The resistance to his message is edited out of the story. As though only the clan had an issue with MLK and that the person who killed him was some fringe wacko and not APPLAUDED by the white majority that day.
The history we are taught first and foremost excuse us [white americans] from our own history.
It is told in a way that makes it easy for any present day white person who has not done much work in regards to understanding racism to say "I woulda supported him at that time" and really believe it.
The history speaks to the revolutionary events like say the March on Washington - WHILE leaving completely out of the story the opposing force that these citizens had to fight.
Also it is easy to hand the entire civil rights movement to one man - instead of to the many that made it happen.
It is important not to let the masses know that change is in their own hands - better to continually report that a single hero is needed to change history.
From my perspective: The white moderates he is speaking to were engaged in the typically Euro-white cultural practice of attempted control.
White moderates and liberals do this all the time. I see it where I live. It has different ways and tactics. It's nasty and ugly and no wonder he makes the point that Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Destruction with a smile: courtesy of the "nice" white people.
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The resistance to his message is edited out of the story. As though only the clan had an issue with MLK and that the person who killed him was some fringe wacko and not APPLAUDED by the white majority that day.
The history we are taught first and foremost excuse us [white americans] from our own history.
It is told in a way that makes it easy for any present day white person who has not done much work in regards to understanding racism to say "I woulda supported him at that time" and really believe it.
The history speaks to the revolutionary events like say the March on Washington - WHILE leaving completely out of the story the opposing force that these citizens had to fight.
Also it is easy to hand the entire civil rights movement to one man - instead of to the many that made it happen.
It is important not to let the masses know that change is in their own hands - better to continually report that a single hero is needed to change history.
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White moderates and liberals do this all the time. I see it where I live. It has different ways and tactics. It's nasty and ugly and no wonder he makes the point that Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Destruction with a smile: courtesy of the "nice" white people.
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could you please send me the entire HTML for this so i can repost it?
it's GREAT!
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this is really a good post
i am sending it to my bf and one of my prof. :D
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do you use this icon especially for me ?? hehehehe
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