SubscribeIf Obama is not elected MLK’s dream will be unrealized - because of black people -John McWhorter
I’m a big fan of John McWhorter. He is easily one of the most astute observers of our social climate today. He makes a startlingly good point in his recent column On The Content of His Character .
In the increasingly unlikely event that Barack Obama does not become president, Martin Luther King’s dream would reveal itself as tragically unrealized 40 years after his death. Not, however, because whites were standing in that dream’s way, but because of the black people standing alongside them.
Yes, black people. I find myself unable to trust that more than a sliver of black America would be able, if Obama lost, to assess that outcome according to–of all things–the content of his character.
For 40 years, black America has been misled by a claim that we can only be our best with the total eclipse of racist bias.
In my own opinion, whatever the outcome, Obama’s candidacy or presidency will only aggravate racial tensions being nurtured by liberals.
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