MLK's dreams shattered?
"It‘s time for us to come together. It‘s time for us to rebuild New Orleans — the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It‘s the way God wants it to be. You can‘t have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn‘t be New Orleans."This is a far cry from the dream of Martin Luther King:
...I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.Unfortunately, it appears that the gist of the good Dr. King's speech was lost on the likes of Jesse Jackson, Kweesi Imfume, and yes, Ray Nagin:
I don‘t think that we need to pay attention any more as much about other folks and racists on the other side.‘ He said, (perhaps he would do well to pay attention to the racists on his own "side")Poor MLK is probably doing 360s in his grave right now.The thing we need to focus on as a community — black folks I‘m talking about — is ourselves.‘"
(Filed under limousine liberals, multi-culturalism)
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