"Hundreds urged to honor King’s legacy" by Peter Schworm | Globe Staff, January 21, 2013
In a keynote address, Harvard University minister and professor Jonathan Walton said that King’s true legacy, his push for economic justice and criticism of the US war in Vietnam, is too often brushed aside in favor of a “sterilized, sanitized” figure.
You know who I hold responsible for that, readers.
“We have reduced his contribution to an ephemeral dream,” he said. “We have deprived King’s legacy of its potency.”
In the mid-1960s, King became more outspoken against the country’s “imperialist practices” abroad and the concentration of wealth and power in American society. He could no longer “turn a blind eye” to the country’s “moral failings,” Walton said.
“He moved beyond civil rights to human rights,” he said to applause. “King matured. He woke up.”
But over time, King’s more controversial views have been glossed over, Walton said. That has led the country to celebrate its racial progress while ignoring the deep inequalities that remain, he said.
“It’s easier to celebrate a dead icon than heed the admonitions of a living prophet,” he said, adding that King’s work is best honored by actions, rather than words.
And cui bono?
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Related: Catholics For King
I'm one of them (nominally).
"In a nod to his apparent intent to heighten the role of forceful diplomacy....
That's a clever euphemism for more war.
“To tell the truth, having a black president is the same as having a white president. As far as me, nothing directly has changed.”
I agree with you, brother.
Also see: King honored on a day symbolizing his dream
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So that is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
UPDATE: Harvard Divinity School given $10m gift
Related:
"A study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University found last year that 91 percent of Jews give to charity, making Jews far more charitable than most Christians - and the vast majority of Jewish giving goes to non-Jewish organizations."
That's because they stole all the lot, and honestly, I'm tired of the benevolent Jew narrative constantly expounded by my newspaper.
Also see: The Supreme Insult: Jewish Supremacism Is Not Racism
Yeah, I'm tired of that, too.
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