Liberals to MLK: STFU

I thought it might be appropriate, on MLK day, to highlight the impact that MLK has had on our nation’s liberal academic community.

First, from the Man himself:

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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.

Then we turn our eyes to Duke University, from the Group of 88:

“Regardless of the results of the police investigation, what is apparent everyday now is the anger and fear of many students who know themselves to be objects of racism and sexism.”

What we learn from 88 professors is that:

1. 1. All men are not created equal. White men are less equal.
2. 2. Duke University is not an oasis of freedom and justice.
3. 3. Academics will continue to judge you by the color of your skin, your particular character qualities being irrelevant.

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