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Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
5. White people in USA and other places, not just here, view themselves
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jun 2020

as superior.

Not all white people but WAY WAY more than the 45% which self identify as GOP, of course they are rabid racists, but MANY others are as well.

MLK JR talked about the white so called moderates and did so with concern:



“First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action’; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season.’ Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Filthy, murderous motherfuckers! Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #1
Evil. Just evil. John Fante Jun 2020 #2
So I was right when I said the officer came off hostile JI7 Jun 2020 #3
It sounds like... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #4
White people in USA and other places, not just here, view themselves Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #5
They wanted to make sure he'd die Hav Jun 2020 #6
Exactly.. HipChick Jun 2020 #7
They made their bones, as if they are in the Mafia. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #8
They treated him like an animal. dalton99a Jun 2020 #9
Its just beyond words Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #10
That's murder. Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #11
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