MLK

I'd like to recommend readers to visit JoshTinley.com and read his post regarding Martin Luther King, Jr. I share many of his sentiments on Dr. King. I have mixed feelings on King's remembrance as there is something to be said for his "dangerous" and anti-establishment positions. He has been deified and sanitized - in some ways used - to be made as an example of a peaceful, almost docile, revolutionary.

I don't agree with all of King's views on society, but he was an important man in our history. Many fought alongside him, but he will always be remembered as the man who paved the way for tomorrow's events in Washington.

This morning, on Abdul in the Morning, the host (Abdul) asked his panel whether or not racism will continue to matter in the future or if we have moved past it as a nation. It is important to me to distinguish between race and culture. Culture does matter, and it should matter. One of the great things about this country is that we do embrace (for the most part) different cultures. That will cause conflict. That will not change. So, will race matter? I hope it matters only to the extent that culture is necessarily associated to race - and, most importantly, that it does not deprive individuals of their natural rights to life, liberty and property.