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Originally Posted by Catus Felidae  If Sanger was such an open racist, WHY when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was given the Margaret Sanger award from Planned Parenthood in '66, did he not only accept the award but said: "There is scarcely anything more tragic in human life than a child who is not wanted. That which should be a blessing becomes a curse for parent and child. Negroes have a special and urgent concern with family planning as a profoundly important ingredient in their struggle for security and a decent life. Our sure beginning in the struggle for equality by nonviolent action may not have been so resolute without the tradition established by Mrs. Sanger." (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/abo...alb/MLK_JR.HTM) If she was in fact a racist, it seems to me that Dr King, of all people, would have refused the award. |
Read the link I provided. She made it a point to draw the support of black leaders. What was that she said "we dont want black people thinking we are trying to eliminate them" something to that effect. |