Claim OwnershipState of Dr. King's Dream: Another Look!
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The question we face today is whether America has the will to address inequality and
racism.
The racial divide stands in sharp contrast to the legacy of Dr. King, a man who has
become the symbol of America’s moral conscience.
Utilizing such diverse indicators as income, wealth, homeownership, poverty, unemployment,
and infant mortality, this report looks at the gap between the legacy of Dr. King
and the America of today.
Progress since Dr. King was killed in 1968 has been painfully slow. In education, one
finds the most hopeful signs of Blacks achieving equality with whites. African Americans
have improved greatly in educational attainment, but these efforts have not been fairly
rewarded with the levels of employment and income received by their white counterparts.
King’s comment that “the Negro still lives in the basement of the Great Society” is still
valid for today. The basement might have been refurnished, but it is still the basement.
To change America into a country no longer marked by a racial caste system will require
a new commitment to the legacy of a man we commemorate every year. We need to
honor him not with platitudes, but with social policy that brings his vision into reality!
racism.
The racial divide stands in sharp contrast to the legacy of Dr. King, a man who has
become the symbol of America’s moral conscience.
Utilizing such diverse indicators as income, wealth, homeownership, poverty, unemployment,
and infant mortality, this report looks at the gap between the legacy of Dr. King
and the America of today.
Progress since Dr. King was killed in 1968 has been painfully slow. In education, one
finds the most hopeful signs of Blacks achieving equality with whites. African Americans
have improved greatly in educational attainment, but these efforts have not been fairly
rewarded with the levels of employment and income received by their white counterparts.
King’s comment that “the Negro still lives in the basement of the Great Society” is still
valid for today. The basement might have been refurnished, but it is still the basement.
To change America into a country no longer marked by a racial caste system will require
a new commitment to the legacy of a man we commemorate every year. We need to
honor him not with platitudes, but with social policy that brings his vision into reality!
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“When there is massive unemployment in the black community, it is called a social problem. But when there is massive unemployment in the white community, it is called a depression. We called our demonstration a campaign for jobs and income because we felt that the economic question was the most crucial that black people, and poor people generally, were confronting.” Words of Dr. MLK in March of 1968
“When the Constitution was written, a strange formula to determine taxes
and representation declared that the Negro was 60 percent of a person.
Today another curious formula seems to declare he is 50 percent of a
person. Of the good things in life he has approximately one-half those of
whites; of the bad he has twice those of whites. . .Negroes have half the
income of whites. . .There are twice as many unemployed. The rate of infant
mortality. . .is double that of whites.” Words of Dr. MLK
Dr. King would surely decry the ability of the federal government to find $160 billion for military intervention and occupation of a foreign time claim “insufficient funds” for greater equality at home. In Dr. King’s words, ”Poverty,
urban problems and social progress generally are ignored when the guns of war become a national obsession.”
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MCN Published by Intellectual Media Group: img is a creative visual communications and urban marketing company, delivering entertaining & engaging media across all boundaries including print publications, Radio & Television Broadcast.
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