Right around December 1, when everyone was rightfully talking about the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ 1955 refusal to cede her seat in a Birmingham bus, one of the Twitter pals of Arthur Tweeted, “Do some research on Claudette Colvin, sidelined as she didn’t have the right ‘look’ of a true heroine”. Arthur wanted my thoughts on that, maybe on March 2, 2015, which is the 60th anniversary of Colvin’s arrest — the first arrest for resisting bus segregation.
As it turns out, I DID write about Claudette Colvin, almost five years ago, and I don’t have much more to say.
Arthur added:
Seems to me this raises issues of expediency — deliberately choosing the best “face” to put on an issue Continue reading “The perfect victim, just the right symbol”