"In forty years or so, maybe fewer, there won’t be any more white people around who actually remember that Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, Opie-Taylor-Down-at-the-Fishing Hole cornpone bullshit that you hold so near and dear to your heart. There won’t be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won’t be any more white folks around who actually remember them, and so therefore, we’ll be able to teach about them accurately and honestly."
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Civil rights activistsAnti-apartheid activistsAnti-racism activistsAnti-fascistsPeople from Nashville
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An Open Letter to the White Right, On the Occasion of Your Recent, Successful Temper Tantrum (2010)
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