Dr Martin Luther King saved this country

[rightwinger]

So where are we after over 50 years?

Blacks have much more access in our society
Outright racism is spurned
Interracial relationships are openly accepted
We had a black President and Vice President

Black Lives Matter
Courts are ignoring voting rights
There is still a disparity in employment

 

[sparky]

So where are we after over 50 years?

What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. think of America today?

Were Martin Luther King alive in 2022 to celebrate his 93rd birthday, what would he have to say about his nation’s contentious racial landscape?

nypost.com

Troy Williams: What would MLK think of today’s America?

By the time of his death, the Civil Rights leader was focused on improving the lives of poor Americans.

www.fayobserver.com

of note is, MLK's final days took a turn from racism , towards classism....

~S~

 

[Harry Dresden]

So where are we after over 50 years?

Blacks have much more access in our society
Outright racism is spurned
Interracial relationships are openly accepted
We had a black President and Vice President

Black Lives Matter
Courts are ignoring voting rights
There is still a disparity in employment

were was the black VP?...

 

[rightwinger]

What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. think of America today?

Were Martin Luther King alive in 2022 to celebrate his 93rd birthday, what would he have to say about his nation’s contentious racial landscape?

nypost.com

Troy Williams: What would MLK think of today’s America?

By the time of his death, the Civil Rights leader was focused on improving the lives of poor Americans.

www.fayobserver.com

of note is, MLK's final days took a turn from racism , towards classism....

~S~

In the months prior to his death, Dr King was a strong advocate for universal healthcare and distribution of wealth

 

[sparky]

In the months prior to his death, Dr King was a strong advocate for universal healthcare and distribution of wealth

oddly enough, that is when it seems he became the biggest threat.....

~S~

 

[MarcATL]

So where are we after over 50 years?

Blacks have much more access in our society
Outright racism is spurned
Interracial relationships are openly accepted
We had a black President and Vice President

Black Lives Matter
Courts are ignoring voting rights
There is still a disparity in employment

Add this to your perspective....

The Definitive Truth About Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

Unlike what the white mainstream corporate media has been peddling for the last 50 odd years, MLK was not limited to the single, solitary, out of context snippet of his "I have a dream" speech. In fact, he was quite the opposite. Learn who he really was here... For those thinking to...

www.usmessageboard.com

 

[Correll]

oddly enough, that is when it seems he became the biggest threat.....

~S~

Nothing odd about it. BOth parties had embraced equal rights for blacks by then. There was a national consensus on the issue.


On that issue.


The lefty love affair with socialism, that was/is still a problem.

 

[Meathead]

So where are we after over 50 years?

Blacks have much more access in our society
Outright racism is spurned
Interracial relationships are openly accepted
We had a black President and Vice President

Black Lives Matter
Courts are ignoring voting rights
There is still a disparity in employment

Over half the murders in the US committed by 13% of the population.

 

[rightwinger]

 

[Correll]

Add this to your perspective....

The Definitive Truth About Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

Unlike what the white mainstream corporate media has been peddling for the last 50 odd years, MLK was not limited to the single, solitary, out of context snippet of his "I have a dream" speech. In fact, he was quite the opposite. Learn who he really was here... For those thinking to...

www.usmessageboard.com

It is not that we don't know that he said other shit. It is that we don't care about his opinion on other shit.

 

[rightwinger]

Nothing odd about it. BOth parties had embraced equal rights for blacks by then. There was a national consensus on the issue.


On that issue.


The lefty love affair with socialism, that was/is still a problem.

Far, far from the truth
100 years after the Civil War we still had a society where blacks were considered second class citizens and subhuman
If anything, you would think that after blacks returned from fighting for their country, they would receive some respect.

Instead, they were immediately sent to the back of the bus

 

[Correll]

Far, far from the truth
100 years after the Civil War we still had a society where blacks were considered second class citizens and subhuman
If anything, you would think that after blacks returned from fighting for their country, they would receive some respect.

Instead, they were immediately sent to the back of the bus

Yes, early to mids 60s. the second major party finally gave up the ghost and a bi-partisan, national consensus in favor of equality for blacks was formed and accepted by the voters.


So, MLK, at that point, talking about equality was not rocking the boat at all, MLK, talking like a socialist, was.


That was my point. That there was nothing "odd" about that.

 

[rightwinger]

Yes, early to mids 60s. the second major party finally gave up the ghost and a bi-partisan, national consensus in favor of equality for blacks was formed and accepted by the voters.

That consensus was the result of shock at watching terrorist attacks in the South as angry mobs and police attacked blacks who were peacefully protesting

Credit the Bus Boycott, lunch counter protests, bombings of black schools and churches, attack dogs, fire hoses on children, the viscous Selma beatings

 

[Turtlesoup]

Far, far from the truth
100 years after the Civil War we still had a society where blacks were considered second class citizens and subhuman
If anything, you would think that after blacks returned from fighting for their country, they would receive some respect.

Instead, they were immediately sent to the back of the bus

Does that mean that whites were forced to set at the front of the bus?

 

[rightwinger]

Does that mean that whites were forced to set at the front of the bus?

Interesting you should say that

A black getting on a bus had to pay the driver at the front of the bus and then get off and re-enter the bus from the side door so they wouldn’t walk through the white section.
If the white section was full, blacks were expected to give up their seats for white passengers

 

[JoeBlow]

I grew up in the 60's and saw most of the Civil Rights movement. Like most Americans, I was outraged at the assasination of Dr King. When we talked about giving him a national holiday ten years later, I looked at it as a form of appeasement for outraged blacks.....a way of giving them their own holiday to quiet them down.

In reading about the Civil Rights movement in subsequent years, I realized what a great American Dr King was. Black Americans came back after WWII to find that despite fighting and dying in defense of their country, they were still treated like lesser Americans. They found they were not allowed to mingle with whites, were not welcome in much of the country they had fought for. Blacks were considered to be dirty, diseased and sub human. Some whites were outraged at the thought of eating with blacks, using the same restrooms, riding on public transportation with them.

As black Americans began to protest their treatment in their own country they were met with harsh resistance from both white militants and governments who swore to support inequal treatment. Blacks were denied the right to vote, to freely associate, rights to a fair trial. Those who resisted were met with terrorist attacks. Lynchings, bombings, arrest and assasination of their leaders.

Most of us faced with such horrific treatment in our own homeland would fight violence with violence. How would you react if someone spat on your child for trying to go to school?

When the courts did not protect blacks, armed conflict would seem a reasonable response. Dr King knew violence would only result in more violence against you. He modeled the Civil Rights movement around Gandhis peaceful resistance theories. By using cameras to document the treatment of peaceful protestors he saved this country from an armed violent protest that would have destroyed this country.


America returned from WWII as an economic and military superpower. But a country that does not treat its citizens with respect is not a moral superpower. By changing the way we treat our citizens, Dr King, more importantly, saved our soul. By forcing us to look in a mirror and see who we really are, he enabled us to become a truly great country.

On this Martin Luther King day I hope everyone can reflect on what a great American he was and how much better off we all are

MLK was a bible-thumping blow-hard who liked to beat up White women.

 

[22lcidw]

So where are we after over 50 years?

Blacks have much more access in our society
Outright racism is spurned
Interracial relationships are openly accepted
We had a black President and Vice President

Black Lives Matter
Courts are ignoring voting rights
There is still a disparity in employment

The black guys on the bridge and enriched themselves after MLK's death became nothing but pure parasites. They offered no ideas but massive government.

 

[Turtlesoup]

Interesting you should say that

A black getting on a bus had to pay the driver at the front of the bus and then get off and re-enter the bus from the side door so they wouldn’t walk through the white section.
If the white section was full, blacks were expected to give up their seats for white passengers

Do you have a link to this? In the case of PARKS---she was expected to get up for an elederly person as were younger white people. It was just good manners, that she didn't have.

Ahhhh...just found out why..... Rosa wasn't some random spark. She was a member of the NAACP----and they had been planning a bus boycott for MONTHS for this city. Another african american woman well 15 year old-- had much the same incident 9 months earlier and the boycott was planned then but it was found out that the 15 year old was preggie and therefore not sympathetic enough for the black activists/NCAAP to use as their face for the buses who hoped to have blacks put in as bus drivers as their original extortion payment. Gee, sounds like Parks wanted to start an incident as per the activists plans for months and refused to get up for the elderly man to create an incident.

 

[JimH52]

So where are we after over 50 years?

Blacks have much more access in our society
Outright racism is spurned
Interracial relationships are openly accepted
We had a black President and Vice President

Black Lives Matter
Courts are ignoring voting rights
There is still a disparity in employment

Except among MAGA world....

 

[rightwinger]

The black guys on the bridge and enriched themselves after MLK's death became nothing but pure parasites. They offered no ideas but massive government.

We needed massive government to end official racism

Strong laws banning segregation and requiring affirmative action to provide opportunities.