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                  WHAT the black man buildeth the white man pulleth

Summary:                   WHAT the black man buildeth the white man pulleth down courtesy of Sundaymail co zw Last Sunday we carried a BBC story which intimated that Bob Marley could have been inspired by a theme song to a United States television children�s programme The reaction to the story was instant and equally livid especially from the rasta community who questioned if this could be the latest attempt to denigrate the achievements of black heroes One reader who requested anonymity was angry at how there are attempts to distort the black man�s history That story is insinuating that a black man can do no good That it had to be a white man who composed and what Bob Marley only did was to copy That is ridiculous How many of Marley�s songs were hits and where could he have copied all those hits from And why did it take this long for such accusations to come out If the theme song to the cartoon series was done in 1968 and Buffalo Soldier was released posthumously in 1983 why did we wait all these years to be told now that Marley might have copied It all smacks of racism � that a black man cannot do any good Another caller also questioned why Elvis Presley who died in 1977 of suspected drug overdose is still regarded as King of Rock and Roll whereas black heroes like Michael Jackson and now Bob Marley are being obliterated from the pages of history Elvis Presley is still being worshipped in the Western world yet they have killed whatever soul Michael Jackson had left And now they are unto Bob Marley but truth is they won�t win because he was above such trivia Ras Norma of Harare said Marley was a prophet and his music was spiritual adding there is no way he could have been inspired by a television cartoon series That is a mockery to all the rasta community and it really shows that there is an agenda to tarnish Bob Marley It�s all coming from the white world That is utter nonsense his music is like he is still alive today If he copied Buffalo Soldier why didn�t he copy all the other songs History is laden with black heroes whose names have been tarnished � all for the purposes of a black man can do no good One way or the other Michael Jackson Marion Jones Mike Tyson OJ Simpson Oprah Winfrey Wesley Snipes Snoopy Dog dog amongst a host of other names have faced charges or have been derided                   WHAT the black man buildeth the white man pulleth down courtesy of Sundaymail co zw Last Sunday we carried a BBC story which intimated that Bob Marley could have been inspired by a theme song to a United States television children�s programme The reaction to the story was instant and equally livid especially from the rasta community who questioned if this could be the latest attempt to denigrate the achievements of black heroes One reader who requested anonymity was angry at how there are attempts to distort the black man�s history That story is insinuating that a black man can do no good That it had to be a white man who composed and what Bob Marley only did was to copy That is ridiculous How many of Marley�s songs were hits and where could he have copied all those hits from And why did it take this long for such accusations to come out If the theme song to the cartoon series was done in 1968 and Buffalo Soldier was released posthumously in 1983 why did we wait all these years to be told now that Marley might have copied It all smacks of racism � that a black man cannot do any good Another caller also questioned why Elvis Presley who died in 1977 of suspected drug overdose is still regarded as King of Rock and Roll whereas black heroes like Michael Jackson and now Bob Marley are being obliterated from the pages of history Elvis Presley is still being worshipped in the Western world yet they have killed whatever soul Michael Jackson had left And now they are unto Bob Marley but truth is they won�t win because he was above such trivia Ras Norma of Harare said Marley was a prophet and his music was spiritual adding there is no way he could have been inspired by a television cartoon series That is a mockery to all the rasta community and it really shows that there is an agenda to tarnish Bob Marley It�s all coming from the white world That is utter nonsense his music is like he is still alive today If he copied Buffalo Soldier why didn�t he copy all the other songs History is laden with black heroes whose names have been tarnished � all for the purposes of a black man can do no good One way or the other Michael Jackson Marion Jones Mike Tyson OJ Simpson Oprah Winfrey Wesley Snipes Snoopy Dog dog amongst a host of other names have faced charges or have been derided

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