Has Martin Luther King's Dream Been Realized?

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🗓️ 29 August 2014

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This event was on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. On 28 August 1963, civil rights campaigners marched on Washington to secure equality before the law. Today, America’s first black president sits in the White House, yet more African-Americans are on probation, parole or in prison than there were slaves in 1850. In the UK, 45% of young black people are unemployed as opposed to 20% of young whites. Meanwhile support for European far right organisations like Golden Dawn is growing. On the anniversary of his seminal speech, Versus brought together five global voices to discuss Dr. King’s legacy. To what extent has his dream been realised? Are Muslims now the new targets of racism post-9/11? And will racism still be blighting us in 50 years’ time? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this Intelligence Square podcast.
0:03.3	For more information on our debates, talks and discussions,
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0:09.9	Has Martin Luther King's dream been realized?
0:12.8	This debate took place on the 28th of August 2013
0:16.3	at Sadler's Theatre in London.
0:20.8	A warm welcome to all of you here in London and all of those who are watching online around the world.
0:27.0	This is a special event in our series of Google Plus versus debates organized by Intelligence Squared. On this the anniversary of Martin Luther
0:36.5	King's historic speech, we brought together five global voices to discuss Dr King's legacy and to ask has his dream been realized.
0:48.4	On the 28th of August 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington at the end of the March for
0:56.6	jobs and freedom.
0:58.8	It was a pivotal moment in the struggle for civil rights.
1:03.0	50 years on, much has changed.
1:06.0	African Americans have much of the formal equality denied them half a century ago.
1:12.0	There's an African American in the White House.
1:16.1	And yet there are reportedly more African Americans on probation, parole and in jail in America today than there were slaves in 1850.
1:27.9	And here in Britain you're 28 times more likely to be stopped in search if you're black.
1:36.0	But before I introduce the panel who will be debating,
1:38.9	discussing those kinds of issues,
1:41.1	our very own Ashram Bardewage has voices from the streets of London.
1:45.0	Ahead of tonight's discussion we've been testing the mood of our Google Plus audience.
1:50.0	And whilst this is an exploration of Martin Luther King's legacy, it's also about
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