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Why A Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed Affirmative Action
New York Times ^ | 2/28/19 | Coleman Hughes

Posted on 03/16/2019 12:43:08 PM PDT by OddLane

Bayard Rustin was a chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and thought reparations, and even separate African-American studies departments, were a bad idea. Many of his beliefs would be antithetical to today’s social justice advocates. In the video above, Coleman Hughes argues that by cherry-picking our heroes, and focusing on small parts of their legacy, we are merely paying lip service to their mission...

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 1963; affirmativeaction; bayardrustin; civilrights; homosexualagenda; mlk

1 posted on 03/16/2019 12:43:08 PM PDT by OddLane
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