MLK Blog

Whites owe MLK the greatest debt. He freed them from the burden of hypocrisy about race. He was the right man at the right time. King's most quoted line, "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," has been used in ways he wouldn't have liked. It has become the slogan for opponents of affirmative action, who say that had King lived he would agree with them. It has become a "hallmark" phrase preaching brotherhood instead of the words of a wise prophet demanding justice.