"I Fear I May Have Integrated My People Into a Burning House" - Martin Luther King Jr.

[black caesar]

He was right. The Civil Rights generation failed us. Don't get me wrong, I do believe MLK had good intentions.

 

[kingblaze84]

He was right. The Civil Rights generation failed us. Don't get me wrong, I do believe MLK had good intentions.

I think the Civil Rights generation did what they could. They helped give us opportunities we've never seen before, access to more government funds and protection that we never had before.

In the end, this generation has to follow through and continue what they started. But we gotta understand there are limits in a nation that's still about 65% White.

 

[janklow]

I think the Civil Rights generation did what they could. They helped give us opportunities we've never seen before, access to more government funds and protection that we never had before.

there's also a distinction possibility that, while systemic problems still exist, people don't realize how much BETTER things are than before the civil rights generation.

 

[kingblaze84]

I think the Civil Rights generation did what they could. They helped give us opportunities we've never seen before, access to more government funds and protection that we never had before.

there's also a distinction possibility that, while systemic problems still exist, people don't realize how much BETTER things are than before the civil rights generation.

In the grand scheme of things, this is true, financially at least. This is why I don't put down MLK or his non-violent peers of the past, I don't agree with everything they did or said, but they without question helped Blacks more then hurt.

 

[janklow]

In the grand scheme of things, this is true, financially at least. This is why I don't put down MLK or his non-violent peers of the past, I don't agree with everything they did or said, but they without question helped Blacks more then hurt.

i think a lot of people in the modern era need to convince themselves that their struggle is comparable to past generations. but there's no need for this. you can still address problems while conceding the point that shit was once much worse.