Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
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Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
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Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
#2Interesting read, gained even more respect for him from this article.
Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
#3Interesting read, gained even more respect for him from this article.
Before the #MeToo movement there was a slow ramp of scandals about celebrities and for a while there every time someone posted about Fred I would recite a little litany in my head,
Pleasebegoodpleasebegoodpleasebegood
That went into overdrive after the first rumors about Bill Cosby started up. And then by John Lassiter I was a momentary wreck every time Fred made the news.
Fred Rogers has been gone long enough now that I’m more confident that he was genuinely the Nice Guy his public image paints him to be. Of course Fred Rogers sued the KKK.
Arsenio Hall had Fred on the first run of his talk show. He was agog. Major hero worship. Ended up gifting him a copy of his signature jacket. Which was even bigger on Fred than it was on Arsenio.
Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
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“Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate actions which are intended to provide equal opportunities for all people on both an individual and a systemic level.”
Actually being color blind rather than having the appearance of being color blind is a tricky thing. Taken to an extreme, a collage which had a purely random acceptance criteria is non discriminatory, but it would feel like discrimination if you had a high GPA.
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Stop selectively using Dr King’s words to support a stance that his writings, especially his writings later than the "I have a dream" speech, do not support.
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.... https://academic.udayton.edu/race/03justice/justice06.htm#Co...
Mister Rogers absolutely embraced anti-racism on his show. That you do not understand that says much more about you than about anyone else.
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Stop selectively using Dr King’s words to support a stance that his writings, especially his writings later than the "I have a dream" speech, do not support. https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.... https://academic.udayton.edu/race/03justice/justice06.htm#Co... Mister Rogers absolutely embraced anti-racism on his show. That you do not understand that says much more about you than about anyone…
This. Since I’ve already googled up a link: https://www.today.com/popculture/how-mister-rogers-pool-mome...
Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
#8I wonder if it'd be better to posit that the 'team' sued the KKK because almost everything I know about this guy would lead me to believe he wasn't even likely to attack his aggressors, even if it was reasonable to do so.
FYI check out this 1969 congressional hearing [1], especially as compared to hearings today.
Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
#9I wonder if it'd be better to posit that the 'team' sued the KKK because almost everything I know about this guy would lead me to believe he wasn't even likely to attack his aggressors, even if it was reasonable to do so. FYI check out this 1969 congressional hearing [1], especially as compared to hearings today. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5PMPIdG_Y
Asserting one's rights is not "attacking". Do you think that Fred Rogers, upon learning that a gang of monstrous people is saying horrific things while impersonating him, wouldn't force them to stop?
Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)
#10I'd argue the five minutes of episode when Fred soaked his feet with a black man in a kiddie pool delivered a more crushing blow to the KKK than his suit did. a lot of kids saw that, and in turn became a lot harder to indoctrinate.
bigots and racists unfortunately remembered that lesson very well. teaching lgbtq and the history of race in this country is all but forbidden in some States because it works.