Th[e] individualist understanding of character stands in stark contrast to a racist approach. Race and ethnicity are accidents of birth and tell us nothing about how to judge any given individual. Racism insults and degrades all individuals by judging them as members of a biological group rather than on their own achievements. No individual of moral character would want to judge others or to be judged by such a standard.
Dr. King rightly fought against government laws that treated individuals differently based on skin color. Fortunately those laws have been gone for many decades. And fortunately, most whites now accept Dr. King’s standard of moral character rather than skin color as the measure of individuals. But unfortunately, most black leaders in America today have taken up the ugly racist ethos that they fought in whites.
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