In profound but unintended ways, the new MLK memorial perfectly captures the man and his legacy. It was crafted in the world’s last significant communist state. His heirs reaped obscene profits while maintaining a patina of moral superiority. Its organizers did the same, successfully parlaying white guilt into cold, hard cash. It will be unveiled by a black president for whom “ending racism†is doublespeak for ending the white race. It sits in a predominantly black, black-ruled city that would surely descend into sub-Saharan anarchy without its never-ending stream of white tax dollars. It will be lauded in forcibly-desegregated schools, where white students often fear for their own safety and are socially engineered out of their natural, innate and justifiable pride in their own heritage.
The monument to a myth that will be unveiled in Washington this week is a farce, but that fact doesn’t render it insignificant. It is uniquely significant, because it serves as a benchmark to show how terribly far our once-great nation has fallen.