I can hate them only if I hate myself. At one time, I thought 'my people' were Koreans, another time Mexicans, and still another, Peruvians. I cannot escape the fact that I was born a Southern white. My people' abide in my heart and mind and that is the reality that all people must come to know and recognize. We in America, where our diversity, has made us strong, are still in a testing stage of our great democracy.
Democracy assumes that all men and women are created equal, under the law.
A 30th anniversary edition of the book was just released by Crossroads International Publishing. Today, on film clips, we see and hear the voices calling for change. And we remember the leadership of Lyndon Johnson, who reared in a southern atmosphere of racism and discrimination, moved beyond his heritage and prejudices to accomplish more for equal rights than any of our presidents since Abraham Lincoln. Americans have made significant economic and political progress in the past 30 years. The enemies of civil rights have organized a nationwide effort against affirmative action, redefined to mean racial preferences and quotas.