He argued that reparations were a form of justice, in fact, not charity, and he said, quote, ‘it’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps but to say to a bootless man he ...
The United States sees itself as a meritocracy, yet the nation was founded by well-meaning but firmly pragmatic white male landowners who enshrined second-class citizenship, chattel slavery and the de ...
Hostin continued by quoting King’s famous saying, “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel just to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift ...
King: “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” She continued ...