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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)but I am a jerk like that.
Here's where I would quote Martin, since I just found my copy of Stride Toward Freedom (which was sitting right in front of me). A bomb had just blown up on his front porch with his wife and young daughter inside. He wrote:
"By this time the crowd outside was getting out of hand. The policemen had failed to disperse them, and throngs of additional people were arriving every minute..." He said, he went outside and spoke to the crowd, saying "..."We must love our white brothers," ..."no matter what they do to us. We must make them know that we love them. Jesus still cries out in words that echo across the centuries 'Love your enemies,; bless them that curse you; pray for them that despitefully use you.' This is what we must live by. We must meet hate with love...." pp 137-38
Now, he was talking about even loving RACIST white people.
At this point though, there would be many fewer objections if the person in question had said "I hate racist white people." But by leaving out any sort of modifier, she threw ALL white people under the bus, even Obama's mom.
It would be nice if we had an integrated society where a black person would have a least a few white friends and thus not make statements that would include some of their friends.