Disillusionment

The chapter "disillusionment" begins with a quote from Dr. King who states "Let's not fool ourselves, we are far from the promised land, both north and south."  This quote although made in the context of the 1960's is still very relevant today.  We often find ourselves debating in class whether the transition from South to North was worth while and questioning the implications of such a change.  Yet as King pointed out it is foolish to talk in such sweeping and generalizing terms.  Both the North and the South were "far from the promised land"  and to say with complete certainty that one is better than the other is erroneous and negating reality.  I feel that the racial dynamics were obviously much better in the North than South but yet and still black people were still suffering and struggling mightily.  This is still true today, poverty rates in the black community are exorbitantly high in comparison to white counter parts. This fact is true nationwide, black suffering is not simply confined to the North or South.  Once we begin to deal with the suffering in the black community as a national issue the question of whether the North is a panacea to the ills of the south will become irrelevant.