Martin Luther King Junior’s I Have a Dream speech is one of the most iconic moments in American history. That inspirational speech should have been treasured by all Americans, for so many reasons. If Martin Luther King Junior were alive he would be most disappointed in the manner American progressives have turned his truly influential speech completely on his head.
Based on this excerpt, how do think MLK Jr. would react to the violence caused by Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA?
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
Martin Luther King Junior would not approve of the absolute obsession with race that the American Political Left has demonstrated for the past several decades.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
Contrast Martin Luther King Junior’s I have a Dream speech with this: Systemic racism: What does it mean and how can you help dismantle it (usatoday.com)
Glenn Harris, president of Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines, defined it as “the complex interaction of culture, policy and institutions that holds in place the outcomes we see in our lives.”
“Systemic racism is naming the process of white supremacy,” Harris said.
Harris said systemic racism creates disparities in many “success indicators” including wealth, the criminal justice system, employment, housing, health care, politics and education. He said that although the concept dates back to work done by scholar and civil rights pioneer W. E. B. Du Bois, the concept was first named during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and was further refined in the 1980s.
Even worse is all racial hate included with this entry on a supposed dictionary website: White privilege Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster
the set of social and economic advantages that white people have by virtue of their race in a culture characterized by racial inequality.
by discussing the reality of white privilege, we’re not negating or invalidating other hardships that may come with each individual’s circumstances. Rather, we intend to shed light on the reality that white people are granted rights (whether they’re subtle or obvious), mmunities, and opportunities by their skin color, regardless of whether they asked for that privilege or not.—Mehak Anwar
And here, in white racism, was a shame of truly epic proportions—the shame of white supremacy that for centuries so squeezed the world with violence and oppression that white privilege was made a natural law.—Shelby Steele
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