Summary

In Chapter Fifteen, Oluo writes about how Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are held up as opposite examples in the fight for racial justice. King is most often lauded for being on the side of love and equality, while Malcom is associated with anger and separation. Oluo reminds readers that, in his time, King was not the legendary hero we remember today; he was public enemy number one. Oluo argues that, despite the different tactics of these two men, both were viewed as dangerous because they threatened the system of White Supremacy.

This opens up a discussion on tone policing. Tone policing is when someone (usually the privileged person) shift the discussion away from the issue at hand and unto the question of how that issue is being discussed. Commenting on or disagreeing with the way a person...