tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post1551446349131451013..comments2023-04-12T06:24:00.587-07:00Comments on The Civil Rights Movement : MLK and his Angry SideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post-24388892482174528082013-04-26T00:32:12.210-07:002013-04-26T00:32:12.210-07:00Thanks for posting this, I'm ashamed to say th...Thanks for posting this, I'm ashamed to say that I did not know about what you said concerning King's personal outlooks. A lot of American culture only perceives as King as the non-violent leader. I think this is an aspect of the civil rights movement's simplification by the Master Narrative. Part of why I think the master narrativer is so strong is that King's message dominated the media. He was a like a celebrity. <br /><br />The media focused on King's ideology of non-violent protest, which I think that has had a huge impact on how most Americans perceive King. We only know about what the positive aspects of King that the media portrayed. I also think that King was very aware of the need for the media's attention on non-violence, because he thought it was the most effective means of the movement to create change. There had to common ground in order for relations to move forward. think that if the civil rights movement had been rooted in violent protest from its beginning, the media would have condoned it and white culture would have dismissed blacks as violent and a threat to America. There would have been little room for sympathy from white political leaders (on the federal level). At the same time though, (as you point out) King personally hated white culture. This indicates to me that King grappled with what needed to happen in America: black enfranchisement and blacks/whites shifting their views to see each other as equals, and his hatred for how whites treated black people.Della Héberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810995650787403695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post-46231755924092258102013-04-26T00:12:43.424-07:002013-04-26T00:12:43.424-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Della Héberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810995650787403695noreply@blogger.com