Le rêve de Martin Luther King: dix moments importants depuis 1963

Je ne sais pas ce que MLK dirait cinquante ans plus tard, mais assurément l'ensemble de son rêve n'est pas encore réalisé. CNN présente ce matin sur son site dix moments importants depuis la marche sur Washington de 1963, certains sont positifs, d'autres pas. L'élection de Barack Obama ne marque pas la fin du racisme et de la discrimination.

 Un extrait:

"Finally, and perhaps most insidiously, Obama's election spawned the view among some whites that no more needed to be done to advance the progress of African-Americans, and that since a black man occupied the Oval Office, anti-discrimination measures such as the Voting Rights Act are were no longer needed.

 To some that may ring true. Others are more inclined to believe Jelani Cobb , director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut, who wrote earlier this year that, "the only impediment to realizing the creed of 'We Shall Overcome' is the narcotic belief that we already have.""

 L'article au complet:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/us/holmes-race-signposts/index.html?hpt=hp_c2