CARSON: MLK would be alarmed by black-on-black violence, lack of family values

Washington Times ^ | 8/28/2013 | Ben Carson

[RoosterRedux]

It is hard to believe that 50 years have elapsed since the famous “I have a dream speech” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall in Washington. I was an 11-year-old child in Detroit languishing in the midst of poverty, but very interested in the strides that were being made in the civil rights movement. I was the only black kid in my seventh-grade class and over the previous two years had risen from the bottom of the class to the top. My mother had forced us to read, which had a profound positive effect on both my brother Curtis and myself. I was quite optimistic that things were getting better for black people in America.

If King could be resurrected and see what was going on in America today, I suspect he would be extraordinarily pleased by many of the things he observed and disappointed by others. He, like almost everyone else, would be thrilled to know that there was a two-term black president of the United States of America and a black attorney general, as well as many other high government officials, business executives and university presidents.

Perhaps just as thrilling would be the sight of black doctors, lawyers, airline pilots, construction foremen, news anchors, school superintendents and almost any other position imaginable in America...

*snip*

There are some areas, however, where I suspect he might be less than thrilled. The epidemic of black-on-black violent crime indicates that there has been a significant deterioration of values in the black community. Not only are the lives of their fellow blacks and others being devalued by street thugs, but the lives of unborn babies are being destroyed in disproportionate numbers in the black community.

[Gay State Conservative]

Very true.And I doubt he'd be too thrilled by the decline of white society either.

[Noamie]

Carson to MLK: They tryin’ you.
MLK to Carson: You are the Dream I spoke of.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In King’s day abortion was railed against as a form of genocide aimed at the black race.

Jesse Jackson used to give speeches about that until the Democrat Party got his mind right.

[DoughtyOne]

CARSON: MLK would be alarmed by black-on-black violence, lack of family values

Correction:

MLK would be alarmed by Black-on-Black and Black-on-White violence, gaping holes in some Black's family values, and an across the board evaporation of core moral values.

I know it's long, but nothing less does it justice.

[Buckeye McFrog]

And I doubt he'd be too thrilled by the decline of white society either.

Amen. The more I look around and see white trash punks who look like the supporting cast of Breaking Bad the less I can point fingers at the black community.

[ConservativeStatement]

[Responsibility2nd]

If you could believe MLK III and others; King would be all concerned about Trayvon, Stand your Ground, Gay Rights, Abortion Rights and other such nonsense.

[freekitty]

Right

[cripplecreek]

Sadly correct.

[Ge0ffrey]

I wish I could agree, but to do so would require me to forget that MLK was a serial adulterer. BTW, he would have probably loved and used the word “twerk,” the derivation of which is the telescoping of two words, “tw*t” and “jerk.” LET’S TELL THE TRUTH!

[woweeitsme]

You really have to wonder how this country would be different if MLK was not assassinated. The group that took his place was not driven by the Civil Right cause, but their own self-promotion.

[GOPJ]

Perhaps the biggest disappointment for King would be the wholesale adoption of a victim mentality that makes people feel that they are entitled to being cared for by others rather than working tirelessly to create wealth and opportunities for their progeny.

You're right MLK would be disappointed in whites too... whites are picking up a victim mentality too.

Liberal elites sell that crap to keep control and it's evil...

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Like all race-baiters, MLK would have set the goal posts further out, and he would become what Jesse Jackson is. I think people here are giving him too much credit. If the centrality of his message was “Yes, we’re put-upon, but let’s build a moral society amongst ourselves and prove we’re better than they think”, then, yes, MLK would still have had a positive effect. But everything he did was aimed at the government and without moral leadership, we have the black society of Trayvon Martin.

[MeshugeMikey]

"Carson to MLK: They tryin’ you. MLK to Carson: You are the Dream I spoke of.."

Amen and AMEN!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Hey, leave Badger and Skinny Pete out of this! :-)

[jazusamo]

Well said by Dr. Carson.

Ben Carson *Ping*

Please Freepmail to get on or off this list…

[fatnotlazy]

Of all the people who have been telling us over the past week what Dr. King would have thought, said or done if he was alive today, I think Dr. Carson’s assessment is closer to the truth.

Thank you for the ping