Civil Rights Protest Comparisons

The classic "an effective protest is one that is neither seen nor heard". Which is just ahistorical. Civil rights in the US was not passed because black folks explained to white people that they are people deserving the same rights as them. I hate this white washing of history as a series of peaceful movements that everyone agreed with.

> Previous struggles for rights, for example by women, blacks, and gays, as well as pushing back against "the man" - conformity with the establishment, were important causesIronically your attitude itself is not new. During the Civil Rights era it was a common meme among the "center" that emancipation was a worthy and noble cause but that ending segregation and Jim Crow was a bridge too far. Hindsight is 20/20...

For a bit of historical perspective, this was the same criticism made of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Good thing MLK didn't try to follow your advice.

People said the same thing about abolitionists, suffragists, anti-segregationists, etc, etc. It's certainly possible that this time will be different, but I wouldn't wager money on it.

You forgot the civil rights movement.

What in the epic hell are you on about?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement

I found this interesting in light of recent discussions about non-violent civil disobedience and protest here at HN in response to the Eric Garner killing, the events in Ferguson, etc. No one would likely argue that we have a dictatorship to overthrow (or, at least, most would not argue that), but there is a long history of cultural and political shifts in the US due to non-violent resistance.

The movement was characterized by nonviolent mass protests and civil disobedience following highly publicized events such as the lynching of Emmett Till. These included boycotts such as the Montgomery bus boycott, "sit-ins" in Greensboro and Nashville, a series of protests during the Birmingham campaign, and a march from Selma to Montgomery. Eh, none of that seems to fall into either of the buckets you describe, other than maybe sit-ins "targeting&quo

They used to say that exact thing about the struggle for civil rights.How many men cared about women having the vote?How many American citizens cared about freeing the slaves?How many people cared about the rights of black Americans in the 1950s?How many people care about kneeling during the anthem now?---It's always "Nobody except for a few ideologues and some virtue signalling leftists..." Until it isn't. Meanwhile, some people just keep plugging away at i

Are you comparing discrimination against black people in the 50s to what may have happened to a man? A lot of civil rights activists wanted affirmative action too.Often is most of the time. People perceive relative changes as terrible. That's why they arrested Parks instead of agreeing with her.