Easily one of the most whitewashed people in US history, and I keep seeing libs using today to push for peacefully protesting the gestapo with zoomba classes and sitting on the ground.
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U can remind ppl that ppl rioted in 110 cities after MLKs assassination and the civil rights act was only signed after/cuz of that
To clarify, MLK was alive and campaigned for the civil rights acts of 1964 and 1965, and then the third in 1968 was, like you said, signed after/in response to his assassination
It’s also worth pointing out the contributions of Mao, Ho Chi Minh, and the USSR.
- Statement Supporting the American Negroes In Their Just Struggle Against Racial Discrimination by U.S. Imperialism - Mao
- Lynching - Ho Chi Minh
- The Klu Klux Klan - Ho Chi Minh
- and more in The Black Race, a collection of essays by Ho Chi Minh.
I’m sure others can fill in the USSRs contributions. I don’t have the time now.
Just make this your Malcom X day. If you’re an American you can celebrate by remembering we have free school breakfast because of them and also by protecting minorities on the streets armed.
In high school my English teacher somehow let me do a research project/paper on the idea the civil rights movement was only so successful because of those like Malcolm X and the Black Panthers as a threat behind the civil disobedience of MLK. It was well cited and I got a good grade, I think a lot of libs could be convinced of that. To me the peaceful protests that aren’t as direct or confrontational can be a good starting point for libs, but if that’s all you do that can easily be ignored by the state.
One positive about MLK Day and the general revering of him is it could inspire curious people to look into him and his contemporaries, we had assemblies in school for the day talking about him and how we solved racism/slavery and it was partly because of that I learned about radical activists during the civil rights era at a younger age. The biggest affront the mainstream celebration of him does is act like his mission was solved with the reforms the movement gained, he was clear about the racism of the class structure and inherent inequality of capitalism in America and the further work to be done.
I love Elon, I love Trump, I love America, god bless!
If it makes you feel worse, all my white suburban coworkers feign ignorance as to what holiday it is that gave us the day off work
I still contend that what Paul did to Jesus is some of the most thorough whitewashing imaginable.
Is Jesus “in US history” worthy? Asking for a friend.
I really can’t think of a more consequential religious figure for the US, since its inception and its subsequent religious revival periods, specifically.
