Topic > Analysis of John Mcwhorter's book Blacks Should Stop...

After using the revolution of the 1960s as the basis for his arguments, clarifying Dr. King's dream and referring to recent events, McWhorter returns to new to the 1960s revolution, taking on a more satirical tone to further prove his point. He jokes, “[t]his is really a dream, and the only reason it begins to seem plausible is because of the pattern of civil rights victories from fifty years ago, which teaches us that when it comes to blacks, dreaming of an almost unimaginable political and psychological revolution qualifies as progressivism. After all, it worked back then, right?" Basically, the only reason it succeeded is because it was just a dream, and that's just a typical black thing to dream about, which would be illogical. You can see a justifiable example in the society of today later in