Posted on 01/16/2023 12:49:07 PM PST by ebb tide
Yet, in this ‘Advice for Living’ column published by Ebony Magazine in 1957, King demonstrates his thoughts in continuity with the Black bourgeoisie on the necessity of the use of artificial contraception to reduce the Black American population; calling it, “rationally and morally justifiable”:
Question: We have seven children and another one is on the way. Our four-room apartment is bursting at the seams and living space in Harlem is at a premium. I have suggested to my husband that we practice birth control, but he says that when God thinks we have enough children, He will put a stop to it. I’ve tried to reason with him, but he says that birth control is sinful. Is he right?
Martin Luther King Jr’s Answer: I do not think it is correct to argue that birth control is sinful. It is a serious mistake to suppose that it is a religious act to allow nature to have its way in the sex life. The truth is that the natural order is given us, not as an absolute finality, but as something to be guided and controlled. In the case of birth control the real question at issue is that between rational control and resort to chance. Another thing that must be said is that changes in social and economic conditions make smaller families desirable, if not necessary. As you suggest, the limited quarters available in our large cities and the high cost of living preclude such large families as were common a century or so ago. A final consideration is that women must be considered as more than “breeding machines.” It is true that the primary obligation of the woman is that of motherhood, but an intelligent mother wants it to be a responsible motherhood—a motherhood to which she has given her consent, not a motherhood due to impulse and to chance. And this means birth control in some form. All of these factors, seem to me, to make birth control rationally and morally justifiable (emphasis added).
And now we have Catholic bishops falling all over themselves praising this racist adulterer.
The trouble is, modern black leaders have no interest whatsoever in MLK’s idea to judge people by the content of their character instead of by the color or their skin.
BLACK TRUMPS EVERTHING....even GOD!
“modern black leader”
That is a very broad generalization from Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas to Vernon Jones to Al Sharpton, Cornell West and Will Smith.
Can you be a little more specific?
Ha, ha. I knew that term was too broad. I meant more in the Al Sharpton line. Sadly though, most blacks are taught to hate Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas who would be quite happy to be judged by their character and accomplishments.
I think you meant, "Colonel West?"
Or, rather, Lt. Colonel West.
Famous Harvard Prof and “leading authority” on all things grievance.
Most Blacks have no clue who Thomas Sowell is. Clarence Thomas doesnt have much more visibility.
Mrs Clarence Thomas receives much more publicity than her husband.
Most Blacks have no clue who Thomas Sowell is. Clarence Thomas doesnt have much more visibility.
Mrs Clarence Thomas receives much more publicity than her husband.
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