The Editorial Board at Issues
and Insights observed that today marks
the 55th anniversary of the day the
murderous James Earl Ray took the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The civil
rights leader should be allowed to rest in peace, but he is being slain yet
again, this time by a mob of mediocre minds with rock-bottom character that
seeks to overturn his life’s works.
In what is widely acknowledged as
his greatest speech, King dreamed that his “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,” that “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.”
. . .
He couldn’t have been clearer about
his vision for a color-blind society. And in the 40 years that followed his
death, our country moved in that direction, year by year, heart by heart.
But much has changed. The woke mob,
critical race theory, and the DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) movement have
reopened a once-gaping, raw wound that had almost closed. Consider just a few
of the many instances in which our “leaders” and institutional luminaries not
only reject King’s teaching but actively try to return this country to an era
of segregation and ugly, unapologetic bigotry. . . .
The editorial concludes:
Locally, teachers, administrators,
and school boards are wrecking the MLK legacy. If they’re not telling white
students that they are racist, should be ashamed of themselves, and
indulging radical
speakers who believe schools are “spirit murdering” black children,
then they’re lowering
standards to aid minorities, fully consistent with the soft bigotry of low
expectations.
And then there are the DEI shysters
such as Robin DiAngelo, a white woman who has grown fabulously wealthy making
progressive rich whites feel guilty for sins they haven’t committed (while
simultaneously being disappointed
by them), and telling “people of color” they “need to get
away from white people and have some community with each other.”
None of this is what Martin Luther
King Jr. lived or died for. But it’s a pot of gold for grifters, race hustlers,
status seekers, political hacks, and just plain mean people. At least we know
who they are.
Full editorial is here.
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