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Author Calls for Return to Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass’ Vision of Colorblindness (www.dailysignal.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass were both dedicated to bringing about an America that was colorblind, Andre Archie says, but their work is being undermined.

Obviously, this is the height of foolishness, in my opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Frederick Douglass was a former slave, not a slave owning founding father. You should definitely read about him, since he was an intelligent badass who spoke many truths applicable to this day. My favorite quote from him is:

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like to point out that he worked for political candidates at a time when he himself was unable to vote. Most of the people he worked for couldn't promise to end slavery, but he understood that you have to take small steps.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Yes, he understood what a lot of people don't these days, which is that you work with what you have. He could have raged and cried about the unfairness of the situation, but instead he chose to use the venues available to him, and carved his place in history as a result, heavily impacting society of his time and ours.