racial caste systems do not require racial hostility or overt bigotry to thrive. They need only racial indifference, as Martin Luther King Jr. warned more than forty-five years ago.
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WALSH Coretta Scott King was clearly more than the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King. She was an icon in her... WILLIE PEARSON has a zero-tolerance policy for any racial or ethnic discrimination or discrimination of any kind. FISHER DEBERRY The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like ... JOHN LEWIS Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap. JOE KLEIN That neighborhood has never been known for racial tensions. ROBERT MCCLOSKEY If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is ... DAVID HOROWITZ The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to 400 years... MALCOLM X The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of ... JEFFREY TOOBIN If there is a pattern or practice of racial profiling, the cameras can show that. 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