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HAP 97 - American Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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King's Indictment of White Moderates in His Time

Segregation laws degrade human personality by giving some people a false sense of superiority, writes King. White moderates are the greatest obstacle to progress precisely because they seek to keep this tension hidden, he says. The letter raises the question of how we should evaluate politically moderate views in our own time - it is worth asking, especially as king is acclaimed as a hero by people across the political spectrum.

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