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Originally Posted by emptypepsi
To be clear, do you feel that MLKs statements then serve as further argument in favor of reparations (sub-question: are you personally in favor of them?), or is this simply your way of eradicating a misunderstanding in the fabric of the issue (e.g., what MLK stood for)?
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EP, first, regarding MLK's statements and whether they further the argument for either AA or reparations, all I have to say is: IT IS WHAT IT IS.
To be clear, I posted this information so people can be clear about what his actual thoughts/position was in as far as we can tell from what he actually had to say about the issues as they were in his day. I posted this information because as sure as there is a USA, when we have these conversations that deal with people's feelings about AA and race, someone will try to use MLK against what MLK himself was clear and specific about.
So, yes. This thread is about eradicating the WILLED IGNORANCE on this subject of MLK and what he stood for. No more. No less.
And I'm sorry, I won't give anyone arrogant enough to try to lecture people about what MLK stood a pass and allow them or anyone else to say that they have a mere "misunderstanding." All the information I posted is readily available and a number of articles/commentaries have been written and posted all over the internet. So, no. No one has an excuse to be ignorant of what MLK stood for - especially someone with the audacity to try to lecture others about MLK and what the leaders of his time fought for, etc.
To be clear, that's been done here and so many times to where, frankly, I'm sick and tired of being so underwhelmed by what can be nothing else but a ploy. I call it a ploy because someone who is that ignorant and really doesn't know what s/he is talking about re: MLK can only hope to pull the wool over the lecturees eyes. The lecturer hardly ever makes a disclaimer that they really don't know what they're talking about. So, it can be nothing else, IMO, than a ploy.
I mean, the idea that Blacks/Black leaders today are somehow out of touch with what MLK fought for reeks of historical ignorance. It's as if the people who try this 'ploy' are ignorant of how MLK was received in his time and how MLK was doing and saying essentially the same the Blacks/Blacks leaders are now. In fact, MLK had to make that same speech. He had to tell people in his time who, perhaps, charged him with being out-of-step or out-of-touch... that he was saying the same things that have been said by Black (leaders) for years.
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