White Guy Tries To Mansplain MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech To MLK’s Own Daughter
May 22, 2018 19:55:09 #
LINDSEY ROBERTSON
May 22, 2018 @ 12:50 PM
It’s hard to imagine the gall it takes to explain Martin Luther King Jr. to his own daughter, but a handful of white guys on Twitter recently attempted to do just that.
It all began when comedian Josh Denny met with some serious Twitter backlash when he claimed that “straight, white male” is the new “N-word.” (A claim which preposterously and conveniently ignores the country’s history of white male privilege.)
Denny dug into his claims, asserting that the term was now used as a way to shut down a person’s opinions based on their “label” — which, Denny says, is a kind of “r****m.”
He then invoked the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. to validate his point.
Denny’s assertion was quickly shut down when MLK’s own daughter, Bernice King, chimed in to remind Denny that there is actually a very distinct difference between the r****m her father fought against and the perceived oppression currently being experienced by “straight, white males.”
While King’s comments pretty much shut down Denny’s misguided argument, white dudes simply couldn’t leave it alone.
Lucian B. Wintrich, NYC Bureau Chief for the far-right, pro-Trump site The Gateway Pundit, chimed in and attempted to mansplain Dr. King’s message to his own daughter.
It’s hard to imagine anything more dense, obtuse and privileged than a white dude explaining MLK’s message to his own offspring — and Twitter agreed.
Bernice kept it classy and advised to Lucian to study up before he further embarrassed himself.
That’s the thing about these arguments often touted by far-right white dudes — in attempting to prove their point, they tend to inadvertently prove the exact opposite.
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May 22, 2018 @ 12:50 PM
It’s hard to imagine the gall it takes to explain Martin Luther King Jr. to his own daughter, but a handful of white guys on Twitter recently attempted to do just that.
It all began when comedian Josh Denny met with some serious Twitter backlash when he claimed that “straight, white male” is the new “N-word.” (A claim which preposterously and conveniently ignores the country’s history of white male privilege.)
Denny dug into his claims, asserting that the term was now used as a way to shut down a person’s opinions based on their “label” — which, Denny says, is a kind of “r****m.”
He then invoked the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. to validate his point.
Denny’s assertion was quickly shut down when MLK’s own daughter, Bernice King, chimed in to remind Denny that there is actually a very distinct difference between the r****m her father fought against and the perceived oppression currently being experienced by “straight, white males.”
While King’s comments pretty much shut down Denny’s misguided argument, white dudes simply couldn’t leave it alone.
Lucian B. Wintrich, NYC Bureau Chief for the far-right, pro-Trump site The Gateway Pundit, chimed in and attempted to mansplain Dr. King’s message to his own daughter.
It’s hard to imagine anything more dense, obtuse and privileged than a white dude explaining MLK’s message to his own offspring — and Twitter agreed.
Bernice kept it classy and advised to Lucian to study up before he further embarrassed himself.
That’s the thing about these arguments often touted by far-right white dudes — in attempting to prove their point, they tend to inadvertently prove the exact opposite.
https://yesplz.co/white-guy-mansplains-mlk-to-daughter/?utm_content=inf_1213_4078_2&utm_source=tse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=influencer&tse_id=INF_271202305e0111e8b8db0fa7e283781d
May 22, 2018 20:05:34 #
Boo_Boo
Loc: Jellystone
Are you talking about the Archibald Carey Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-yI7QF5BHg this is a link to both men in their own voices....
PeterS wrote:
LINDSEY ROBERTSON br May 22, 2018 @ 12:50 PM br It... (show quote)
May 22, 2018 20:07:10 #
So very true, God knows the folks here like to pretend that they know how left of center people think.
Is that Josh Denny one of those self pitying twerps who are all wrapped up in not having a life's partner since
women finally got smart? An InCel or just an arrogant creep?
As dopey as Kanye claiming that s***ery was a choice?
Is that Josh Denny one of those self pitying twerps who are all wrapped up in not having a life's partner since
women finally got smart? An InCel or just an arrogant creep?
As dopey as Kanye claiming that s***ery was a choice?
PeterS wrote:
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May 22, 2018 23:41:15 #
I am a straight white male. I grew up in the late Sixties and Seventies. I remember watching Dr. King on black and white TV. I listened to his message, what he was preaching. I grew up in the cotton fields working row by row with Black kids, we were poor. Dr. King helped me to understand. It was Bible, but Bible in a way I had not heard it before. Now Miss Bernice, is a fine lady and is trying to carry on Dr. Kings message. I have followed her and have listened. To me, when any White person of this day in time , that did not live through the R**ts and the turmoil of the time back then, they know jack s**t. Dr. Kings message was of Peace. To try to use that any other way is destroying his legacy. D =
PeterS wrote:
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May 23, 2018 05:44:54 #
May 23, 2018 08:00:36 #
Thinking people learn. To discount others' ability to relate is short-sighted, don't you think?
PLT Sarge wrote:
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May 23, 2018 10:33:42 #
PLT Sarge wrote:
I am a straight white male. I grew up in the late ... (show quote)
Amen and Amen well said.
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