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This piece presents a reasoned, impassioned argument that our nation, particularly the federal government, is taking us in the wrong direction, toward less inclusiveness, less equality, and a greater gap between rich and poor, black and white. The speaker examines recent events--Samuel Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court, ironically coupled with Coretta King's death.
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This piece presents a reasoned, impassioned argument that our nation, particularly the federal government, is taking us in the wrong direction, toward less inclusiveness, less equality, and a greater gap between rich and poor, black and white. The speaker examines recent events--Samuel Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court, ironically coupled with Coretta King's death.
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Going in the Wrong Direction
By Judah Leblang/2006
Word count: 440
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I?m old enough?just barely?to remember the Civil Rights movement of the 1960?s, the moral fervor of Martin Luther King and his followers, the great victories won through their use of non-violent protest and civil disobedience. It seemed to me, that, domestically at least, our nation was going in the right direction, the direction of greater access and respect for all.
Today, 40 years later, we are going in reverse, backing into an era of more government power and fewer individual rights, led by a supposedly color and class-blind government, which refuses to acknowledge the basic inequalities that are a legacy of American history.
Just last week, Samuel Alito, a conservative justice who, while a student at Princeton, was a member of a group that argued for the restriction...
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