Marcus Garvey was, in my opinion, a passionate yet power hungry extremist . From my interpretations of the readings, I have concluded that whilst Garvey's rhetoric certainly indicated a man who was driven by the necessity of self determination for 'his' fellow disenfranchised African Americans, his actions portrayed a much less compassionate person. A person who was driven instead by his own self actualization as a great and powerful leader, in fact, the first President of Africa. A person who would willingly scam and degrade his own kin for personal gains in the political sector, taking money from a people in economic strife to accrue huge debt in exchange for empty promises. In this sense, Garvey is to me, reminiscent of an early power hungry Hitler in Nazi Germany, replacing Germany as the 'promised land' for the 'master race' with Africa.
In my opinion Garvey had something to say. However the baseness in his character overtook him; he used the ideology he proclaimed to further his own ends, or he saw himself as far more important than he was and lost sight of himself and of the people he was trying to help.
Marcus Garvey was, in my opinion, a passionate yet power hungry extremist . From my interpretations of the readings, I have concluded that whilst Garvey's rhetoric certainly indicated a man who was driven by the necessity of self determination for 'his' fellow disenfranchised African Americans, his actions portrayed a much less compassionate person. A person who was driven instead by his own self actualization as a great and powerful leader, in fact, the first President of Africa. A person who would willingly scam and degrade his own kin for personal gains in the political sector, taking money from a people in economic strife to accrue huge debt in exchange for empty promises. In this sense, Garvey is to me, reminiscent of an early power hungry Hitler in Nazi Germany, replacing Germany as the 'promised land' for the 'master race' with Africa.
ReplyDeleteTiffany Korssen
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In my opinion Garvey had something to say.
ReplyDeleteHowever the baseness in his character overtook him;
he used the ideology he proclaimed to further his
own ends, or he saw himself as far more important
than he was and lost sight of himself and of the
people he was trying to help.
Thomas Owens