MLK Day is My Least Favorite Holiday of the Year
“We came to see that, in the long run, it is more honorable to walk in dignity than ride in humiliation.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As it is another year celebrating the late Civil Right’s leader, I am reminded of the people who were responsible for some of the most incredible acts of bravery in our nation’s history. I personally can’t imagine what it was like to be even alive during a time when segregation was legal, let alone be a black person fighting it.
It seems our people have been tamed into silence. Unlike the wild horses we once were, determined to have the life we demanded.
Children and adults alike see the day as just another holiday off. I suppose that is what it is, because noone is expected to always remember one man.
So let’s just take the day off and instead honor them everyday by living what they taught us.
Times.com has a fabulous slideshow telling the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
Now, I ask you:
Where have all the movers and shakers gone?
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Where do you get off speaking for everyone as you do? Don’t you realize that not everyone thinks or feels the way that you do? Please become more humble because you come off very pompous in your weblogs.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pmTJ,
Of course I know that not everyone feels the way that I do. I never said I spoke for everyone, I just speak for myself; as I see it and what my experience has shown me.
The point of the blog is to share my ideas while challenging others and inspiring them to share their own knowledge.
I want to incite conversation and dialog with the things I write about. We should always challenge that what is laid before us, because isn’t it true that a wise man knows that he knows nothing?
I say – if there is another side that you feel is true, by all means, present it!
Either support me or challenge me, but please don’t judge.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 pmTJ, seems like u’re one of the few that GETS MLK day. That’s great. Now personally I see MLK becoming like Christmas… a special day that becomes commercialized. Right now it’s not to the extend of Christmas, but that’s what I see in the future. A day where most people go, “MLK!!! YES!!! WE CAN PARTY LATE SUNDAY!!”
PS: And it’s common sense she’s not writing for everyone, duH. Is that what you focus on? Share your ideas, not your judgement.
Cornelio Jerez
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm