The “Wilderness Industry” and the Debate Over Black Progress in America.

The “Wilderness Industry” and the Debate Over Black Progress in America.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was growing up in the ‘60s Martin Luther King, like Frederick Douglass, used the Hebrews’ exodus from Egypt as a metaphor for legitimate grievances against slavery and segregation in America. Back then, progress meant that the journey from slavery, through the wilderness, to the “Promised Land” was achievable.  The journey ended at some point. Today, the journey is unachievable, never-ending and by design. After decades …