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2023-07-01 20:15:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5E2BFF932E1A380E0384333A50BA721FCB3BC92AB47E11C7C8584CE70D1B6534
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The tweet contains a lie. MLK was a proponent and frequent advocate of what Pres. Kennedy eventually called affirmative action. From his last book: "If a city has a 30% Negro population, then it is logical to assume that Negroes should have at least 30% of the jobs ..." https://ideals.uark.edu/where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or-community-book-review/ https://books.google.com/books?id=ka4TcURYXy4C&lpg=PP1&dq=where%20do%20we%20go%20from%20here&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=where%20do%20we%20go%20from%20here&f=false
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