RE: https://mastox.eu/@jacobin/116092373250822872
I never tire listening to #JamesBaldwin. A great extract 馃憞馃徑 of this monumental debate at #Cambridge Uni (in full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tek9h3a5wQ0), highlighting what is sadly still true: a lot of what is seen as #progress in the West, including the #AmericanDream has been achieved at the expense of the #Black people ( #BIPOC at large). Until we collectively acknowledge where this comfort comes from, we can't move past the myth of #MAGA & other #fascist fancy. As #BLM wisely says: no #justice, no #peace.
On this day in 1965, James Baldwin participated in a nationally televised debate against archconservative William Buckley on the topic of segregation.
The debate is considered a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights movement.