sundin13 said:
In the words of MLK Jr: "our society has been doing something special against the Negro for hundreds of years. How then can he be absorbed into the mainstream of American life if we do not do something special for him now, in order to balance the equation and equip him to compete on a just and equal basis?" Even if we were to assume that systemic racism is behind us (and it very much is not), he consistently argued for the modern leftist position of equity, not equality. You cannot simply remove the oppression from the equation, you must provide payment to the oppressed to allow them to reach equality, else you are just trading one system of oppression (race) for another (wealth). The right has tricked so many people into thinking that because MLK said "I have a dream that men will be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin" (to paraphrase), he advocated for colorblind policy. Such an assertion is pure nonsense. MLK Jr advocated for radical change, not just up to the point where segregation is lifted, but until the point where the black population equally shared the fruits of this country's successes. We have not reached the world MLK Jr dreamt of, largely because “The great majority of Americans ... are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it”. There was always going to be a cost. People just care more about their own comfort than they do about justice, and that hill only gets steeper as we approach equity.... |
All the comments so far and especially op is spot on.
Martin Luther king had also strong Words for us white moderates.
KLXVER i assume he pretty much talking about the kind of mentality that back then was characterizing MLK "uncle Tom "etc.
His approach was radical, but not extreme.
Some People today confuse their extreme/counterproductive views as ideals and they don't accept any single one nuance.
Civic right pacts had 60% support in 1965, mostly owing to mjk" mostly so called moderate approach.
Imagine for instance if a bank reject a loan to a black family and instantly they blame to racism instead of credibility score , which can be the case and must be some paradigms even today.
This will spark icious circle of anger and what ever entails.
Remember defund the police, how unpopular ended up even among black people.
USA has headed to very bizarre roads... Turning backwards.
When you are in 85%, further pushing them adversely instead of to merely concern people, you risk to go back more and more.
"in the pursue of what klver mentioned, not enough to be not racist, you have to be actively anti racist, as if the former negates the latter.
Fortunately trump is messing with economy, which is a turning point of voters...
He was first and foremost elected for fixing the woes, mostly to the inflation crisis Ukraine etc not choices of dems.
Last edited by tak13 - on 19 June 2025
