as we are now expanding and distributing our trash and "harvesting" resources in throughout the Galaxy......
