This is somehow even worse than I expected it to be.
https://twitter.com/jasonleopold/status/1351279984443199491
I mean, check out these dire threats to America ... slavery, fascism, communism and (squints) progressivism and identity politics? 
The idea that affirmative action was somehow a repudiation of King's vision -- WHEN MLK EXPLICITLY ENDORSED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND CHARACTERIZED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE MOVEMENT -- is just insanely stupid.
And to release this ahistorical garbage on MLK Day? Goddamn.
And to release this ahistorical garbage on MLK Day? Goddamn.
This isn't some obscure secret about MLK, either.
In his 1963 book "Why We Can't Wait," he called for "special compensatory measures" for African Americans.
In his 1967 book "Where Do We Go From Here" he insisted that past discrimination against blacks justified AA programs.
In his 1963 book "Why We Can't Wait," he called for "special compensatory measures" for African Americans.
In his 1967 book "Where Do We Go From Here" he insisted that past discrimination against blacks justified AA programs.
Those are just two famous examples from MLK's public writing. There are countless others in the record.
The claim that MLK was the antithesis of affirmative action is just deeply, deeply stupid.
Honestly, I'm embarrassed for the people who put their name on this trainwreck.
The claim that MLK was the antithesis of affirmative action is just deeply, deeply stupid.
Honestly, I'm embarrassed for the people who put their name on this trainwreck.
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