ABSTRACT
White America’s apparent decision to withdraw from its role of global leadership – “America First” – may be hastening black America’s retreat from Dr King’s liberal, integrationist, dream. Black America is, materially better off, more confident and increasingly visible across the globe – but no more integrated than in Martin Luther King’s day. There are no black governors in any US states; but there are two Latinos, one Japanese American and a Palestinian American. In Detroit, in Pennsylvania, the African American inner cities are reborn as creative and hi-tech spaces for wealthy whites. Britain is approaching a unique statistical threshold: there will soon be more people of Caribbean descent in the United Kingdom with one white parent than those with two black parents. The lesson for black Americans is that intrinsically, they are, on average, equally capable to whites in most things.
