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Posted: January 17, 2011 10:56 AM

On King's Day, Time for Another March

by Raksin, Pulitzer Prize-wining editor, writer and reporter

Today -- or so Congress instructed us way back in 1983 -- we are supposed to be honoring Dr. Luther King Jr. for his hard-held hope that the United States might one day "rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'"

At the risk of sounding unfashionably sincere, permit me to suggest that now might be a good time for Americans to decide whether they wish to feel empowered or embarrassed by Dr. King's legacy.

Some Americans may feel that history has only exposed Dr King's idealism as particularly starry-eyed. How can anyone, they may ask, be so foolish as to advocate for equality in a nation where the richest 1% Americans take home almost 24% of income, up from almost 9% in 1976.

Other Americans may take comfort in the fact that at least some Americans are willing to chuck their A+ media credentials by stepping off their expert podiums and expressing their admittedly unprofessional outrage about this country's brazenly unabashed retreat from Dr. King's dreams.

Take, for example, Dr. S. Zeitz, a key player who prodded the United States into launching "PEPFAR," this nation's first serious global AIDS prevention initiative.

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