Monday, January 15, 2007
Lessons
Today is Dr. King's birthday and his holiday. He contributed a lot to this world. I had only seen one side of Dr. King, but lately I have seen a new side of him. A more out spoken man than we ususally see. A lot of post have been made today about Dr. King and his dream. Comparing his struggle to our current times. As I think about the struggle of then and the struggle of now. Obvously the two do not ccompare, but are we living up to Dr. King's dream. It seems to me we learned to be more PC than actually more equal. Maybe we approached it like a test in high school learn it just for the test then forget about it. Dr. King did not support war. Just as he fought for equality for black people. He also opposed war. I don't really have much to say Just that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for what was right, and I ask you have we learned the lessons that he tried to teach us. Now in this war in Iraq innocent people are killed and it seems to bother no one. The average person seems to not care about the innocent lies of the people of the middle east. A group of people I went to high school with would watch the death of Iraqis on the internet and find it funny. They see themselves as better than the Iraqis. All men are created equal not just Americans. I hope that we can start to really apply to the lessons that we were taught.
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I donno much about Martin Luther King, I just know that he was a great man!
I only hope that people follow his footsteps.
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I grew up during the time of Martin Luther King, Jr. And, yes he was a great and courageous leader. Watching the riots in Alabama and Mississippi was horrible to me as a child. If you get a chance to watch Mississippi Burning, I would, if you haven't already. It shows the mind set of those opposed to equal rights. And, a little known fact is that Linden Baines Johnson signed the equal rights bill.
I remember the day Dr. King was asassinated, and the day Bobby Kennedy was asassinated. They were horrible times in this country, and I personally still see a lot of discrimation in this country.
A very nice post on a timely topic.
Your post resonates with me, for the town I live in is culturally VERY "PC" but it is a pre-dominately white town. It has always bothered me- a lot. It seems like folks are pretending to be something they are not. What do you think?
I really admire some of the afro-american leaders that have not let the thinking of a few distroy their ambitions to do great things.
What I think is amazing about our country is how a minority person has a national holiday. Where else but the United States does something like this happen?
That is what I think about most on MLK day. Where else has a national holiday came from a person like that?
MLK was the real thing. Have you ever read his autobiography? It was authorized by his family. They used speeches, sermons, papers he had written, letter etc..and put them together in such a way as to make a cogent representation of his life. He was a great man!
People need to read his speech on Vietnam. Eerie how we can apply it to today. This is a great post, C-Dell.
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"All men are created equal not just Americans"
Amen, Brother, it's just that simple, it really is.
I enjoyed reading this and learning a little more about Dr. King!! I truly admire him!
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All great men who inspires should be remembered, either by this family and friends or nationally.
Martin Luther King was a great man, even though I do not really know about American history.
Good post indeed!
"It seems to me we learned to be more PC than actually more equal."
I've never thought of it in just that light, but having read your words I immediately realized that that is the perfect phrase to describe my amorphous thoughts on this. Racist know these days that they're not going to get along in polite society unless they curb their tongues. So they learn the pc rules and play the game ... and it is a game to them ... until they think it's safe to spew their vile thoughts. I don't see it as much in the diverse population of Hawaii, but am still very aware fo it on the mainland.
"The average person seems to not care about the innocent lives of the people of the middle east."
This I don't believe. But I do believe that many of us are worn down and feeling defeated. Why is our once great and benificent nation allowing this warmogering, power-hungry egomaniac to retain control? We were once admired thoughout the world. There may have been a ittle tarnish on our shining reputation from time to time, but, still, the world turned to us for wisdom and guidance because we were the model of democracy. That reputation has been torn to shreds in just a few short years. I understand HIM, because it's obvious what his motivations are. What amazes me is that the congress and senate make noise of dissent, but give him just enough support to continue his insane ways. I feel hopeless to do anything about it, and I know that many that I've talked to, in face to face situations and in the bolgsphere, feel the same. If our leaders can't/won't control this maniac, what can we do? I do care about the atrocities being committed in my name. Almost everyone I've talked to does and is outraged. But if the leaders of our nation won't rein in this madman in, what can we do?
Again, I don't think that most of us don't care. I think we feel like deer caught in the headlights, stunned and scared and frozen in place. I also believe that if we don't get beyond that and do something, it could very well be the end of us all. We are losing our allies and driving away the friendly nations who could have partnered with us. We will be alone to settle this terrible situation he's led us into. Sure, we're still a powerful nation, but I don't think we can get out of this alone.
I don't mean to sound defeatist, but that's how I FEEL right now. As if we're already defeated.I would love to be proven wrong.
lizard princess said that folks are pretending to be something that they are not. that hits it on the head. c-dell you say that folks are pc rather than less racist- again- another hit. america has always been full of shit. we have always had the one america- patriotic, upstanding, democratic- and the flip side- the reality if you will. the puritan country with the penchant for porn. the democracy that kept minorities and women out of the workforce and as second class citizens. you get the idea. today- what do we do? same as always but a bit more sneaky. we take music genres that originated out of urban poverty in predominantly minority neighborhoods and give recording contracts to justin timberlake. i know i am rambling. haven't had my morning coffee yet- you get the idea.
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