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Originally posted by TikiMiss
it would be great if today's social movements would learn a little from the civil rights era.
Like...Rosa Parks was a plant, but a perfectly planted person to take the hit for sitting in the front of the bus: she had no criminal record and was relatively well respected, as opposed to the unwed single mother they first tested out the bus-strategy on. Freddie Gray is no Rosa Parks.
The current movement needs some leaders...and it needs some planning to get across a positive media message. And no, it's not Al Sharpton
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Now see, I agree with this. We also need some young leaders to step forth. The problem today is that most people want to be in the front so they can get covered and personally benefit from it.
I don't agree with the riots. But if we had a more consistent plan of protest and demonstrations, maybe it wouldn't have come to that. It seems we get mad at one killing, let that die down, another happens, and the anger builds even more. There needs to be a consistent push by the public to evoke change.