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In his reflections on Dr. King, James Baldwin wrote that we were witnessing the death of segregation as we knew it, and the question was how long and how expensive the funeral would be. If only he knew. We are still in that funeral procession. 1/
Baldwin wrote in _No Name in the Street_: "An old world is dying, and a new one, kicking in the belly of its mother, time, announces that it is ready to be born. The birth will not be easy, and many of us are doomed to discover that we are exceedingly clumsy midwives." 2/
"No matter, so long as we accept that our responsibility is to the newborn: the acceptance of responsibility contains the key." 3/
Last night in Georgia we saw a glimpse of the crown of a New America. Today we will see the old America in its death throes. No matter. We must be diligent midwives. The labor has been long and hard, and the new world has yet to be born. Whatever happens next will be up to us. 4/
