Joe Biden and Kamala Harris observe a moment of reflection, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)
To mark Martin Luther King Day, some prominent “civil rights activists” are rebuking Republicans, from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, for quoting the civil rights leader’s most famous statement ever about the virtues of a truly color-blind America. In his August 1963 “I have a dream” speech, King powerfully appealed to the conscience of Americans when he said: “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.”
Yet in an article on Axios, Republican politicians citing King’s memorable line are accused of misrepresenting and dishonoring MLK, and advised to stop. The article cites numerous scholars extoling critical race theory, affirmative action and other reverse-discrimination methods of achieving racial justice in America, claiming that King was sympathetic to these means, and that America is still “systemically racist.” Republicans and those on the political and cultural right, they believe, are holding America back from finally attaining true racial justice and equality, while the left, whose stronghold is today’s Democratic Party, constitute the true champions of racial justice.
Source: https://www.wnd.com/2023/01/gop-accused-dishonoring-mlk-dems-tried-kill-64-civil-rights-act/
