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Obama’s Martin Luther King Moment
As he prepares to dedicate a Washington Memorial to the spiritual leader on the 48th anniversary of his “I have a dream” speech this weekend, Barack Obama should be drawing inspiration as much from Martin Luther King’s dedication to fighting poverty as racial inequality.
At this historic moment, the nation’s first African-American president is a profile in irony. The candidate who campaigned against “dumb wars” is achieving yet another victory over tyranny in the Middle East but remains helpless against intractable foes in Washington, D. C.
As he prepares to go into battle with Congress over unemployment, the President would do well to adopt Dr. King’s “soul force” against Tea Party obstruction to investing in America’s economic future, to advocate with passion for today’s victims who are “smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society.”
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6 Responses to “Obama’s Martin Luther King Moment”
MLK was fighting for civil rights, not bombings or hand outs. The ability of our government to fix our economic future isn’t clear at all. Its ability to suppress the rights of people is well proven.
Dr. Martin Luther King pointed out wealth and education inequality and I think he would be ashamed of us for the horrible inequalities that still exist.
Purposely preventing equal opportunities for all races is a disgrace to this country, the “richest” country in the world. These inequalities are the solely owned “property” of the Republican party.
…and the Dream shall never die. Senator Ted Kennedy.
We are not going to let it die Dr. King.
The memorial is quite profound. I think the artist did an amazing job (sometimes it is ok to outsource). MLK, one of the greatest Americans in our history.
I agree with the Dedrick Muhammad link that it would be better to take the money we’re using to fund three wars and spend it on the impoverished, and that it would be consistent with Dr. King’s view.
When creating national memorials, we should have a special status for the peace makers. We should elevate them above the war memorials to show future generations and the world our core intent.
@Allen
Good point.