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Black activists on Monday called for leadership changes and protests at an Alabama civil rights museum after it rescinded an award for political activist Angela Davis, a move the mayor said followed complaints from the Jewish community.
Speaking outside the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, located in the same downtown area where civil rights violence once shocked the nation, organizers told a news conference that Davis, a Birmingham native, was wronged by the decision to rescind the honor.
Davis, a longtime activist who has supported Palestinian rights and criticized Israeli policy, is on a par with civil rights legend Rosa Parks, activist Frank Matthews said.
So. The United States partnered with the worst, most murderous communist regime on Earth in the 1940’s.
Angela Davis, an African American subjected to the South’s worst humiliations, grew up in Birmingham during one of its most violent eras, and she’s denied some honor because some Jews don’t like the fact that she’s pro-Palestinian? Really?
I think the worst thing Black revolutionaries like Angela Davis and the Black Panthers did was embracing Marxism. If any group of people need to learn to utilize capitalism it's Black folks in the U.S. Too many Black communities are lacking economic options that more Black business ownership could bring. But to do this means more Blacks will have to become capitalist.
I recently saw a video about a young Black woman in Compton who owns the only Black owned grocery store in California. Think about that. There's only one Black owned grocery store in the whole state of California! This lack of business ownership(capitalism) is only contributing to higher Black unemployment. These Black revolutionaries need to rethink Capitalism and be open to it where it's needed.
I think the worst thing Black revolutionaries like Angela Davis and the Black Panthers did was embracing Marxism. If any group of people need to learn to utilize capitalism it's Black folks in the U.S. Too many Black communities are lacking economic options that more Black business ownership could bring. But to do this means more Blacks will have to become capitalist.
I recently saw a video about a young Black woman in Compton who owns the only Black owned grocery store in California. Think about that. There's only one Black owned grocery store in the whole state of California! This lack of business ownership(capitalism) is only contributing to higher Black unemployment. These Black revolutionaries need to rethink Capitalism and be open to it where it's needed.
What are you talking about? The black revolutionary movement was never anything more than a super tiny subset of the Civil Rights movement and truth be told, they never gained any real traction. If it had, a helluva lot of white folks in authority would’ve been DEAD.
And yeah, some of them embraced Marxism, but so what? So did a lot of American Jews in the early decades of the century. That never amounted to anything either. At least African American revolutionary types did so for a good reason. The rewards in our system of capitalism rarely ever trickled down to them no matter how hard they worked.
Angela Davis was raised in 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s Birmingham. You’re in no position to speak about what she should’ve embraced. Please.
And yeah, some of them embraced Marxism, but so what? So did a lot of American Jews in the early decades of the century. That never amounted to anything either.
Ah yes, like Emma Goldman. Then came the Red diaper babies, much later - I think some of them were of Angela Davis' generation.
What are you talking about? The black revolutionary movement was never anything more than a super tiny subset of the Civil Rights movement and truth be told, they never gained any real traction.
The influence of a heavy socialist redistribution mindset has influenced Black thinking more than you realize. Why did members of the Congressional Black Caucus seem to have an cozy relationship with Castro's Cuba?
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