So true. The great irony of this is that the people who are most content to sit in judgement on the failures of the past are those most incapable of the compassion and rational thought that brought us to a better world.
I'm often think about how MLK would be viewed today, with his message of brotherhood and genuine equality. So many of the people who call themselves "anti-racists" today would call him an Uncle Tom or a white supremacist or whatever other nonsense. The sense of "obviousness" that we have today about civil rights was his gift to us.
As I think you and I have noted before, every minority group has that fringe that doesn't want to let go of their oppression. They don't want progress because they've tied their identity so completely into being the victim.
It's much more validating for them to insist that they're hated despite the evidence or oppressed despite the evidence or that progress will never be made despite the evidence.
So yes, I completely agree, I think that there's huge overlap with all of these movements. LGBT rights, feminism, racism, ultimately they're all simply movements for our shared humanity and worth to be recognised. And sadly, some people within those groups are also confused about this.
p.s. speaking of the overlap between black rights and gay rights, you'll enjoy this:
