Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah event; Black America recalls his racist words as nation confronts violence and division.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36023983

by Nehemiah Frank and Ezekiel J. Walker
Sep 11, 2025

He also attacked civil rights leaders and the laws that reshaped the nation. “Clarence Thomas was a far better black role model to celebrate than Martin Luther King. Period. End of story. This guy is not worthy of a national holiday,” Kirk said.

At Turning Point USA’s America Fest in 2023, he went further: “MLK was awful. … We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    By hosting far-right and white supremacist figures, Charlie Kirk helped normalize ideas once relegated to America’s political margins. Those choices blurred boundaries between mainstream conservatism and extremist ideologies. They offered legitimacy to voices attacking immigrants, Black communities, and LGBTQ people. His framing of affirmative action and Juneteenth fueled policy debates on education, civil rights, and diversity rollbacks.

    • altphoto@lemmy.today
      4·
      20 hours ago

      Demonstrating how fragile our freedom is and why the government should stand for its people instead of against them.