Today is the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr, King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Those beautiful words have become a pillar of the struggle for equality and dignity for all.

Sadly, right wingers have misappropriated Dr. King’s words and used them to promote the very opposite of the ideals for which he died. Chief Justice Roberts has cynically used those words in destroying affirmative action, much of-he Voting rights Act and just about any efforts to seek genuine equality. In a shameless display of offensive sophistry, our Chief Justice argues that the only way to achieve a color blind society is to ignore color completely and never consider it in any setting.

Easy for a powerful white man to say.

Many Americans have listened to the entire speech, not just the one line played for Fox News viewers. We know Dr. King spoke that day of social justice and reminded Americans that Black people were owed a debt, and in fact, were promised this after the Civil War. However, as Dr. King so forcefully stated, when the debt became due, the American government handed Black people a check with insufficient funds.

The debt remains unpaid to this day, thanks to people who think like Chief Justice Roberts.

Those who understood what Dr. King meant and shared his vision of a truly fair and equal society have never given up. These efforts are paying off. We’re seeing Congressional Districts destroyed to promote racism in Congress recreated, we’ve seen literally tens of millions of white Americans protest police brutality and racism. History will surely be on the side of those who fight for equality and social justice. It won’t be very kind to people who think like John Roberts, and wait until you see what history has to say about Trump and DeSantis! (Actually, I think the verdict is already in on these Nazi-loving hate mongers.)

Now that is really taking Dr. King’s words to heart!