I have a nightmare
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is probably rolling over in his grave.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court — the same court that stifled the will of many voters in Florida by selecting George W. Bush as the 43rd president of the United States in the contested 2000 presidential election — did another undemocratic deed.
In a college-admissions case involving the University of Michigan law school, the high court ruled that it is OK for colleges to consider skin color in deciding who gets in and who doesn’t.
What kind of America is that? Looking at the decision, fair-minded folks must wonder: What have America’s mightiest jurists been smoking?
Call it political correctness, call it reverse discrimination, call it social engineering, call it a cry for diversity, but their decision is reprehensible, downright unpatriotic and starkly contrary to Dr. King’s wishes. Surely the good reverend would be disgusted after decades of watching political demagogues twist his I Have a Dream speech into an unrecognizable sliver of his ideals.
The Michigan case is a blow to civil rights. Civil rights, remember, are not just for black people. They are for all people — black, white, Asian, whatever.
Take pity on a typical young white American male who is hoping to enter college in the near future. He certainly had nothing to do with the evils of slavery in the 19th century, but thanks to the highest court in the land, he is not free.
Pure merits are just not enough anymore. The color of his skin can make a difference in how — or whether — he gets his higher education. He is a slave to liberalism and twisted jurisprudence.
The Supreme Court passed up an opportunity and an obligation to declare that racial discrimination is just as wrong as slavery.
America celebrates her freedom this week, but legalized discrimination is the antithesis of freedom. ••