Monday, January 21, 2008

So What Would Dr. King Make of All This?


We’ve been reminded on numerous occasions that white males, particularly conservative white males, invoking Martin Luther King is a purely self-serving exercise that cherry-picks elements of his legacy to bolster arguments against institutionally racist programs like affirmative action and hate crime laws. So we’re just gonna keep our mouths shut and let Hitch' take the hit for this one.

Beers with Demo’s favorite boozing, pro-Western, neo-con liberal misanthrope, Christopher Hitchens is at it again, this time taking Obama and Hillary to task for their use of identity politics. Click here for story from Wall Street Journal.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well he could make a broach, or a teradactyle...

- Mongo

Dean said...

An aspect of Dr. King's legacy of which I was previously unaware: origami. Who knew? Thanks, Mongo!