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A review by shannonflynn
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis
5.0
my main takeaways:
-the same people who say “be more like MLK” to suggest that BLM’s “tactics hurt their cause” (etc) are the same type of people who would have probably sent MLK death threats. They’re calling upon this myth thats been created that whitewashes the legacy of the whole movement and tries to make people think respectability politics are what made the movement successful rather than what it actually was which was long hours in meetings, strategizing, knocking doors, taking big risks and personal sacrifices, rioting, getting death threats, not having the support of people for long periods of time, people literally getting murdered for their work, using a wide range of tactics and strategies, different groups not always agreeing or working together, etc
-The civil rights movement is used by liberals and conservatives to essentially say, “see? We fixed racism by coming together as a country quiet down”
-apparently Rosa Parks has written about how lonely and frustrating it was to be an organizer and I gotta read that
-the same people who say “be more like MLK” to suggest that BLM’s “tactics hurt their cause” (etc) are the same type of people who would have probably sent MLK death threats. They’re calling upon this myth thats been created that whitewashes the legacy of the whole movement and tries to make people think respectability politics are what made the movement successful rather than what it actually was which was long hours in meetings, strategizing, knocking doors, taking big risks and personal sacrifices, rioting, getting death threats, not having the support of people for long periods of time, people literally getting murdered for their work, using a wide range of tactics and strategies, different groups not always agreeing or working together, etc
-The civil rights movement is used by liberals and conservatives to essentially say, “see? We fixed racism by coming together as a country quiet down”
-apparently Rosa Parks has written about how lonely and frustrating it was to be an organizer and I gotta read that