"Or, to put it in simpler terms: Martin Luther King, Jr. made a huge difference, but there's some question about whether he would've been successful if there weren't also a Malcolm X."

"But, if you ask someone, unprompted, "What do you think about heterosexual guys?" I would guess that roughly 0% of people would say "That's fine, but just don't act white and straight around me"."

Your comment seems to assume that people automatically think about sexuality as soon as they meet someone. I personally don't think whether someone is gay or straight unless I want to date them.

This is a balanced and well thought post. I get the "I'm a grown ass man, I do what I want." viewpoint. Thank you.

The hard 'R' on that last example made my skin wrinkle. I know you're from the UK, so I will let you know that "These guys are my niggAS." is probably what you meant. I would imagine a person saying "These are my niggers." meaning something completely different.