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1) You're trivializing just how bad things were, a little bit.

2) I'm not arguing that racism doesn't exist. I'm arguing that the outrage-addicts are ineffective, and that they suffer from a bias towards slacktivism and purity-gating.

Contrast with King and especially LBJ. Making change requires building bridges.




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