Post #1024391
2023-01-16 13:57 UTC
Replies (11)
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@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe 2023-01-17 01:09
goddamn. I kinda wanna mute this but I'm afraid of white ppl shenanigans in the replies
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@Jo@social.diskseven.com 2023-01-16 14:00
@SallyStrange Says a lot about how that cartoonist viewed their audience too, since they felt the need to explicitly label MLK there. :blobtilt:
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@Rasta@halifaxsocial.ca 2023-01-16 14:23
@SallyStrange I remember those events, while I didn't know the significance at the time.
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@tommieharve@mastodon.social 2023-01-16 14:41
@SallyStrange wow - relevant also to the new anti protest and anti strike laws in the UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/police-to-get-new-powers-to-shut-down-protests-before-disruption-begins
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@Bioalchemy13@mastodon.sdf.org 2023-01-16 17:35
@SallyStrange The Birmingham, Alabama newspaper wasn’t too far from the popular perception of the civil rights movement at the time, from what I’ve heard.
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@Clarity@c.im 2023-01-16 18:16
@SallyStrange Ignore then shame them beat down repeat. Plantation games.
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@mellie@mindly.social 2023-01-16 21:13
@SallyStrange yes there were riots but they were because the KKK literally bombed churches
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@MargaretD@mstdn.social 2023-01-16 22:27
@SallyStrange and they still would be hostile to MLK if they studied his work instead of the whitewashed, watered-down ‘I have a dream’ version.
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@bouriquet@c.im 2023-01-17 00:01
@SallyStrange No matter how you address it, they regarded any black activists seeking their rights as something to be feared. Using fear to perpetuate and spread racism. It is amazing that he now has a memorial in Washington DC. We’ve come so far but not all of us
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@unconed@mstdn.io 2023-01-17 04:27
@SallyStrange "Judge people by the content of their character, not their skin." was his message. And here you are, generalizing white people while fashioning yourself as morally superior. This is why people who pay attention realize that BLM actually stands for "Black lives matter... more".
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@jaycee@toot.community 2023-01-19 05:08
@OliverNoble @SallyStrange Thatcher wanted the death penalty for Mandela, the U.K. no longer had it but South Africa still did! NEVER trust a Tory ANY Tory!