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When you are privileged equality looks like a downgrade. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

MLK Jr., famous for talking about how much he loves white moderates right

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

MLK Jr, the guy that has that one quote about white moderates that gets paraded around constantly while 90% of his other words are completely ignored.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Good to see the true feelings of this community reflected in such quick fashion. ‘That one quote’ is a pretty lengthy diatribe, and it’s far from his only time. But the sick comeback makes white moderates feel better about themselves

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

He never stereotyped whites as a distinct singular identity that I can recall, it was always about their relation to maintaining inequality. One of his most impactful actions was convincing white and black unions to strike together, and that the fight for jobs and equality was one poor whites and blacks needed to share. In "The Other America" he constantly references poor white populations who share in the struggle.

MLK Jr never divided people by race like this, he thought that was one of the Three Evils plaguing American society.