Marin Luther Kings Dream Realized?

Posted by J. Andrew Reid on January 16, 2012

Today I was remembering the famous Martin Luther King "I have a Dream" speech. The part that sticks with me was; "I have a dream that my 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." In reflecting of his lofty goal I cannot help but think that we are no closer today than were when those famous words held a audience rapt in August, 1963. 

Dr. King did not talk about African Americans he spoke of "citizens of color....." and "Negro people" in America. He knew that his brothers and sisters of color were Americans. He said that "Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning". He knew that the hard part was ahead but that the American Negro could lift himself up, assert his god given rights and take his rightful place in American society.

Well, forty eight years later how far have we come? We have elected a black president not because of the content of his character but because of the color of his skin. How does our first black president, Barack Obama, honor the negro struggle for equality of opportunity? Barack Obama teaches that America is no longer a Christian nation, that the reason poor people are oppressed is that the mostly white rich have taken all the money so there is none left for the poor white or black. Obama teaches that because the rich have all the money the poor cannot raise themselves up through education and by their own hard work so he will level the playing field by taking from the rich and giving to the poor. 

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Examining Black Loyalty to Democrats

Excellent video!

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Human Events

The Democrat Plantation


by Richard Bernstein
09/13/2010

When black Americans' ancestors were enslaved in pre-Civil War America, they were compelled to live lives shaped by their masters. Uniformity was required, and disobedience was punished. As a result of this ongoing powerlessness, slaves developed what has been described as a "plantation mentality."


So what's changed? For an overwhelming majority of black Americans, nothing much. They still embrace a plantation mentality, but they've changed "masters:" from slave-owners to the Democratic Party.

Perhaps blind loyalty to a political party they perceive as their "protectors" is an inevitable consequence of black Americans' unique history. That such loyalty is to a Democrat party whoseown history is a tattered tale of segregation and racism is mind-boggling.

How many black Americans know Martin Luther King's battle to desegregate the South had him fighting Democrats, such as Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, who refused to serve blacks in his restaurant in defiance of the 1964 Civil rights Act; Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who ended his 1962 gubernatorial victory speech with the phrase, "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever;" or Alabama Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, who prevented integration using attack dogs and fire hoses against protesters?

How many black Americans know the Republican Party was formed in 1854 as the anti-slavery party—even as Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1866? How many know President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, (who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957) along with his brother Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, had Martin Luther King wire-tapped by the FBI in the hope they could prove he was a Communist?

How many Americans of any ethnic persuasion know Martin Luther King was a Republican? How many know it was Republicans who established the NAACP?

Most historians consider the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a defining moment in black America's fight for equality. Because it was passed during the administration of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson, Democrats became known as party of de-segregation—even though a higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted in favor of the bill. And despite the reality that 23 Democratic senators filibustered the bill, trying to prevent its passage.

The same historians note that Republican Barry Goldwater's opposition to the bill was the turning point for many black Americans. In reality, Goldwater's opposition to the bill had nothing to doing with race—and everything to do with what he considered an "unlawful expansion" of federal power.

As far as the unlawful expansion of federal power goes, Goldwater has been thoroughly vindicated.

If black Americans wish to be Democrats, that is their choice—or is it? Despite the fact that Democrats enjoy the support of over 90% of black America, the other 10%, those who dare to "stray from the plantation," have been routinely vilified—by other black Americans. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been depicted as a lawn jockey, and former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, as a monkey and a parrot. Both, along with countless other non-Democrat blacks, have been referred to as "house niggers" or "Uncle Toms" for embracing conservative values.

The not-so-subtle message? Support liberal dogma—or face social ostracism.

Why the need to vilify the non-conformists? Ironically, the political party which portrays itself as the "champion of tolerance and freedom" knows that free-thinking black Americans represent a mortal threat to its power base. Democrats know that a failure to maintain the modern-day version of the plantation mentality—eternal victimhood caused by a hopelessly racist society which can only be alleviated by government hand-outs—would force them to compete for a bloc of voters they currently take for granted.

It would also cost Democrats a ton of money. Few things are more profitable than keeping the "racial grievance" industry alive. Thousands of Americans employed in jobs such as "promoting diversity," teaching "race sensitivity" classes, or maintaining quotas in employment, government-sponsored minority set-asides, and university admissions—every one of which is an extension of the liberal worldview—would be forced to look elsewhere for work.

In short, people judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin is a bridge too far for a Democrat party which does quite well promoting exactly the opposite. Far better for Democrats to tell black Americans that racism is "as bad as it's ever been"—even as they side-step their own party's historical involvement in it.

Yet at some point, black Americans might want to ask themselves:

If you've hitched yourselves to the Democrat party for 50-plus years, and racism is as bad as it's ever been, at what point do you hold Democrats accountable?

At what point do you leave the Democrat plantation behind?

Richard Bernstein is the author of "Duped America: How Democrats and the Mainstream Media Have Duped the American People and Are Harming Our Country" (Forrester Publishing Company, 2010).

Restoring Honor

Jillian Bandes:  Restoring Honor


Glenn Beck says that this Saturday’s 8/28 “Restoring Honor” rally is about far more than just politics.

“This isn’t a rah-rah USA kind of thing. This is a sacred reflective spot in our nation… the Reflecting Pool,” said Beck, in an exclusive interview with Townhall.com and Townhall Magazine. “I think if you stand between Lincoln and Washington, spiritually, mentally, morally, we will heal our country.”

Healing his country is at the top of the agenda for the media mogul, who has recently introduced a prayer to his daytime radio show and frequently touches on his spiritual background during his top-ranked cable program. Restoring Honor is one way to propel his talk into action, and to provide a platform for agenda items that he plans on releasing at the rally.

“We have worked very, very hard on something that is extraordinarily delicate and fragile. It will be announced at the end of this, as the beginning of something that I believe will have restorative change as a result,” said Beck. “I don’t mean restore it back 2000, or George Bush, I mean restore us back to where we belong and where we should be as a nation and where we have been very few times in our nation’s history.”

The rally will take place between 10 and 2pm, Beck said that he had been working on something for the past eight months that had not been done in 240 years. He did not say if that was a reference to the Badge of Military Merit, issued in 1780, or has something to do with our nation’s founding, in 1776. What he did say was that the event will be of historic proportions.

“There is a revolution coming, whether you like it or not, whether that be a hot revolution or a cold revolution. A revolution is already underway in America,” said Beck. “Now who’s going to win? Is it going to be those who understand the Constitution and our founding principles and know that we have gone off those principles decades ago? Or are we going to throw this baby out with the bath water and say “we have got to try something entirely new”? That’s the question of our age and we better decide which side you are on.”

It’s clear which side Beck is on. Through a mix of Christian theology and political evangelism, he’s established himself as a man who is nothing if not dedicated to our Constitution and a religious order.

“I see this as a George Washington said, ‘Meet me on the battlefield of ideas.’…Does man have a right to decide his own destiny without the coddling of the collective? Does man pay for the sins of the mistakes of his father or for the grandeur of his father does he get reward? Or does a man have to stand on his own two feet and live and die in his own merit with the understanding that there are some, some, in our society that just can’t stand on their own two feet and we have a responsibility to take care of those. Is that where we are headed?”

Perhaps another option is an oligarchy, said Beck. He is especially concerned about the intersection of politics and power. “Or are we headed towards… some sort of controlling government that will only allow man to expand, succeed, and fail just so much. That’s the first battle and that’s the battlefield of ideas,” he said.

Beck has received scores of criticism from those who say the timing of his event – on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s "I Have a Dream" speech – seeks to overshadow the civil rights movement in a negative or demeaning way. For example, Media Matters has titled the event Glenn Beck's 8-28 "reclaim the civil rights movement" rally. But Beck is nonplussed.

“I’ve read Martin Luther King’s speeches, I’ve read his sermons, I have listened and respect the words he said, I take him at his face value and that is to follow God, listen to God, be peaceful, but stand for the right of man to be equal and have an equal shot,” said Beck. “That it is not about the color of skin, it is about the content of character. I don’t know if there is going to be a word on stage that Martin Luther King would disagree with.”

One-thousand buses have reserved space in D.C. for the event. By comparison, there were about 3000 buses for President Obama’s inauguration. Stay tuned for a full transcript of Beck's exclusive interview with Townhall.

Jillian Bandes's Biography Jillian Bandes is the National Political Reporter for Townhall.com

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