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I wouldn't call Rosa Parks a single actor. > In shorter words, Miss Rosa Parks's decision to stay in a forward seat was the first move in a planned boycott of

by raybb 3y ago

I wouldn't call Rosa Parks a single actor. > In shorter words, Miss Rosa Parks's decision to stay in a forward seat was the first move in a planned boycott of the bus company and the city law, a campaign organised long before by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and run by a young, bland, handsome black parson, name of Martin Luther King Jr, who while I was in Montgomery, flew in from Atlanta twice a week to buy little vans for use by the boycotters. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/04/9 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/04/9

raybb 3y ago
On that note, I'll just mention I think that I read a short book called "Mutual Aid" by Dean Spade that really gave me some more ideas for what a world looks like where communities are really taking care of each other and don't have so much emphasis on doing everything yourself. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20892439W/Mutual_Aid https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20892439W/Mutual_Aid
- nonrandomstring 3y ago
  Great share, Thanks. Have you read "Tools for Conviviality" by Illich ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality
nonrandomstring 3y ago
Actually you're quite right. She was married to Mr. Raymond Parks. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
- mbork_pl 3y ago
  Not the OP, but why the downvotes? I understand this was a bit off-topic, but I found it a witty reply.
  - raybb 3y ago
    I didn't downvote and it's not the guidelines[0] but generally hackernews doesn't look kindly upon witty or funny replies and tends to emphasize replies that add spread knowledge and encourage discussion. TIL the guidelines also say: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by raybb 3y ago

raybb 3y ago

On that note, I'll just mention I think that I read a short book called "Mutual Aid" by Dean Spade that really gave me some more ideas for what a world looks like where communities are really taking care of each other and don't have so much emphasis on doing everything yourself. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20892439W/Mutual_Aid https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20892439W/Mutual_Aid

nonrandomstring 3y ago
Great share, Thanks. Have you read "Tools for Conviviality" by Illich ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality

nonrandomstring 3y ago

Actually you're quite right. She was married to Mr. Raymond Parks. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

mbork_pl 3y ago
Not the OP, but why the downvotes? I understand this was a bit off-topic, but I found it a witty reply.
- raybb 3y ago
  I didn't downvote and it's not the guidelines[0] but generally hackernews doesn't look kindly upon witty or funny replies and tends to emphasize replies that add spread knowledge and encourage discussion. TIL the guidelines also say: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html