I understand the historical, heritage, personal and family, emotional attachment to a hero. So, it’s disrespectful to say anything about The Dream – other than cheering. So, maybe I should save those comments for Black History Quarter. However, it’s appropriate to talk about ideas about equality.
Equality for Christians from the Bible and the Greek idea of Logos evolved over centuries through the tree of Western Civilization to the English and American branches. Equal rights for citizens crossed religious barriers in the 18th Century in America. Citizenship and equal rights crossed racial barriers in the 19th Century in America. Bravo.
De Jure segregation prevented equal opportunity. Also, it can be argued that segregation limited rights and freedom which denied equality as citizens. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights of 1965 eliminated de jure racial segregation. More bravo.
Busing, affirmative action, gerrymandering majority minority districts, etc. were supposed to create equal outcomes. Race-based attempts at equal outcomes create race-based distinctions and discriminations. De jure and de facto racial segregation and discrimination is wrong. It is immoral. It should be unlawful – again.
