Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. isn't inclusive enough in Oregon

 Some students at the University of Oregon have a problem. They think the "I have a dream" speech isn't inclusive enough. Classic socialist/progressive mush brains. They skipped the history of the Soviet Union in the 1930s and China in the 1950s when they ate their own. They browse Wikipedia and think they know everything.

 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/02/the-college-where-martin-luther-king-is-problematic.html
 
"Let’s review King’s quote, while we’re at it: “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.”

It’s true, the quote makes no reference to other kinds of diversity, like gender or sexual orientation or disability status. But then again, King wasn’t so much celebrating diversity as he was championing tolerance and equal treatment for all people, regardless of categorization. King’s point was that everyone deserves the same rights as everyone else—implicitly, that includes people of varying genders, orientations, etc.

No wonder college students are uncomfortable with the quote: They worship categorization."

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