Two Americas

Extracted Attributes

• Originator

  Martin Luther King Jr.

• Primary Themes

  Racial inequality, economic disparity, political polarization, and geographic self-segregation

• Geographic Focus

  Contrast between coastal liberal states (California) and conservative-leaning states (Florida, Texas)

• Original Context

  The 1967 speech 'The Other America' regarding the racial class system

• Modern Interpretation

  Ideological migration and the decline of meritocracy vs. DEI initiatives

• Political Application

  Used by John Edwards to describe the gap between the privileged and those living paycheck-to-paycheck

Timeline

• Martin Luther King Jr. delivers 'The Other America' speech at Stanford University, defining the racial and economic 'Two Americas'. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1967-04-14

• John Edwards utilizes the 'Two Americas' theme during his vice-presidential campaign to highlight economic inequality. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2004-01-01

• John Edwards revisits the 'Two Americas' theme during his presidential campaign. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2008-01-01

• The New York Times publishes an interactive analysis titled 'The Two Americas of 2016' following the presidential election divide. (Source: Web Search)

  2016-11-16

• Adam Carolla discusses the 'Two Americas' on the All-In Podcast, predicting national self-segregation due to failed state leadership. (Source: Document bcec8ed3-1e39-42da-8f4c-3798f2e75e1f)

  2024-05-20

Two Americas

Two Americas is a phrase used by Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1967 speech "The Other America" to describe the differences in what life is like for Black/African-Americans and Whites due to the lack of equal protection under the law and the racial class system designed to keep people with African and Native ancestry from equality and freedom. John Edwards later revisited the Two Americas theme frequently in his 2004 run for vice president and his 2008 presidential campaign.

Web Search Results

• Two Americas

  Wikipedia # Two Americas Two Americas is a phrase used by Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1967 speech "The Other America "The Other America (speech)")" to describe the differences in what life is like for Black/African-Americans and Whites due to the lack of equal protection under the law and the racial class system designed to keep people with African and Native ancestry from equality and freedom. John Edwards later revisited the Two Americas theme frequently in his 2004 run for vice president and his 2008 presidential campaign. ## Contents ## Martin Luther King Jr. [...] I use this subject because there are literally two Americas. One America is beautiful for situation. And, in a sense, this America is overflowing with the milk of prosperity and the honey of opportunity. This America is the habitat of millions of people who have food and material necessities for their bodies; and culture and education for their minds; and freedom and human dignity for their spirits. In this America, millions of people experience every day the opportunity of having life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in all of their dimensions. And in this America millions of young people grow up in the sunlight of opportunity. [...] During the campaign of 2004, I spoke often of the two Americas: the America of the privileged and the wealthy, and the America of those who lived from paycheck to paycheck. I spoke of the difference in the schools, the difference in the loan rates, the difference in opportunity. All of that pales today. Today ... we see a harsher example of two Americas. We see the poor and working class of New Orleans who don't own a car and couldn't evacuate to hotels or families far from the target of Katrina. We see the suffering of families who lived from paycheck to paycheck and who followed the advice of officials and went to shelters at the Civic Center or the Superdome or stayed home to protect their possessions.

• Two Americas, One American

  Quite so, contends the British academic and columnist Timothy Garton Ash. In his most recent book, Free World, Garton Ash argues that there are in fact “two Americas,” whose borders track the “red-blue” divide now familiar from election-night TV maps. Moreover, he maintains that “blue” America — those more liberal states, primarily on the two coasts — often turn out to be a “quite European shade of pink.”1 [...] by Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes In their new book, America Against the World, Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut and journalist Bruce Stokes explore findings from the Pew Global Attitudes Project’s series of international surveys that highlight the role American values play in the worldwide rise in anti-Americanism in the 21st century. In the following excerpt, the authors examine the question of whether partisan divides have undermined the concept of a coherent American nation, distinctive in its core beliefs from other nations around the world. [...] In a similar vein, political scientists Ronald Asmus, Philip P. Everts, and Pierangelo Isernia assert that “the real gap across the Atlantic is between American conservatives and the European mainstream.” Analyzing findings from a 2004 survey sponsored by the German Marshall Fund, they trace the source of this gap to different attitudes on key international issues: the importance of NATO and the United Nations; the use of force as a foreign policy tool; and the impact of the invasion of Iraq on the terrorism threat.2

• Two Americas - Crisis Magazine

  ##### Orthodox. Faithful. Free. Sign up to get Crisis articles delivered to your inbox daily Two warring versions of America have battled for supremacy since the founders put their grievances in a Declaration—in truth, long before that—and each has its foundational myth. [...] The two Americas have a score to settle, and never have the differences between the two been so stark. Two parallel philosophies seek to impose their vision of what America was, is, and should be in an election that represents almost 500 years of brewing conflict. It is not a unity election, or an opportunity for national reconciliation; it is a pivotal battle in a long-fought war that may never end. The only question is how will America face up to its shadow in November? Will it be Logres, or Britain? Tradition, or Enlightenment? Photo Credit: [Don Sniegowski (Flikr)] ## Author Moran Patrick J. Moran Patrick J. Moran is a Catholic attorney and writer. He received his JD from the University of Florida, and a BA in Political Science from University at Albany, SUNY. [...] The two Americas have a score to settle, and never have the differences between the two been so stark. Two parallel philosophies seek to impose their vision of what America was, is, and should be in an election that represents almost 500 years of brewing conflict. It is not a unity election, or an opportunity for national reconciliation; it is a pivotal battle in a long-fought war that may never end. The only question is how will America face up to its shadow in November? Will it be Logres, or Britain? Tradition, or Enlightenment? Photo Credit: [Don Sniegowski (Flikr)] ## Author Moran Patrick J. Moran Patrick J. Moran is a Catholic attorney and writer. He received his JD from the University of Florida, and a BA in Political Science from University at Albany, SUNY.

• The Two Americas of 2016 - The New York Times

  NYTimes.com no longer supports Internet Explorer 9 or earlier. Please upgrade your browser. LEARN MORE » ## The New York Times ###### Politics |The Two Americas of 2016 ## Site Navigation ## Site Mobile Navigation # The Two Americas of 2016 By TIM WALLACE For many Americans, it feels as if the 2016 election split the country in two. To visualize this, we took the election results and created two new imaginary nations by slicing the country along the sharp divide between Republican and Democratic Americas. ## Trump’s America International Falls Helena Eugene Estuary Portland Sound Boundary Water Bismarck Augusta Fargo Bozeman Lake Billings Boise Upstate Twin Cities Reservoir Boston Harbor Teton Tarn Pierre Buffalo Bay Sioux Falls Madison Lake Casper [...] Washington Las Vegas St. Louis Great American Ocean Albuquerque Island Memphis Carolina Islands Los Angeles Atlanta Mississippi Island Dallas Hawaiian Islands El Paso Island Alabama Gulf Houston Isla Grande By Tim Wallace/The New York Times Miami Seattle Boston San Francisco Chicago Midwest Isles New York Denver St. Louis Washington Las Vegas Great American Ocean Atlanta Carolina Islands Los Angeles Houston Hawaiian Islands Isla Grande Miami By Tim Wallace Seattle Montana Archipelago Old Glacier Gulf Lutsen Island Portland Maine Cove Northwest Sea Albany Narrows Coos Bay Minneapolis New England Great Bays Boston Buffalo Milwaukee Detroit Wyoming Shallows Reno Island Cleveland New York Salt Lake City [...] Mrs. Clinton’s island nation has large atolls and small island chains with liberal cores, like college towns, Native American reservations and areas with black and Hispanic majorities. While the land area is small, the residents here voted for Mrs. Clinton in large enough numbers to make her the winner of the overall popular vote. ## Land Area Clinton’s America 15% 530,000 square miles Trump’s America 85% 3,000,000 square miles Clinton’s America 54% 174 million Trump’s America 46% 148 million ## Popular Vote As of Friday, Nov. 18. Percentages are for Trump and Clinton votes only and exclude other candidates. For Clinton 50.5% 62.1 million For Trump 49.5% 61.0 million ## Trump’s America Up Close ## Clinton’s America Up Close

• A tale of two Americas - Shriver Center on Poverty Law

  A few weeks before his death in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about the “other America” to a union group in New York. In his remarks, he condemned the structural nature of poverty, saying “this country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.” He was referring to the societal and systemic factors that contribute to the perpetuation of poverty, like economic inequity, discrimination and inadequate social safety nets. It was this profound frustration that compelled him to call for a racially unified movement to fight against poverty in America, a country filled with so much “concentrated opulence.” [...] As Dr. King reminds us, “a great nation is a compassionate nation.” At its core, poverty in America is a policy choice. As long as America has yet to meet its obligations and responsibilities to its most economically disadvantaged citizens, it’s our job to demand better choices be made and to insist that we erase the persistent wrong of having “two Americas.” Lucy Di Rosa, executive director of the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute, co-authored this essay. #### About the Author Audra Wilson ###### Audra Wilson 67 East Madison Street, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60603 phone: 312.263.3830 | | | Shriver Center on Poverty Law to Sunset the End of 2025 Learn More | Shriver Center on Poverty Law to Sunset the End of 2025 [...] Like Dr. King, Shriver was a true servant leader, someone whose leadership was focused on the growth and well-being of the communities to which he belonged. He believed that “everybody can be great because everybody can serve,” and compelled people to serve others in whatever way they could. He explained, “in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.”

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