Once again Republicans will try to claim MLK -- but if he were here, they'd despise him

[marmar]

Once again Republicans will try to claim MLK — but if he were here, they'd despise him
Dr. King's legacy is a formidable weapon against white supremacy — but not if we allow the right to reshape it

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
PUBLISHED JANUARY 17, 2022 10:08AM


(Salon) Books possess great power. Those who own only a few, yet return to them like old friends for wisdom, comfort and knowledge, or to revisit a special memory, know this to be true. Those of us who have many books — who read and and reread them and carefully compile our collections — know this also.

Our books are a type of biography in themselves, an accounting of our lives. I take my books very seriously. People know not to ask if they can borrow any of my books.

The number of books a person owns reveals little about their understanding of the power of literacy and books. For too many people who have huge libraries, the whole project is one of social signaling and bourgeois habitus.

One of my most personally important books is an early edition of "The Black Book." This landmark work was edited by Middleton A. Harris, Ernest Smith, Morris Levitt and Roger Furman, with a foreword by Toni Morrison. My mother purchased "The Black Book" for a community college course and wanted to make sure that I read it. I was seven or eight years old at the time.

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In many ways, America was built on white supremacist lies about Black and brown people. Those lies have not been exorcised; they still have great power and many people believe them today. The social institutions those lies helped create and legitimate still exist. The Jim Crow Republicans and other neofascists are empowered by racist and white supremacist lies.

On this holiday weekend set aside to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Freedom Struggle, Republicans and other "conservatives" will deploy their racist and white supremacist lies (as they have done for decades) to diminish the meaning of King's struggle and sacrifice. ..............(more)

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[texasfiddler]

1. They would despise Jesus as well

[dawg]

3. It was the "holiest" of the bunch that wanted him crucified.

Even the Romans wanted to let him go.

[walkingman]

2. Reminds me of my sister - a racist who seems to try and

prove she isn't by posting people like Ben Carson or Allen West on her FB. I find it kind of funny but sad.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. Allen West.......

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Most of white America would despise him, regardless of politics, like they did when he was alive.

According to Gallup polls, his "approval rating" was never in the positive. When he died, about 75% of white Americans disapproved of him.

[musclecar6]

5. Yeah

That's who they are. The republican party is loaded with racists, mysoginists, homophobic gay bashers, union haters, white supremacists, nazis, and of course a passionate love affair with THEIR wallet. Over all, a bunch of one way fucks that only care about themselves. The democrats help others, the republicans help themselves. Maybe some are nice people, but politically not nice at all.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Call them out

Just waiting for the Hunterdon County GOP and Hunterdon County. Gov social media to post anything about MLK. Seeing as their 'champion and savior' Susan Soloway was at the Stop the Steal Event - and is getting away with it -

They don't believe in voting rights.