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by pjc50 3294 days ago
Are people surprised that the FBI of the 50s was treating black intellectuals as some sort of alien internal enemy?

It's not as if this has changed much. Compare the treatment of e.g. Black Lives Matter with white groups or individuals which are overtly pro-violence, e.g. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/neo-nazi-br...
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coldtea 3294 days ago
>Are people surprised that the FBI of the 50s was treating black intellectuals as some sort of alien internal enemy?

No, what's surprising is that some people think this was then, and things now are different.

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M_Grey 3294 days ago
A lot of that "thinking" is either wishful, or sculpted by people who need post-racial apathy to commit their very racially motivated crimes.
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Crontab 3294 days ago
This is the problem with allowing the government to have invasive surveillance powers - they use them not only to prevent legitimate threats but also to try to prevent the social changes that naturally should occur over time.
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FullMtlAlcoholc 3294 days ago
> Are people surprised that the FBI of the 50s was treating black intellectuals as some sort of alien internal enemy?

> It's not as if this has changed much. Compare the treatment of e.g. Black Lives Matter with white groups or individuals which are overtly pro-violence, e.g. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/neo-nazi-br....

I think the implication is not much has changed

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