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minus-squarePolarKraken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days agoThat wasn’t my experience whatsoever and to me yours sounds uncommon. Not being combative with you, I promise, I just worry and wonder how successfully Malcolm X (et al.) has been whitewashed from history. Edit: redundancy
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoBoth Malcolm X and MLK Jr. (and every other civil rights activist throughout history) have been severely whitewashed in general.
minus-squarescintilla@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI would argue Malcom X might be more demonized than white washed. They told me his violence was why he didn’t succeed.
That wasn’t my experience whatsoever and to me yours sounds uncommon. Not being combative with you, I promise, I just worry and wonder how successfully Malcolm X (et al.) has been whitewashed from history.
Edit: redundancy
Both Malcolm X and MLK Jr. (and every other civil rights activist throughout history) have been severely whitewashed in general.
I would argue Malcom X might be more demonized than white washed. They told me his violence was why he didn’t succeed.