“Says the white man who wanted Rosa Parks’ seat on the bus was suffering from ADHD and anxiety.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 19 Jul 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A social media post about a white male passenger on Rosa Parks’ bus is satire. Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing a bus driver’s order to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott to protest segregation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 July 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2021, 32 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4593225910721472&set=gm.887768065192479&type=3&th…
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