Some white folk like MLK for how he makes them feel: hopeful and absolved. Most Black folk like MLK for what he did for us: Voting Rights Act, shone light on injustices done to Black people.
If MLK joined Mastodon, some folks would tell him to CW his own mistreatment, then kick him off of his server, then subject him to targeted threats of violence, then when he left Mastodon to avoid abuse, would say it's because he craves followers and clout. 🤷🏿♂️
It's 2023 and Black people in the USA still don't have equal voting access. Like I said, the civil rights era didn't end. You are still in it.
People just pretended that the civil rights era ended once they had assassinated enough of the major civil rights leaders. But the objectives of the civil rights era have not yet been achieved.
Now we have to listen to racists that misquote MLK, and then disrespect modern day civil rights leaders like Kaepernick and Stacey Abrams the very next breathe.
Most US folk don't know about COINTELPRO, the FBI program that targeted Black civil rights leaders for false arrest, and yes, assassination. US folks don't know this, because it's not taught in schools. But Black kids know about COINTELPRO.
Most US folk don't know what a "Black Identity Extremist" is. Again, not taught in schools. If you joined a George Floyd BLM protest, there's a good chance you were investigated as a Black Identity Extremist. Again by the FBI. Black kids know this.
Instead of putting more resources towards preventing the people plotting to kidnap governors or stage coups, the FBI was surveilling Black teenagers to find out what they really meant by "Hands up, don't shoot!" and "Defund the police!" 🤡
"We must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security."
William Sullivan, head of the Domestic Intelligence Division, FBI
Same same.
Why would the FBI mark MLK as "the most dangerous negro?"
Because he had the ability to move others to peaceful protest with his words. Words. Peaceable assembly. In other words, textbook 1st amendment rights.
The US is so racist, that a Black man exercising his first amendment rights, is considered dangerous. But sure, "let the Nazis talk"🤡
The 1st amendment isn't real if it only applies to white people. Saying "Stop killing us and let us vote" should not trigger FBI attempts to destroy you.
Anyway, enjoy your day off for those whose jobs celebrate.
You hear someone reference the "I had a dream" speech, take a drink.
You hear a white person 'splain to a Black person (incorrectly of course) "What MLK's true message is all about," take a drink.
You hear someone use MLK to disrespect modern civil rights leaders, take a drink.
(Feel free to use non-alcoholic beverages).
Put Bailey's in your ☕️
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JR Buckley 🏳️🌈⚛️
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