[rdb3]

That pretty much sums it up. Some may think that my remarks are "baiting." That isn't my goal.

The truth about the entire King legacy is that if America had lived up to her own ideals, there would have been no need for King.

It's really that simple. Yet we have more than a few who lament the accomplishments of this man, no matter how flawed (which of us are not?), and at the same time simply refuse to acknowledge the environment that created him. Let these types talk, everything was sweetness and light (no pun intended) during that time.

We all become free when the absolute truth is not only stated, but embraced, no matter how painful. This is the process by which I departed the RAT plantation. Many other conservative blacks traveled the same path(s).

Finally, the insistence upon living in the past (for both blacks and whites) would be funny if it weren't so sad. I'll serve as the perpetual reminder to everyone that times do indeed change, and people change as well.

What's less than human is for a person to refuse to learn, grow, and if need be, change.

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[AppyPappy]

King was America's Ghandi. The end of Jim Crow was coming and King helped make it a peaceful coming.

[Restorer]

Very well said.

More blacks than whites insist on living in the past, IMHO.

I think the vast majority of whites are more than willing to accept blacks as equal partners in building America. Far too many blacks seem to insist on hanging onto their ancestral grievances.

If it's whitey's fault, it sure can't be mine!

A highly understandable reaction, but so sad.

[mhking]

Some may think that my remarks are "baiting."

You didn't bait a thing. Those that started down this road did the baiting. I've been around long enough to know that damn near anything that comes out of Lewrockwell.com and discusses race will end up being the source of race-baiters' tirades...