they were around when MLK was. I don’t think he denounced them. In fact, I think he worked with them.
Thanks for the clarification!
Ah well, maybe the good Doctor was trying to turn them around. They’ve certainly done violence to his professed principles.
“they were around when MLK was. I don’t think he denounced them. In fact, I think he worked with them.”
He did work with them, from what I understand. But then, it was a very different organization at the time. Legitimate, as opposed to the illegitimate faction it has become now. Even that which begins as a boon can be corrupted.
There is no resemblance between today's NAACP and the organization at its inception.
>they were around when MLK was. I don’t think he denounced them. In fact, I think he worked with them.
Yes, for all the mythology that surrounds MLK Jr, he wasn’t nearly as saintly or pure as his martyred figure is made out to be. While he did say:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. “
And let’s all be honest it is truly a brilliant quote. It certainly yanks any moral ground away from his opposition. However he also said such things as:
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. “
Which basically means blow more money on worthless welfare systems since it is morally right. It doesn’t matter that they are inefficient, unconstitutional, and have adverse unintended consequences.
and of course the really telling example:
“It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society. “
Which is about as pure of a form of “blame Whitey” as we’ll ever see.
From what I’ve read in the past he was fully in favor of Affirmative Action and quotas. This is, of course, is direct contradiction of his “I have a drea” speech cited above, but let’s remember, he was an activist (and allegedly a plagiarist, and aldulterist as well) which means they get to play whatever side of their words they wish to when they wish to.
I’m not going to say he was a bad man. He did much good work, and in many ways served a noble cause. However he was by no means perfect or even had perfect goals.