IF MARTIN LUTHER KING CAME BACK, WOULD HE BE CALLED A SELLOUT?

Equality of opportunity faces off against identity politics.

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The quality of opportunity and identity politics—two perennial warriors. 

On the one hand, you have a principle that, in theory, offers each indivi…