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Reallynoreallyno t1_ja4lqwn wrote

I wonder how this encounter would shape you as a white child during these pivotal moments in history… I hope they understand how lucky they were and cherish this memory.

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live4lax25 t1_ja4luse wrote

It’s gotta be nice knowing your granparents definitely weren’t racist. This is some fuckin bonafides haha

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tupe12 t1_ja4o31z wrote

One of the brothers seems a bit older then the rest

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yttikat OP t1_ja4qzrh wrote

Replying to live4lax25 (#2,033,590)

This is my mother in law. I am Asian and grew up in a very racially diverse and tense area of Boston & they have really changed my opinion of white families. They are so kind. Also my husbands siblings all married minorities. They are super inclusive !

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bobalou2you t1_ja4x38y wrote

None of the somewhat limited progress could have occurred had it not been for white folks being much better than many would have you believe. That said there is still a long path ahead. Though, I believe the path ahead is much shorter than the one already traveled.

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LADSLADSLADS2022 t1_ja56tcd wrote

Could you imagine just having this photo in your house of you and basically a canonized American saint?

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billydoubleu t1_ja5bdgk wrote

I don't remember The Beaver having a sister, only Wally his older brother

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Ras1372 t1_ja5f4dv wrote

That one brother is adopted isn't he?

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Collector_2012 t1_ja5fxnl wrote

Holy crap.... Please tell me this photo is properly preserved?

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Playful-Excuse-8081 t1_ja5jlow wrote

The world could really use another great leader like this man about now

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OracleCam t1_ja5llt9 wrote

I like how the brother on the left is taking this very seriously, like he knows the gravity of whom he is meeting.

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Wish-I_WarSocks t1_ja5md4q wrote

Replying to yttikat (#2,038,772)

Call me Copernicus, cause I’ve noticed you answered seriously towards two different comments, that, to a thirty-somethin’ year old, were obvious one-liner references of those times; you thinkin’ MLKjr might have had a secret alias as The Beaver, has had me in stitches for minutes.

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yttikat OP t1_ja5ndfe wrote

Replying to Wish-I_WarSocks (#2,040,450)

I was caught up in the fact that people didn’t know what MIL meant and totally missed the jokes. When I realized, I too had to laugh at how ridiculous it was and how fucking awesome it could’ve been if he was in fact The Beaver (I dunno maybe like an earlier version of The Goat?). I’m going to just crawl under a rug now.

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MrMitchWeaver t1_ja5parr wrote

You left out an important detail in your title...

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yttikat OP t1_ja5q8ac wrote

Replying to bobalou2you (#2,035,661)

I grew up with a lot of racial tension & never thought in a million years I’d marry a white guy, I have had very poor experiences with white ppl as a kid and when I met his family it totally changed my POV. Not everybody is a racist POS and many care about changing the narrative.

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Collector_2012 t1_ja5rdn9 wrote

Replying to yttikat (#2,041,056)

Okay, so I am not sure you are grasping what I am saying. You have a piece of literal history right there. No matter how big or how small, a picture can speak more words than anyone or anything else can. So I highly suggest you really look into preserving that photo.

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wiskinator t1_ja5w2oh wrote

Kid on the far left looks like a time traveler from 1990 with a jersey, ball cap and pooka shell necklace

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AonArts t1_ja5xr6o wrote

Dude’s Mother in Law got that honorary cookout pass.

Respect ✊🏾

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Zealousideal-View142 t1_ja5z0j7 wrote

NO WAYYYYYYYY. That’s a lifetime piece. He and Richard Nixon are the 2 people I want to meet the most if I can go back in time.

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Luvoldcrap t1_ja5zpc7 wrote

The boy on the left definitely got in trouble more than just a few times due to his Tom foolery and hijinks.

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partylange t1_ja68irz wrote

Does anyone else think this looks fake?

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names_are_useless t1_ja69cql wrote

Replying to Playful-Excuse-8081 (#2,039,921)

Considering MLK's Anti-Capitalist views: if he were still alive today and held the same views as he did: he'd be blasted as a Radical Socialist (that much I suppose is true) and Far Leftist (he didn't like either poliitical parties) by the Media.

People either forget or don't know: MLK was NOT popular in his day. I remember one poll showing only about 25% of the entire country thinking positively of him when he was still alive. Newspapers would blame him for Black Riots (he'd be treated like BLM is today, maybe worse).

It wasn't until the Reagan Administration when MLK Day was conceptualized and his message and persona has been white-washed and relegated to one famous line from his "I Have a Dream Speech":

> I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

You don't see nearly as many people using these later quotes of his:

> Whenever the issue of compensatory treatment for the Negro is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree; but he should ask nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic. > > A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro.

Probably less than 50% of America wants the actual MLK back. A majority of the population only want the "Let's just say we're equal now and not stir anymore pots" white-washed MLK that is actually celebrated.

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Thprop t1_ja6cobg wrote

That little fella seems to know the nature of such a meeting.

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Thprop t1_ja6cxco wrote

Oh, the weisenheimers are out, I see.

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mypod49 t1_ja6fip3 wrote

I think it’s actually spelled MLK.

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Legal-You-6307 t1_ja6hsf8 wrote

Your MIL was one heluva black civil rights leader

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TrueStorey1776 t1_ja6j7y0 wrote

Was this before or after he slept with their mother?

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SuchhAaWasteeOfTimee t1_ja6ks9q wrote

I’m not American , but I thought mlk was around n popular in the 90s???

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facedthemusic t1_ja6oscg wrote

Just got home from Memphis, if you haven't been and have a chance, you need to go to the Civil Rights Museum there. 100% worth it. Just being near the Lorraine Motel was powerful and moving.

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LeeTorry t1_ja6t6nu wrote

Whats ML? Male Lover?

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Goodgoditsgrowing t1_ja6t82j wrote

Took me way too long to realize you weren’t intending to say your MIL was related to mlk jr

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Icommentor t1_ja6vci4 wrote

I don’t think she can call him that.

Oh wait. Nvm

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tooogsh_tak t1_ja70qte wrote

Didn't know the diaz bros were that old.

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Pepsi-Min t1_ja71z3e wrote

That's not your mother in law, that's MLK!

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Zaisuu t1_ja75769 wrote

Pugsley is that you?

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Ratleyaroo t1_ja76v4r wrote

Your MIL looks the spitting image of Martin Luther King…

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Withnail_nd_Icecream t1_ja7cs7j wrote

This is a season 6 subplot for Sally Draper and her brothers if Mad Men had been on ABC instead of AMC.

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doyletyree t1_ja7f70t wrote

That tallest brother looks familiar…

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bangersnmash13 t1_ja7gep8 wrote

I think this is the only picture I’ve seen of MLK smiling.

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jsilva5avilsj t1_ja7nefr wrote

lolololkl boy was i surprised when i opened this up ..

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jsilva5avilsj t1_ja7nhcn wrote

leave it to beaver with a Dennis The Menace smirk

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loztriforce t1_ja7owcx wrote

That’s so awesome, I love Wesley Snipes

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dafyddil t1_ja84ci4 wrote

Just watched King in the Wilderness. Recommend!

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Acceptable-Cod7214 t1_ja8em7o wrote

Great photo. Dr. King seems to have adored children: they appear so frequently in his writings.

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uohhhhhhh t1_ja8ls8h wrote

The kid on the left has 60s rizz

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Gojisoji t1_ja8sy19 wrote

Even looks like back then they did hover hands lol.

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GodfatherLanez t1_ja8t4ei wrote

>My MIL & her brothers, 1960s.

Talk about burying the lede.

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iExodus1744 t1_ja8z5aa wrote

My boy on the left said ‘I’m invited to the cookout 😏’

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TurrPhennirPhan t1_ja94ozv wrote

Replying to Playful-Excuse-8081 (#2,039,921)

It’s important to remember that our memory of him and his struggle has been sanitized. His ideas were more radical than textbooks often state, and he faced the same smear campaigns and demonization activists today face, only without the magnitude of social media and 24 hour cable news.

The next MLK may be among us already, but Fox News has drilled it into the heads of almost half of America that they’re an Antifa communist BLM supporter who hates and wants to eradicate white people.

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anuragism t1_ja970vd wrote

Martha Lucr king junior he died for our sins.

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PsychologicalLeg9302 t1_jaabj42 wrote

What a great photo! My mom was Mrs King’s secretary and my dad worked with Dr King at SCLC!

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ClockOk8417 t1_jabgx0y wrote

Your MIL's brother on the left looks like Jack Nicholson if he were young

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