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Dr. Martin Luther King Would Approve of Zohran Mamdani

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken


I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas, Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses, Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties.

Zohran Mamdani, Mayor-elect, New York City


In New York City last week, over a million citizens voted for a South Asian Muslim, born in Uganda. The racists among MAGA, adherents of the myth enshrining a notion of their superiority, are still in shock.


For nine months, the America not MAGA have been called radical, extreme radical, plain-old liberal, radical liberals, evil liberals, socialists and communists. Evil socialists and communists.


Haters of America, all of them! Beware!


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On November 2nd, New York City said enough to the status quo. Change must come on the heels of something positive and different.

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"...if we are to [turn toward democracy and freedom] we must honestly admit certain things and get rid of certain myths that have constantly been disseminated all over our nation. Standing before the God of history, we will remember the things we've done."

Without honesty, there can be no reconciliation or peace or justice.

Also, without asking the right questions the only answers will be nonsense. Capitalism and racism are like that. They ask the wrong questions. To the capitalist, more money is always the answer. The racist's problems are always someone else's fault.

Dr Daniels, when you wrote this, I felt it too... " For a brief moment, when Mamdani arrived at the podium to deliver his acceptance speech, I thought I saw a glimpse of Dr. Martin L. King, just behind the young man, to his right."

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