"I've been involved in dozens of cases for 30 years, and I have never
seen a public official act the way Ashcroft did," said Gary A. Orfield,
a Harvard University desegregation expert who helped craft
the St. Louis plan. "The SCHOOLS WERE IN RUINS, and there was
nothing but denial and obfuscation and obstruction at every stage from the state."
Excerpt from Ashcroft's Accuracy on Desegregation Challenged
By Dan Eggen and David A. Vise
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 18, 2001 ; Page A12
From The Washington Post
Dear ECM, by now we all know that Mr. Ashcroft worships God. As everyone
knows Mr. Ashcroft is a devout Christian. And so was Dr. King, but the way that
they tried to help people of color were very different.
So think about the following quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in context with the methods
that Mr. Aschroft used when he tried to prevent desegregation in St. Louis. - JMOP, Mephisto
Dr. King says:
"The gospel at its best deals with the whole man, not only his soul but his
body, not only his spiritual well-being, but his material well being. Any religion
that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned
about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them
and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion
awaiting burial."
Excerpt from PILGRIMAGE TO NONVIOLENCE |
