Republicans really want us to believe Martin Luther King Jr. only ever said one thing, and that one thing is “you can’t criticize white people, because white is a skin color, and acknowledging skin color is the one and only definition of racism.”
https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1414701336520798219
Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t critical race theory, he was critical race praxis, and he was murdered for it, and the Kevin McCarthys of 1968 celebrated joyfully and openly.
White people turning Martin Luther King Jr into their “get out of racism free” card after murdering him is one of the most racist things that’s happened in my life time.
The “judged by the color of their skin” line has a pronoun, “their,” and it refers to his children—his black children—who are STILL judged for the color of their skin.
The idea that that line would be used by white power to avoid criticism of white power is crazy-making.
The idea that that line would be used by white power to avoid criticism of white power is crazy-making.
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