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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dr. King and the White Progressive [View all]Skidmore
(37,364 posts)13. Bravenak, thank you for sharing that most excellent essay.
This author dealt thoroughly with all of the nuances of the blind spot of the white progressive. The AA community has waited for a "more convenient season" for too long.
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Did you or author misspell moderate as progressive? MLK didn't mention progressives in your excerpt
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#1
Excellent read. I would like to say something about the general points made in the article.
NCTraveler
Nov 2015
#3
Very unfortunate PM, but it doesn't negate the fact that bravenak is keeping it real
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#130
I was generally in the back also. It was the blacks protest. Us white people were
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#106
I think that if it wasn't for lot of the brave white preachers and college kids that
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#121
An honor to know you...You are displaying the brilliance and decency I know all of us white
randys1
Nov 2015
#116
You don't seem to respect very much the young activists at UChicago who fought for civil rights
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#11
Well if you don't show the allies any respect i don't know what to say. Sad.
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#22
They were protesting segregation of Blacks at Uchicago. He LED the efforts.
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#168
Actually, bravenak is really a Clinton supporter who only PRETENDED to like Sanders
wildeyed
Nov 2015
#183
I felt out of place in Seattle surrounded by African AMericans and other minorities
randys1
Nov 2015
#120
And yet the poster reflects the attitudes of MILLIONS of white americans, many of them
randys1
Nov 2015
#123
That constant appeal to order is something I've noticed among a lot of whites
forsaken mortal
Nov 2015
#12
Reminds me of yesterday, Rahm instantly coming out and saying "gotta be peaceful"
randys1
Nov 2015
#93
It is about black voting rights, civil rights and the history of blacks in politics.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#52
They were not the reason for the movement. It was not their movement. They did not start it.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#161
Only you here attempt to label and attempt to state anything other than purity
Sheepshank
Nov 2015
#207
You seem angry that you are not getting enough appreciation from Black people, why is that?
randys1
Nov 2015
#126
It is a problem when discussing MLK and his legacy is seen as race baiting. n/t
wildeyed
Nov 2015
#152
The passage you quoted criticizes the WHITE MODERATE...you're misrepresenting it. nt
Romulox
Nov 2015
#62
Nope. You can't be "to the left" and support the Rightwing candidate. Don't work. nt
Romulox
Nov 2015
#98
Would you like to do a "left" contest with me? You see I support Bernie but if he isnt the
randys1
Nov 2015
#127
The point is it is premature to support the candidate on the right since we don't yet have a nominee
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#133
Most land should be returned to tribes to manage, section by section and a portion given to the
bravenak
Nov 2015
#142
You have no more right to edit Dr. King's words today than you did in the 1960s.
Romulox
Nov 2015
#145
she didn't say they were her base . she didn't do well with african american voters because they
JI7
Nov 2015
#187
The hispanics went 2 to 1 for clinton but it was still a small portion of the 18,000,000 votes
Bread and Circus
Nov 2015
#198
Boy, people are going out of their way to misunderstand what she's saying.
Starry Messenger
Nov 2015
#125
I cant imagine doing what King did, the nerve and raw courage it took is overwhelming.
randys1
Nov 2015
#128
And it also ignores that King was a loud, proud and UNABASHED supporter of black rights
Number23
Nov 2015
#173
the people swinging ten degrees to the right of center when the weather turns foul are trying to use
MisterP
Nov 2015
#136
Or, maybe folks need to stop in infighting or stop getting upset when the fight doesn't go their way
bravenak
Nov 2015
#141
If one feels progressives (for whatever invalid reasons) are the problem, one should
Live and Learn
Nov 2015
#193
MLK felt that his allies were hard to deal with since they were in wait mode.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#201