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minus-squarePolarKraken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-215 hours 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-up7·14 hours agoBoth Malcolm X and MLK Jr. (and every other civil rights activist throughout history) have been severely whitewashed in general.
minus-squarescintilla@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoI would argue Malcom X might be more demonized than white washed. They told me his violence was why he didn’t succeed.
minus-squaretrashboat@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoSame here, Malcom X practically read like a footnote to me when I was taught by my school
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.
Same here, Malcom X practically read like a footnote to me when I was taught by my school