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December 12, 2004
Enough is Enough
Claudine Cheatham, who moved to Atlanta two months ago said she joined the march because she wants to promote a world where African-Americans take responsibility for their actions and stop the violence and poverty that entraps them. (Source)
The march was against gay marriage, that non-existant scourge that has visited so much violence and poverty on the black community. The King Center, to its credit issued a statement saying that it did not endorse the march. Good for them. The remnants of the civil rights movement is at a cross-roads -- what it set out to achieve 60 years ago has been done for the most part.
Now it should decide if it wants to embrace the struggles of friends of the movement. If not -- and that would be a valid decision to make -- it shouldn't convert itself into a force of oppression. A movement that marched for rights can't change into one that tramples freedom.
Posted by Chris at December 12, 2004 12:45 PM
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