List: Black Universalists: King, Malcolm X, Du Bois, etc. | Curated by Will Shetterly | Medium

Feb 21, 2023

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Black Universalists: King, Malcolm X, Du Bois, etc.

Will Shetterly

Two Kinds of Anti-racists: Identitarian and Universalist

One school of anti-racism has this creation myth: Derrick Bell, father of Critical Race Theory, picked up the flag of anti-racism from the…

Oct 15, 2021

Two Kinds of Anti-racists: Identitarian and Universalist

Oct 15, 2021

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Three Groups that Lie about Martin Luther King: Conservatives, Liberals, and Fans of Reparations

Who lies most about Martin Luther King? There are three competing groups.

Jan 16, 2023

Three Groups that Lie about Martin Luther King: Conservatives, Liberals, and Fans of Reparations

Jan 16, 2023

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Malcolm X: From Identitarian to Universalist

What follows is a revised version of a post that had been titled “Identitarians Love Malcolm X Before Mecca, Universalists Love Him After”…

Jan 13, 2022

Malcolm X: From Identitarian to Universalist

Jan 13, 2022

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The Black Panthers accepted the Young Americans’ Confederate Flag as “Heritage, Not Hate”

Symbols take on meanings that their creators never expect. Brutal Romans never thought Christians would adopt the cross. Peaceful Hindus…

Jan 9, 2022

The Black Panthers accepted the Young Americans’ Confederate Flag as “Heritage, Not Hate”

Jan 9, 2022

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The Black Panthers put Class First and Race Second

Because the Black Panthers were created and developed in black neighborhoods, identitarians assume the Panthers were a racial organization…

Dec 10, 2021

The Black Panthers put Class First and Race Second

Dec 10, 2021

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Malcolm X and W.E.B. Du Bois put Class First and Race Second

Race reductionists love quoting Malcolm X when he was with the Nation of Islam because racists of all hues fundamentally agree with each…

Dec 3, 2021

Malcolm X and W.E.B. Du Bois put Class First and Race Second

Dec 3, 2021

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Malcolm X Rejected Identitarianism and Black Nationalism

If Malcolm X had been killed in 1963, he would be remembered as just another of Elijah Muhammad’s racist followers. Malcolm admitted that…

Dec 2, 2021

Malcolm X Rejected Identitarianism and Black Nationalism

Dec 2, 2021

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The Problem with Reparations, and King’s Better Solution

Anyone who knows US history knows black people were treated abominably. Today, as a group, they are almost as poor as Native Americans…

Sep 29, 2021

The Problem with Reparations, and King’s Better Solution

Sep 29, 2021

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King did not support Reparations—His “check” referred to Basic Income

In 2014, Coates took a King quote out of context to insist that King supported reparations. The idea should be laughable—it would mean King…

Sep 28, 2021

King did not support Reparations—His “check” referred to Basic Income

Sep 28, 2021

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