During the intimate discussion between the daughters of the civil rights movement, King admitted she dislikes people comparing their fathers against each other.
Shabazz agreed.
“There’s always these divisive tactics,” Shabazz said.
“When we think of Booker T. Washington … and W.E.B DuBois, you know we’re taught to choose one over the other, instead of being grateful for the significant contributions each made with all of the trauma around us.
“But when you have George Washington and Thomas Jefferson,” she continued, “it’s ‘oh look at these great men’ … but when it comes to our men, we have to choose one over the other instead of recognizing their significant sacrifice and contribution, in spite of the terrorism that we have endured and come and shined out of.”
