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#IdentityPolitics is often used to drive wedges between oppressed/exploited groups so that they don’t realize their real power.
It could be a powerful tool for diversity and #Solidarity, but instead it’s used to maintain the status quo.
#MalcolmX
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It could be a powerful tool for diversity and #Solidarity, but instead it’s used to maintain the status quo.
#MalcolmX
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Unity of purpose does not require absolute homogeneity; nor does #Solidarity require unity of experience.
It is in our diversity that our strengths lie, and our understanding of mutual struggle where our power can be found.
#MalcolmX
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It is in our diversity that our strengths lie, and our understanding of mutual struggle where our power can be found.
#MalcolmX
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True #Solidarity requires us to acknowledge our diversity, to respect our differences, but unite for the plight of all those who struggle against exploitation and injustice.
It is with a common purpose that we must struggle.
#MalcolmX
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It is with a common purpose that we must struggle.
#MalcolmX
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Malcolm X was assassinated on 21 February, 1965.
He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm, 54 years ago.
He was 39.
3 years, 1 month, and 14 days later, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated, also 39.
They only met once in March 1964.
#MalcolmX
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He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm, 54 years ago.
He was 39.
3 years, 1 month, and 14 days later, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated, also 39.
They only met once in March 1964.
#MalcolmX
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