Martin Luther King's 'Dream' has fallen by the wayside. His 'dream' of having blacks
judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin is
no closer to being realised than it was more than 40 years ago when he first articulated
his vision of a color free future.
Not, as current black 'leaders' assert, because racism is alive and well in America.
But because the current politically correct orthodoxy has effectively banned any type of
judgement. All judgement is now off limits. (Unless you're one of the lucky
few who does the judging.) Judging others has been deemed at best, hurtful. At worst,
a hate crime. Thus, any reference which challenges the liberal template of race,
such as, say, having an opinion, has become a social crime with very real penalties.
The latest casualty of this perverse policy is one of the world's most highly regarded
scientists, Dr. James Watson, who won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure
of DNA. The wrath of the left has descended upon Dr Watson for daring to opine that
intelligence, IQ, may vary among different races.
Set aside the fact that his assertion may hold some merit, as proven by Charles
Murray and Abigail Thernston's 'Bell Curve' study. The fact is that Dr Watson dared
to challenge the left's holy trinity of race, i.e.:
All blacks are victims of racism
Whatever misfortune befalls them is Whitey's fault
America is still a racist nation.
The few celebrities and politicians that have dared uttered any opinion on the subject
of race recently should have served as an example to Dr Watson. Namely, one either
holds the 'socially acceptable' view on matters of race (and sex) or one can kiss their career
goodbye. Think Trent Lott, Isiah Washington, Don Imus...
Though Dr Watson quickly offered numerous mea culpas for the heresy of voicing an
opinion on race, this wasn't enough to satisfy those whose make a living by fanning
the flames of racial sensitivities. Maybe if Watson had immediately entered rehab
with a view towards 'correcting his thinking' as actor Isiah Washington did, he
may have saved his job. As it stands, he was suspended Thursday by his New York
Research Institution.
Martin Luther King's dream has turned into a nightmare. A bad dream full of quotas,
lack of accountability, increased racial intolerance, increased segregation and
extreme volatility and inequity in interracial standards of behavior and communication.
This sorry state of affairs is a dream come true for racial hucksters like Al Sharpton
and Jesse Jackson, the self anointed 'spokesmen' who claim to represent the whole
black race. After all, if everyone 'just got along', these rubes would lose their
power, their funding and their relevance.
Personally, I have a dream. A dream where people like Lawrence Sumner and Dr Watson
team up with the thousands of other men and women of merit who have been effectively
silenced by our increasingly censurious society. I have a dream that they fight
back - ala 'Atlas Shrugged' - by pooling their talents and forging a society where merit
rules. A society where pathetic race mongers like Jackson and Sharpton are actually
judged and found guilty of taking Martin Luther King's 'Dream' and subverting it
to their own selfish agendas.
I dream of a society where truly outstanding people of merit like Clarence Thomas,
Condoleeza Rice, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Margaret Thatcher, etc. are held
up as examples to emulate instead of being vilified by self-proclaimed 'experts'
and discredited losers who yearn for their 15 minutes while engaging in the worst
form of schadenfreude. A society where, as Shelby Steele puts it, '...callow and sycophantic
black leaders will stop selling black dependency as white opportunities for moral
deliverance.'
I have a dream that one day color won't determine one's identity. A day when individuals
will be free to voice opinions on race without being dragged through the mud
by people whose only value lies in conformity. I dream that one day whites will stop
patronizing blacks, and blacks will stop allowing themselves to be patronized. A
day when everyday Americans aren't forced to continually prove how non-racist they
are. I dream that individual identity
will one day trump group identity.
I have a dream that one day MLK will be able to rest easy in his grave, knowing
that his vision of judging a man by the content of his character instead of the
color of his skin has become a reality.
She lives in South Carolina
