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MLK explicitly supported affirmative action and other programs designed explicitly to benefit black people in order to make up for past discrimination. I suspec
by UncleMeat 5y ago
MLK explicitly supported affirmative action and other programs designed explicitly to benefit black people in order to make up for past discrimination. I suspect he would be tired of being used as a justification for absolute colorblindness.
- Tr3nton 5y agoSo Affirmative Action is revenge discrimination?
- UncleMeat 5y agoNo. MLK considered it to be a step on the path to equality.
- troupe 5y agoWhat he stood for changed over time, but at one point he said he hoped the decisions people made about his children would be made based on his children's character and not the color of their skin.
- UncleMeat 5y agoYes he did say that one line in one speech. But if you review the totality of his writing, it is very clear that total colorblindness in the face of inequality was not his goal. The "I Have A Dream" does not represent some shift away from an earlier opinion. It simply doesn't represent the opinion that a lot of reactionaries think it does.
- saalweachter 5y agoThere's a long-running joke about MLK giving exactly one speech and never saying anything else.
- UncleMeat 5y agoNot even just one speech. Literally just one line!