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2023-07-01 00:41:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FC212F96BFD74EE2823E8A16E383F983D176F080DAC493ADB949AA3DE39CC553
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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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