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1StrongBlackMan

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59. Nooo ...

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 09:36 PM

Dec 2013

MLK was killed because he protested the war and spoke of economic parity for oppressed white folks ... I read that here on DU, so it must be true.

BTW ... In under-grad, I wrote a paper arguing that: Racism was a symptom of a/the greater illness of classism. I argued that when Malcolm was calling the white man the devil ... he was given prime-time tv air-time; but after his return from Mecca and moved towards SOME white folks are devils, he was killed ... Martin was allowed to shut down DC with the march; but when he starting taking about poor white folks, he was shot ... Jesse formed the Rainbow Coalition - tagline: "We may have got here on different ships, but we are all in the same boat", he almost changed the dialogue; but in his next run ... his Rainbow Coalition language was nowhere to be heard.

The paper was well received by my "color-blind" professor.

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"Colorblind" racism [View all] gollygee Dec 2013 OP

I think this might be stronger if it just argued for continuing Affirmative Action el_bryanto Dec 2013 #1

Sounds like trying to have it both ways... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #2

I don't understand what you're trying to say here gollygee Dec 2013 #4

Very good article, btw (n/t) Titonwan Dec 2013 #5

Yeah, being a white dude really sucks, doesn't it? nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #64

In a perfect world... Titonwan Dec 2013 #3

So.... Mojo Electro Dec 2013 #6

I think the point is that you are always taking race into consideration el_bryanto Dec 2013 #7

Huh? gollygee Dec 2013 #8

There is none nt ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #28

No, I really don't understand gollygee Dec 2013 #29

gollygee JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #9

It's been ugly gollygee Dec 2013 #10

Just get really JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #11

14 Things You Should Not Say To Black People ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #13

Ugh gollygee Dec 2013 #14

Love you! JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #15

.. ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #19

Re: "African American" as a synonym for "black" Dash87 Dec 2013 #40

I personally dislike the term "Black". whopis01 Dec 2013 #60

Most of those are things you shouldn't say to *anyone*. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #52

I read some of the comments on there and about threw up. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #58

You'd do yourself a great favor by avoiding comment sections... M0rpheus Dec 2013 #61

map of the world�s most and least racially tolerant countries seveneyes Dec 2013 #16

I'm curious as to why you thought that was relevant to this thread. n/t gollygee Dec 2013 #18

+1 JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #21

Education seveneyes Dec 2013 #22

It is also built into our institutions gollygee Dec 2013 #23

It should always be called out and corrected if possible seveneyes Dec 2013 #26

Not surprising. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #41

I think the author is confusing two completely different things. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2013 #17

Well ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #25

Exactly ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #32

So how exactly do I go about this with my nonwhite friends? Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #44

Whoa ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #46

Nice post. Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #20

Some people have friends and coworkers of several races Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #24

You completely misunderstand MLK then gollygee Dec 2013 #27

You beat me to it ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #33

I think every one of the articles mentioned misinterpretations of the MLK statement gollygee Dec 2013 #35

Misinterpretations? Or, ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #37

Well gollygee Dec 2013 #38

Yep. Want to throw GD into a tailspin of confusion? Post some of MLK's FIERCELY pro-black Number23 Dec 2013 #57

Nooo ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #59

Thanks for posting those links. ZombieHorde Dec 2013 #71

Latte sippers vs people with black friends? Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #30

if you think that MLK didn't believe that white priviledge existed, you are as mistaken on this... CreekDog Dec 2013 #34

There may be some truth to this, sadly. AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #48

"Talking about differences" is only a problem for people who dislike, and are uncomfortable with, nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #65

Excellent article. MrScorpio Dec 2013 #31

That article gollygee Dec 2013 #36

As soon as I get back to my desktop, I'll post it in GD. nt MrScorpio Dec 2013 #39

Google Jane Elliott. Puglover Dec 2013 #42

I've seen videos of her doing her thing gollygee Dec 2013 #43

Here is a more recent interview. Puglover Dec 2013 #45

Well, while Colorblindness in of itself is not actually racist(in most cases)..... AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #47

The thing is, "treating people like human beings regardless of race" *should* be the default. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #66

That I agree with 100%, without a doubt. nt AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #70

I think colorblindness misinterprets MLK's meaning. DevonRex Dec 2013 #49

I reject this entire line of thought. Shandris Dec 2013 #50

Racism will never go away in this country CFLDem Dec 2013 #51

ytou can't have true equality Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #53

What does this mean? gollygee Dec 2013 #54

OK I see you've edited it gollygee Dec 2013 #55

K&R Another "perfect encapsulation of white privilege" is the loud pining for the Good Old Days Number23 Dec 2013 #56

This is a term I usually hear from Republicans AgingAmerican Dec 2013 #62

i use to do that. i thought it was right and ok. then i realized that in doing that i took away seabeyond Dec 2013 #63

People are either nice or not nice. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #67

The Inception-style meta-brainfuckery that are discussions of race in the United States... redgreenandblue Dec 2013 #68

It is a simplistic view that allows one to not examine the plights of others boston bean Dec 2013 #69