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	Podcast:		Let's Talk About It
	Episode:		The Dream Revisited: Race Relations in the Age of Obama
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
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	Publish Date:		2010-01-15 16:00:00
	Description:		"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." Those prophetic words were spoken almost five decades ago by a theologian, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Although best known for his work in the civil rights and peace movements of mid-20th century America, which earned him the Nobel Prize and an assassin's bullet, King was also a distinguished academic thinker who had a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston University. Today, King's "I Have a Dream" speech is memorized by school children, invoked by preachers, and recited by politicians courting the African-American vote. Even though Americans have elected a black president of the United States, how far has Dr. King's native land progressed toward achieving his lofty vision of a society which judges people by "the content of their character" and looks at race and ethnicity as an asset rather than a liability? This week Dr. Shepherd's distinguished guests-including former Kansas City Mayor Pro-Tem Alvin Brooks-will discuss "The Dream Revisited" and take a critical look at "Race Relations in the Age of Obama."
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