Black residents of the United States are unarguably more "free" today than they were when Dr. King gave his speech. (Let us ignore for the sake of this discussion, the preponderance of black men in American jails and on Death Row, the economic disparity that persists between most blacks and most whites, and the prevalence of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.)
What concerns me is that instead of moving toward racial equality, the United States has moved toward racial competition, with each ethnic group claiming special rights and privileges.