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Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:43 PM Jan 2020

On this King Day, let's talk about Magic Negro Syndrome

https://establishmentbar.blogspot.com/2020/01/on-this-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr.html

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Dr. King is the prime example of this. He is now an anodyne exemplar of racial reconciliation. People forget his lacerating criticisms of milquetoast white moderates. They forget his growing radical opposition to the Vietnam War. They forget his growing critiques of American capitalism, and America's neglect of the poor of all races. For too many, he's a figure singing "We Shall Overcome," without acknowledging just how much he had said needed to be overcome by April 1968. In the mind of much of white liberal America, he is a savior who imparted no harsh lessons; he merely soothed their faint anguish. He never cast the money-changers out of the Temple. He's as mild-mannered in their conceptions as they are.
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On this King Day, let's talk about Magic Negro Syndrome (Original Post) New Breed Leader Jan 2020 OP
I remember how much they hated him at the time. A troublemaker. Now he's a "saint". Solomon Jan 2020 #1
Word. New Breed Leader Jan 2020 #2
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