People are mocking his comments, but THAT’S WHAT IT MEANS TO THINK HISTORICALLY… To be able to see the deeper roots of social/cultura/etc problems in a society, trace them back and pinpoint them, and then MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES…
Cross-posted to the BLM thread…
[ETA] Also, he did not BLAME Nixon so much as he blamed a difference in policy decisions between Johnson (who sought to tackle such issues as Black poverty in cities) and Nixon who was much less robust on that particular issue (he did have some affirmative action policies and supported the formation of the EPA).
