Star Parker, founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) and current social policy consultant, appeared on C-SPAN to talk about Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy.
Star always said that the country has gotten off track from Dr. King’s message in his “I Have a Dream” speech.
“The progressive movement has hijacked Dr. King and all that he was attempting to do.”
Dr. King said he came to Washington for freedom: to remove racial barriers so we could live free. He called the words of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence magnificent words in his famous speech.
Dr. King did not want black Americans to build hatred, bitterness, and anger in the moral and Christian movement to stop racial discrimination, Star added. He wanted the government to honor the country’s fundamental principles and Judeo-Christian ethic “that not only secured our country but that was brought from the European countries.”
These fundamental principles are biblical truths. As Dr. King and other civil rights leaders were moving the country toward freedom, however, the country was moving away from these principles.
And at a time when black Americans said they wanted to be free, for instance, President Lyndon Johnson put into place the Great Society, which gave the government a bigger role in people’s lives.
Government dependency is not freedom.
“We had a feminist movement that decided marriage was no longer important,” Star said. American society started to unravel. “Five years after King’s death, we saw Roe v. Wade as national law.”
These things negatively impacted black family life.
Star’s C-SPAN segment includes discussions about DEI, ICE’s raids on illegal aliens, and more. I encourage you to listen to the entire segment below, which includes calls from viewers.
