Liberals condemned King’s hearings yet stayed silent as Obama institutionalized radicalization policy

Evidence

Though King was barely in the ground, conservatives used these ideas to kill his radical vision: law and order, and shiftless, lazy black folk looking for handouts. They also contrasted the social engineering of big government with that of private-sector innovation and competition. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 298 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conservatives weaponized King’s death to bury his radical vision — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 298; Liberal criticism of overt anti-Muslim hearings masks liberalism’s own racializing policies

Broader Connections

• Conservatives weaponized King’s death to bury his radical vision #complicates (0.72) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 298