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re: Complaints about the "lack of educational opportunity" for blacks.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:37 am to mtntiger
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:37 am to mtntiger
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They like to use Dr. Martin Luther King's name, but I don't think ANY of them have ANY idea what Dr. King and the people of his era went through to give today's black kids the opportunities that they now take big crap on. Today they whine about not having safe spaces. Are you kidding me? Back then, they couldn't use the same facilities as white people, go into a store through the front door or just look at a white person in the eyes. As I have posted previously, the problems in the black community are numerous and easy to spot. Solving them is going to take a lot of people a lot smarter than me. The first step, though, will be to admit that a lot of the problems are self-inflicted. they don't want to do that. It's much easier to blame others.
I can agree with that. Most blacks know about the civil rights movement. The issue is that they lack context to understand the societal norms of the 1950- 1970 era. Learning those norms and how people responded to them is what should shape how we go about civil actions today.
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 1:46 pm to volod
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The issue is that they lack context to understand the societal norms of the 1950- 1970 era. Learning those norms and how people responded to them is what should shape how we go about civil actions today.
Very well stated.
Now, how do we go about educating people about the realities of that era? It's obvious that public schools aren't doing it, so who's going take up the mantle of judging the content of one's character and not the color of one's skin.
BTW, the following text is from MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech:
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But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
Quite appropo for today.
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