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MLK also used the "plantation" analogy. Will the GOP/media bash him?

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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-18-06 09:45 AM
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MLK also used the "plantation" analogy. Will the GOP/media bash him?
I wonder if the GOP and medi Hos will go after him too.


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"......The plantation and the ghetto were created by those who had power, both to confine those who had no power and to perpetuate their powerlessness. Now the problem of transforming the ghetto, therefore, is a problem of power, a confrontation between the forces of power demanding change and the forces of power dedicated to the preserving of the status quo. Now, power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, and economic change. Walter Reuther defined power one day. He said, "Power is the ability of a labor union like UAW to make the most powerful corporation in the world, General Motors, say, 'Yes' when it wants to say 'No.' That's power."
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