Propagandists in the liberal media appear focused on turning attention paid to black citizens’ unique path to equality into a cheerleading session for multiculturalism.

Yep, editors figure it’s a fine occasion to repeat the mantra, “Celebrate diversity” even though multiculturalism is a failed ideology because it ignores the tribal nature of human psychology. We humans like to be around others who share our values and understand our jokes and cultural references.

NPR beat the drum this morning by featuring a questionable study showing that diversity is good for business.

Herring has just completed his study. He found that companies that are more diverse have more customers, a larger share of their markets and greater profitability. In fact, when Herring puts his numbers on a graph, he finds a linear relationship between diversity and business success, meaning that as diversity increases, those business indicators increase in step.
[In Boardrooms and in Courtrooms, Diversity Makes a Difference, Washington Post 1/15/07]

Color me unconvinced.

Of course, not all diversity is equal. The term has become a near-meaningless catch-all for race, culture, ethnicity and belief. Under the diversity kumbaya umbrella, a hard-working black American whose family goes back centuries in this country is equal to an FGM-practicing child-torturing Somali immigrant.

MLK Day was supposed to celebrate the peaceful struggle of citizen blacks to reach their American dream of equality under law and in society. Now many in the media relegate them to the back of the bus to concentrate on the imaginary joys of immigration diversity.

An interesting comment on Isteve.com:

As one of a handful of white students in a nearly all-black elementary school in Northern NJ (in the early 80’s), I was one of the stars of my school’s play about MLK: I got to play the bus driver who told Rosa Parks to go to the back of the bus. The failure of a few of my classmates to understand the concept of acting made for some interesting times (”interesting” in the sense of the old Chinese curse). Steve Sailer: iSteve.com Blog Archives: Reflections on MLK Day

In related theatrical news, Mark Steyn has the story of a 1990 attempt to make a musical about Dr. King’s life:

It couldn’t have happened to a nicer show. The British composer had been an admirer of Martin Luther King since his schooldays; he went to Detroit to study gospel music; he spent months of Sundays in the Ebenezer Baptist Church; he took a non-violence philosophy course in Atlanta; against the claims of a rival version by the Crossroads actor Martin Smith, he secured the support of King’s widow; equally impressive for someone who’s never written a musical before, he pulled off a deal with Decca for a pre-production recording of the score.

And then the peace and harmony began to unravel.

Happy Martin Luther King Day–KING - THE MUSICAL
from Broadway Babies Say Goodnight