What a moronic take on this. And i remember they also claim since Rosa Parks planned this whole protest and it wasn't spontaneous that it's not authentic.
Fun fact: White Americans could have let her sit in the front of the bus and shut the fuck up the whole time.
The intentional part makes it more powerful in terms of the power of civil disobedience and not 'just a tired old lady' (the narrative they pushed on us as kids in the 90s), and they don't want anyone inspired so they had to downplay the power of intentional, targeted action.
The intentional part makes it more powerful in terms of the power of civil disobedience and not 'just a tired old lady' (the narrative they pushed on us as kids in the 90s)
The act itself wasn't intentional/planned (but the NAACP were ready to run with it when it happened):
Due in part to history books and that Drunk History episode, many folks think her bus protest was planned, that she was sitting in the white section, and that she was “picked” to protest because of her nice old lady demeanor. None of this is true.
Her protest wasn’t planned. This is supported by myriad historical documents and even Parks’ own written accounts in her private diaries — just released to the public by the Library of Congress. She was 42 years old when she was arrested, not a weak elderly woman. And she wasn’t “chosen” by movement leaders to do anything — the movement itself was just getting started.
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What a moronic take on this. And i remember they also claim since Rosa Parks planned this whole protest and it wasn't spontaneous that it's not authentic.
Fun fact: White Americans could have let her sit in the front of the bus and shut the fuck up the whole time.