Arguably the most inconvenient historical figure for liberals who push identity politics today.
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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
Interesting historical point. In the 1960s when MLK was holding marches and making speeches according to opinion polls at the time most whites believed racial equality was already achieved in the US and could not understand what MLK and company were complaining about. They were as out of touch with the reality as this post is today.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Are you sure about that? Many were happy with Separate But Equal, but few really believed anyone not even allowed to sit at the same restaurant counter was equal.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@Graylight Well national opinion polls would have included large parts of the country where the realities of Jim Crow would have been at best rumours. And alot of the violence that made national headlines started to get widespread attention as the backlash to the civil rights movement came about.
I doubt affluent white suburbia in the north knew what was going on in Alabama and Mississippi for example.
That would explain the cognitive dissonance at the national level anyway.
I doubt affluent white suburbia in the north knew what was going on in Alabama and Mississippi for example.
That would explain the cognitive dissonance at the national level anyway.