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 ...
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 ...