{"id":2149117,"date":"2024-01-15T07:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todays-race-extremists-are-destroying-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T07:28:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:28:25","slug":"todays-race-extremists-are-destroying-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todays-race-extremists-are-destroying-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Race extremists today are undermining Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftodays-race-extremists-are-destroying-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2149117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Why\u200d Do\u2064 We Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.?<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Why do we \u2062celebrate a holiday honoring a man who was jailed 29\u2064 times and\u200c ultimately assassinated?\u2063 What lessons can\u2063 we learn from Martin Luther King, Jr. and from American society, much of which seems\u2062 to have \u200cforgotten the contributions that led to\u200b bestowing on him a national holiday?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>King, a powerful pastor and speaker, was both the catalyst for and the central figure\u200d in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-civil-rights-leaders-in-leaked-call\/\" title=\"Biden Snaps at Civil Rights Leaders in Leaked Call\">civil rights movement<\/a> that\u200d extended from 1955 to 1968. MLK\u2019s\u2063 sermons, speeches, and writings portray a man with an unusually\u2063 discerning \u2062mind \u2062grounded in timeless truths. MLK was all about non-violent action to bring about racial and social healing \u2064through public debate and protest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-179660910\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b114f6d425e402837ffd96cf35cc0238 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b114f6d425e402837ffd96cf35cc0238\"><\/div>\n<p>Hard to come to grips with today is how the\u2062 power, healing, and truth of \u2064his message\u200c can \u200cbe overshadowed by today\u2019s divisive and demoralizing philosophies \u2062of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a> (CRT) and\u2062 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). These divide rather than unite society. MLK stressed the\u2064 importance of \u200bbringing people together through constructive dialogue and \u2063seeing all people\u2064 as made in God\u2019s image.\u2062 In contrast, those\u200b who have recently claimed to\u2064 hold\u2062 the torch\u2063 of civil rights,\u2064 such as the Black \u200cLives Matter (BLM) movement, generally do so\u200c through militant\u2064 action, malicious language, and confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The extremist identity politics movement in the United States is largely the progeny of BLM, an organization founded by \u200cPatrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, who self-identify as Marxists. For those who relate\u200c identity\u200d politics to progress, a gnawing question still haunts: What good ever came out of Marxism? While some newcomers might idealistically presuppose\u2064 their cause is \u2062about a socialist utopia, Marxist rule in\u2062 practice has a sad history of delivering poverty, corruption, and mass death across diverse cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Were\u2062 it possible to resurrect and transport King into the \u2062present, he would be shocked by \u200dthe regression that \u200bhas taken \u200cplace \u200cin America in\u200b the three generations\u200b since he led the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.\u2063 He \u2064would reject\u2062 the eclipse of the \u200bgroup, sexual, and ethnic \u2063identity\u200c paradigm \u200bover\u2062 the individual \u200cmerit and character-based approach for acceptance and\u200c advancement, whether in school\u2064 admission or hiring and promotion in the workplace. King would condemn\u200c critical\u200b race\u2062 theory because \u200bit\u200d perpetuates negative racial stereotypes\u2062 against white people.<\/p>\n<p>King recognized that\u2063 the self-evident truth in the Declaration of Independence \u201cthat all men are created equal\u2026with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit\u2062 of\u2063 Happiness,\u201d wasn\u2019t realized \u2063in 1776, nor\u2062 when the United Constitution was ratified some 14 years later. Nor was Abraham Lincoln\u2019s \u2062\u201cGettysburg\u200b Address\u201d proposition \u201cthat all men are created equal\u201d\u200b fulfilled through the Civil War emancipation of slaves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-54b111d6609d1d753a8d5a417f57bad6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-54b111d6609d1d753a8d5a417f57bad6\"><\/div>\n<p>In King\u2019s most famous<em> \u200c \u201c<\/em>I have \u200ca dream<em>\u201d\u2062 <\/em>speech, delivered from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, \u200dD.C. on August\u00a028, 1963, he called America to rise up and fulfill its spiritual destiny. To the self-evident truth\u200d of\u200d all \u200bpeople \u2063having equal value, King added an equally timeless\u200b truth, that people \u201cshould\u2064 not be judged by the color \u200bof their skin but by the content of their character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One\u200d of the timeless\u200b truths King referred to on numerous occasions\u2064 was Paul\u2019s letter \u2064to the Romans, in which he says, \u201cDo not \u200cconform to the pattern of the world, but be transformed\u200b in the renewing of your mind.\u201d King also \u200bdrew on Thomas Jefferson\u2019s statement, \u201cI have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility\u200b against every form of \u200dtyranny over \u200cthe mind of man.\u201d He warned in a sermon \u2062as \u2064early\u200b as 1954, recorded in \u200dhis book<em>, Strength to Love, <\/em>that \u201cIf Americans permit thought-control, business-control and freedom-control to continue, we\u200c shall surely move within the shadows of fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seventy\u2063 years \u200blater, we have moved way beyond shadows and now live in a matrix of fascism and communism \u2063that\u2064 operate throughout most institutions within the United States under the camouflage of being woke,\u2062 enlightened, and \u2063inclusive. Few American leaders have been as \u2064clearheaded about the dangers of groupthink as King. He reminds us\u2064 of Emerson\u2019s \u2063words:\u200c \u201cWhoso would be a man\u200b must be a non-conformist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on Apostle Paul\u2019s teachings, King implored that,\u2063 \u201cAny Christian\u2062 who blindly accepts the opinions of the\u2064 majority and in fear and timidity follows a path of expediency and social approval is a\u2062 mental and spiritual slave.\u201d King also commended those \u200bwho went against\u2063 the crowd, \u2062reminding us that, \u201cThe\u200c trailblazers in \u2062human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists\u2026[so] in any \u2062cause that concerns the progress\u2064 of \u2063mankind, put your faith \u2063in the nonconformist!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cbdad1b2854fad62fc58aceb84f69143 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cbdad1b2854fad62fc58aceb84f69143\"><\/div>\n<p>King\u2019s lesser-known speeches and sermons also \u2062provide prescient insight into our times. On numerous occasions, he quoted scripture about the need to be \u201cwise as serpents, and harmless as doves,\u201d arguing for people\u2062 to adopt a tough mind and a \u200dtender heart. He expressed concern that the \u201cprevalent tendency \u200dtoward softmindedness is\u200c found in man\u2019s unbelievable gullibility.\u201d \u201cFew people have\u2063 the toughness of mind\u200d to judge critically and to discern the truth from the\u2063 false, the fact from the \u200bfiction,\u201d \u200che noted.<\/p>\n<p>King was also critical of the media, stating\u200c that \u201cOne of the great needs\u200d of mankind is to be lifted above the morass of false propaganda.\u201d He concluded this theme with the warning that \u2062\u201ca nation or a civilization that continues to\u200d produce\u200b soft-minded\u200c men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment\u200c plan.\u201d Such counsel is even more pressing and pertinent today than \u2064when he delivered it\u2063 some \u200c60 years\u200d ago.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly \u2062there is \u200bmuch to\u2062 learn\u2064 from and reflect on in King\u2019s\u200d life. Most significant and\u200d formidable about \u200bthe man was the unique, vital, and powerful role he played in the unfinished progress\u2064 of\u2063 America. Despite his \u200bflaws, he\u2063 rose to the challenge of refining America.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200\u2063 years after the vision \u200cexpressed in the Declaration of\u200d Independence, and 100 \u200cyears after the Civil \u200dWar and Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation, King fulfilled\u2064 his redemptive \u2064mission, sacrificing his life to finish the work he described as \u200dmaking Americans \u201cfree at \u200blast, free at last.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b72aa2f59d14b33031fa16ff4fdec873 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b72aa2f59d14b33031fa16ff4fdec873\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063 What can we learn from Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s example of peaceful activism, constructive dialogue, and \u2064the\u200c pursuit of justice in today&#8217;s\u200b society<\/h2>\n<p><span>  They have dared to be different and have\u2063 achieved greatness in their fields.&#8221; King recognized\u200c the importance of individual thought, courage, and the pursuit of truth, \u200ceven if it meant going against popular opinion.<\/p>\n<p>So why do we celebrate Martin Luther King, \u2062Jr.? We celebrate\u2064 him because\u200c he was a\u2063 visionary leader who fought tirelessly\u200c for equality, justice, and freedom. He was a \u2064man of integrity and conviction, who believed in the power of love, \u2063compassion, and \u2064non-violence. King&#8217;s message is as relevant today as it was during the civil rights movement. \u200bWe\u2063 celebrate him because \u2062his teachings and principles can guide us in creating a more\u2062 just\u200b and inclusive society.<\/p>\n<p>However, it \u2064is disheartening to see how some contemporary\u2063 movements and ideologies \u200dhave distorted\u2063 King&#8217;s legacy. Critical race theory and identity politics, \u2064which have gained prominence in recent years, promote division and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-claims-popular-asian-fonts-perpetuate-racism\/\" title=\"CNN Claims Popular \u2018Asian\u2019 Fonts Perpetuate Racism\">perpetuate negative stereotypes<\/a>. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-introduce-resolution-against-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Introduce Resolution Against Critical Race Theory\">judge individuals based<\/a> on\u200c their group identity rather than their character and merit. This \u2062is a departure from the principles that King \u2064advocated for. He believed in \u2063a colorblind \u2062society where people are judged based on their character, not their skin color.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to remember and honor \u2062King&#8217;s teachings, especially in\u2064 a \u2063time when societal divisions seem \u200cto be growing. We \u200dcan learn \u200dfrom \u200bhis example \u2063of peaceful activism,\u2064 constructive \u2062dialogue, and the\u2064 pursuit of justice. King \u2062showed \u200cus \u200dthat change can be achieved through non-violent means\u200c and that progress requires understanding and empathy.<\/p>\n<p>As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., let us reflect \u2064on his words and deeds. Let\u2064 us strive to be agents of change in our own\u200b communities, \u2064promoting \u2063equality, justice, and compassion. Let us reject\u200d divisive ideologies\u2064 and embrace \u200bKing&#8217;s vision of a united and inclusive society. King&#8217;s legacy reminds\u2063 us that we \u2062all have a role to play in creating \u200da \u200bbetter \u2062world, and that change starts with each and every one of us.<\/p>\n<p>So, why do we celebrate Martin \u200bLuther King, Jr.? Because \u200bhis\u2064 life and work serve as a reminder of \u200dthe power of compassion,\u2062 unity,\u2062 and the pursuit of justice. \u200cBecause his\u2063 teachings are timeless and\u200d relevant, offering guidance in our ongoing quest for equality and social \u2063progress. Because he was \u200da visionary leader\u2063 who dared to dream of a better\u200d world and inspired others to join him in the fight for justice.\u200c And ultimately, \u2062because celebrating his legacy\u2063 helps us\u200c to honor the man who made an indelible impact on American society and\u200d beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why honor a man jailed 29 times, assassinated? Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr. and forgotten contributions. 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