Thank you Dr. King.
No Blacks.
No Jews.
No Dogs.
That’s what the signs used to say. Jews gained nearly as much from the work of Dr. King as African-Americans. Rabbi Joseph Heschel, a personal hero of mine, marched in Selma with Dr. King, and many other less famous faces were in the crowds at that and other marches. Many people today cannot fathom a time when Jews were not considered “white.” We owe this to Dr. King. If there was any other group in America at that time who truly understood, it was the Jews. Segregation, degredation, bigotr, lynchings, or pogroms — these are all the same battles that Jews had fought for generations. Fresh from the horrors of WWII, it was not difficult for Jews to see the importance of African-American’s battles for civil rights.
Thank you Dr. King.
Thank you for your faith. Thank you for your expression of faith. Thank you for your commitment to humanity.
We have come so far, but there is still so much work to do.
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Mini Manifesto:
Culture: I am fascinated by culture on most levels. I mostly focus on American culture and what makes us who we are as a country, but I'm also intrigued by sub-cultures in the USA and the growing global cultural trends.
Technology: Technology is one of the strongest drivers of cultural and even spiritual changes in the last 100 years, and possibly the next 100.