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I see you agree with the second part of my statement, at least in part (obs not all whites are moderate, ha!)

I dunno, it keeps popping into my mind, the passage from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

It feels pertinent to how we got here.
I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brother. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderates. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the white citizen's councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom;who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
May 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM