Reminiscent of Msia At the end of the film, King arrives at the State Capitol building in southern Alabama to confront the white power structure. He makes a speech on the Capitol steps. It was interesting to watch, because some of the lines reminded me of the situation in Malaysia today. So I went to the Internet and read the actual speech he made. It is called his ‘How long, not long’ speech, because he said this “How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, because you shall reap what you sow. “How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” King talked about how the white elites of the South used racist rhetoric and laws not only to keep the blacks down, but just as important, to also bamboozle and confuse the poorer whites into voting for them. The corrupt white elites wanted their poorer cousins to believe that their rule and laws would improve the lot of the white race. The white elites needed to spew their racist rhetoric to get votes and keep themselves in power - so they could keep themselves and their friends and cronies rich. As for the poor, less educated, rural whites, they believed what the white elites had to say. Their lives were not getting that much better, so they needed a reason why. They saw the black man and his demands for equality as a threat, because the elite told them it was. Full article: malaysia-chronicle/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=444092:of-poor-malays-martin-luther-king-how-long?-not-long-before-umno-bn-is-toppled-by-its-own-people&Itemid=2#ixzz3PFarXibd Follow us: @MsiaChronicle on Twitter
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:34:35 +0000
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