MLK DAY: KING'S COLORBLIND DREAM IS BEING DESTROYED
MARINA DEL REY, CALIF.-Before he became an advocate of "black power," Martin Luther King said he dreamed of a day when all Americans would be judged not "by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." As we commemorate King's birth it is depressing to note how far America has deviated from the "dream," said a resident fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. "In the years since the 'I have a dream' speech, the laudable goal of a colorblind society has been subverted through racial quotas and the teachings of multiculturalism," said Dr. Onkar Ghate. "The consequence of the spread of racial quotas and multiculturalist ideas hasn't been harmony, but a precipitous rise in racial hatred throughout America, particularly in the classroom and the workplace. It is no surprise that America is growing more racist, since the affirmative action and multiculturalist programs are themselves based on racist premises."
Ghate added that King's dream can be realized, but this would require that Americans:
* Recognize that individualism, not collectivism, is the antidote for racism
* Recognize that affirmative action and multiculturalism are based on racism
* Demand that when hiring, employers only consider character traits such as ability and honesty, not physical attributes such as skin color or gender
* Demand the elimination of all black, ethnic and women's studies programs at public universities
* Demand the elimination of all racial categories on government forms
"The wider tragedy of Martin Luther King Day is that King's dream of a colorblind society has been replaced by antithetical philosophical ideas," said Ghate. "But it is a dream that could be made real in less than a generation--a dream we should already be celebrating as a reality."Ayn Rand Institute resident fellow Dr. Onkar Ghate is available for interviews.
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