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sheshe2

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7. Agreed, not righteous anger.

Mon Apr 20, 2015, 09:15 PM

Apr 2015

It is petty. It's look at me, look at me!

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." 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.

http://abacus.bates.edu/admin/offices/dos/mlk/letter.html

You are always being asked to wait.

the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."

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Listen: Michael Eric Dyson's Interview on His Break With Cornel West [View all] JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 OP

Cornel West is no MLK. He's become despised in the AA community & that makes him lash out in anger. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2015 #1

Amen JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #5

Cornel sure has a vaulted opinion of himself. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #2

And it's not righteous anger JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #6

Agreed, not righteous anger. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #7

I love Michael Eric Dyson! Thank you, Gen. So glad he's calling out Cha Apr 2015 #3

I am too JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #4

I don't know what you meant when you said . . . Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #8

It is a reference to the frequency in which ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #14

I hope they finally do get it. bravenak Apr 2015 #9

Thank you for posting this, JAG. lovemydog Apr 2015 #10

Here's Dyson's article in The New Republic lovemydog Apr 2015 #11

Don Viejo found another article that slays! JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #12

MED is one of a loooooooooooooooooong line of black folks that have no use for Cornell or Tavis now Number23 Apr 2015 #13

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #15

I think I said JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #17

You might recall my sharing of my having met Dr. West ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #18

I do! JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #19

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #20

But it's a "serious" "publication" "read" by "black" "liberals" dontchaknow????! Number23 Apr 2015 #21

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #24

I'm wondering if it's more up the alley of 'serious white liberals.' Just think about it. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #28

Jesus juice dead ahead! JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #16

Yep. It is beyond obvious that white libertarians mad as hell that they aren't gettting as much of Number23 Apr 2015 #22

also JI7 Apr 2015 #23

+1 n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #29

Pretty predicitable responses there. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #25

Glad you tip toed into that thread JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #26

Wow! Well freaking said! Cha Apr 2015 #27