McWhorter suggests the slowdown in civil rights advances after 1968 was solely a function of the movement's changing tactics. But understanding how this slowdown occurred requires a focus not just on internal dynamics but on the growing power of backlash politics.
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One of the political parties transformed itself into a criminal organization in response to the civil rights movement, but you'll never see a "centrist" reckon with that fact or its moral implications.
One of the best things I learned reading about the Civil Rights Movement is that all movements are imperfect and that those expecting perfection (in strategy, from activists, or in actions) are not only opposed to the movement but often too cowardly to admit it.
