“Back then, they were called communists, or half-breeds, or outside agitators, sexual and moral degenerates, and worse, they were called every other name than what their parents gave them…”
Barack Obama on Selma
Read a YouTube comment board under a civil-rights-related video, and you’ll see people still flustered by the alleged sexuality of MLK or other marchers. The most authoritarian way to try undermining a social movement and its historical memory is to slut-shame protesters. #Selma50 #OccupyWallStreet
