Kevin McGary: MLK’s Legacy in the Era of CRT, DEI, & Wokeism, New Paradigms w/Sargis Sangari EP #180

On Tuesday, 16 JAN 24, on the 180th EPISODE of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, a day after Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and Remembrance Day, I sit down for a talk with Kevin McGary, The President and Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California, and Founder of All Black Lives Matter, to discuss MLK'S Legacy in the Era of CRT, DEI, & Wokeism.

During a White House Rose Garden ceremony held on November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a national holiday to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The holiday was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986. Reagan's proclamation on January 18, 1986, explained the reason for the holiday:
"This year marks the first observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a national holiday. It is a time for rejoicing and reflecting. We rejoice because, in his short life, Dr. King, by his preaching, his example, and his leadership, helped to move us closer to the ideals on which America was founded... He challenged us to make real the promise of America as a land of freedom, equality, opportunity, and brotherhood."

Is there such a thing as systemic racism? McGary thinks so, but not in the way that our popular culture says. "Law enforcement is not systemically racism," argues McGary. "' Systemic' is an entire system that's dedicated to a particular paradigm or culture," like how Planned Parenthood's founder Margaret Sanger sought to exterminate the Black population by placing abortion clinics disproportionately in Black communities.
Another example of systemic racism is Critical Race Theory, continues McGary. "Critical Race Theory is a racist theory that says all whites need to be discriminated against […] Then it's up and down, in and out, through and through designed to propagate that. CRT itself is systemically racist."