sheislaurence<p>🧵 1/2: Today is the 60th anniversary of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesBaldwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesBaldwin</span></a> vs. William Buckley debating at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> the question "Is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> at the expense of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> Negro?"</p><p>I urge you to watch the full debate below, not only to witness <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Baldwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baldwin</span></a>'s extraordinary oratory skills, his emotional intelligence & foresight, but also to suffer the pretentious, prejudiced & wildly unaware argument of Buckley, which explains the wilful laisser-faire attitude to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>