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In reply to the discussion: New to DU and new here. Also a question about optics [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)12. MLK is not a magic racial trump card.
Unfortunately, he is often used that way, by many different people with many different agendas. If he is quoted selectively, he can be seen to support all those different agendas.
Using MLK has also been ruined by some Bernie supporters that believed that marching with MLK fifty years ago gives Bernie a free racial pass for the next fifty years.
To which Janet Jackson said,"What Have You Done for Me Lately?"
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"if that's the best you got when he's been dead for almost 50 years - you've got a problem."
Number23
Oct 2015
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It was the "will this get me in trouble here and I don't care if it does" bit that was needlessly
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Oct 2015
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