Today, on MLK Day, I think it's worth listening to John McWhorter talk to NPR about race in America. He suggests that if black history were a 24-hour day, that something happened terribly wrong around 10pm (=the sixties). His revisionist history--which should be uncontroversial--is an attempt to explain why.
Here's a review of his new book, Winning the Race. And here's the transcript for McWhorter's appearance--with others--on this past weekend's Meet the Press.
Also make sure to read Albert Mohler's commentary today, reprinted from last year: The Content of Our Character--King's Dream and Ours.
Anthony Bradley pens an op-ed called Pursue King's Dream of Freedom for All. Anthony suggests that despite King's dream, Americans remain incapable of forgoing racial reasoning. He argues that one essential component is to pay less attention to the black-white conflict. It's worth reading.
