𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘏𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯, 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘔𝘤𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴. - Gloria Laster (Colvin's sister)

If you want to gain more insight or have an accurate view of this particular piece of history all you need to do is look up Claudette Colvin in a Google Search.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/us/claudette-colvin-arrest-record.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/claudette-colvin-who-was-arrested-for-refusing-to-give-up-her-bus-seat-in-1955-is-fighting-to-clear-her-record-180978959/

@thewebrecluse Thank you for taking the time to post this. We (in my Swedish junior high school) covered the US civil rights movement in about two weeks along the lines of KKK bad terrorists MLK good savior, and while that's not wrong, I've realized while living in the US that it's the 10,000 ft view. To really understand current US society, you need a lot more detail, and I appreciate being told more.

@MeditatorMom Sifting through the BS in history is hard sometimes ... especially when there are so many parties trying to "color" it in ways that best suit their interests. There are a lot of different versions of Black history from Black people themselves ... mostly out of a need to perpetually only show a certain side of Black history to "the Whites" even if its not entirely true. Anything that takes perceived power from the Black community or gives White people more leverage is often hidden.

@MeditatorMom Every culture ... race ... country ... has its propaganda and it's secrets and its shames ... every single one. It's in their best interest to hide those or rewrite them ... or simply make shit up if it protects them. But its not truth and it ensures that eventually everything will be questioned and hardly anything will be considered real. Thats why there is doubt, mistrust, conspiracies, etc ...

@thewebrecluse Yeah, the impulse to hide bad things in the service of overall justice is understandable. But... Like you say, it gets messy. The bad things still happened/are happening, and either the cat gets out of the bag anyway but now with loss of additional face because of lying or you end up victimizing someone else in the community you're trying to protect.

But it takes courage to let the warts show.

@thewebrecluse - That's absolutely the reason. There had been a couple of previous situations that could have spurred the bus boycott, but it was important to have a victim that was above reproach, as they knew their opposition would find any angle they could to discredit, dehumanize and attack the victim. The less things that could be used to distract from their unjust treatment, the better.

@a2dox Yep. Basically a load of contrived bullshit at the expense of Colvin. Again this isn't news or shouldn't be. The way Krazy Kanye brought attention to it is unfortunate and his wording is interesting but his take isn't wrong. There is a lack of "realness" or "authenticity" to Parks because it was so "setup" by the NAACP ... a plant? Well ... I guess that's just about playing with words. But Colvin deserved better and Parks wouldn't be famous without Colvin's suffering so ...