> Are people surprised that the FBI of the 50s was treating black intellectuals as some sort of alien internal enemy? > It's not as if this has changed much. C

> Are people surprised that the FBI of the 50s was treating black intellectuals as some sort of alien internal enemy? > It's not as if this has changed much. Compare the treatment of e.g. Black Lives Matter with white groups or individuals which are overtly pro-violence, e.g. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/neo-nazi-br.. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/neo-nazi-br.... I think the implication is not much has changed