It’s easy to imagine that’s you’d have been on the right side of history. Truth is, most people weren’t. You & I probably aren’t special.
I speculate that I would have been one of the white moderates MLK lamented (despite imagining myself a SNCC member).https://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa/status/689120348491632640 …
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Realistically, I’d have been like “MLK is great, but his tactics are counterproductive—change happens gradually.”
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@waldojaquith As were most people, even on the left. Letter From a Birmingham Jail is a good sign of that.
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I try to remember this when embattled minorities tell their stories. I should listen & suppress my instincts, because my instincts are bad.
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