It not only scares a lot of them. It scares a lot of "us" because it makes some of us uncomfortable. We may no longer be as accepting to them (our white friends/co workers). Once we are seen as loving ourselves.
Malcolm X is popular now
MLK is popular now
But my understand is that they were both far less popular back when they were alive by both them and "us".
there were a LOT of black people who didn't want to rock the boat.
A WHOLE LOT
did not like malcolm, mlk or what the panthers were doing.
they were afraid of fucking up a "good thing" the ones that were doing moderately OK
same shit like today.