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post 1641133803 06-18-2021, 06:58 AM
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Bayard Rustin: The Civil Rights Activist You Probably Never Heard Of



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Rustin
- opposed affirmative action
- opposed identity politics
- opposed African American studies
- opposed slavery reparations
- opposed black history month
- opposed banning black face

He supported the idea of not seeing race. To him racial divisions were artificial and that there was no “white” or “black” culture. To him, we were all human and the only thing that mattered was wealth.

Bayard even opposed the civil rights movement at times.To him, it wasn’t about anger or getting even. To him- it was about unity between all people of all races. Total unity, total equality- simple.
In a 1969 letter to Thomas Billings Bayard wrote

"Negroes have been used and exploited in many ways by White Americans, but it is only recently that they have been asked to satisfy the masochistic craving of disenchanted liberals for flagellation and rejection."
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post 1641134093 06-18-2021, 07:04 AM
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One of our local high schools is named for him, he grew up there. Pretty cool, and the only reason I know who he is. Definitely should be in more history books than some other more prolific figures.
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can't use him to promote division if he's got too much common sense.
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The black hero miscers have searched for until they find out he was a gay socialist.

Or

The villain liberals have searched for until they find out he is a black gay socialist.
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In the 60's there were so many rights denied or flat out missing, for a guy to oppose that sounds really really odd to me. He could appeal to more people now for sure, but in a period where so much was missing is just strange. We all read about the anger and fight for basic rights during this era.
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Also, forgot about this Coleman Hughes guy. He needs to come around more often
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Sounds like a radicalized alt right Qanon literal nahtzee. Would report to Biden and perma ban on reddit IRL.
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Originally Posted By ChaseW⏩
One of our local high schools is named for him, he grew up there. Pretty cool, and the only reason I know who he is. Definitely should be in more history books than some other more prolific figures.
If the left find out about him they will cancel him and remove that name from the school lol
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Originally Posted By x-trainer
In the 60's there were so many rights denied or flat out missing, for a guy to oppose that sounds really really odd to me. He could appeal to more people now for sure, but in a period where so much was missing is just strange. We all read about the anger and fight for basic rights during this era.
he didn't disagree or oppose black people having rights, or rather equal rights as everyone else.

after knowing first hand the exploitation that he and many others have went through, opposed being exploited and used as a political pawn, this time under "disenchanted liberals" as noted in a quoted excerpt from the letter.

fast forward to 2021, and this probably rings true more than ever.
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Originally Posted By Jimmehhh⏩
can't use him to promote division if he's got too much common sense.
Originally Posted By blindsideflank⏩
The black hero miscers have searched for until they find out he was a gay socialist.

Or

The villain liberals have searched for until they find out he is a black gay socialist.


So maddening...
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I actually went to Bayrd Rustin High School here in NYC. It was a rough school; lots of drug problems and gang activity. Ultimately it became a failed school and was broken up into four separate schools.
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