A Word on MLK Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. had a wonderful idea. He had "a dream." He wanted people to be seen for their abilities and for who they were, rather than by the color of their skin. In America, thanks to his efforts, we reached that point. Then we went beyond it, and away from what he wanted.

Today, many people do see and judge people by the color of their skin. Large, wealthy organizations continue to profit immensely off viewing people by the color of their skin. Various government programs continue to blatantly judge and hire people primarily by the color of their skin. Unfortunately, this is the opposite of what Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted.

Even more unfortunately, those who profit from these racist actions are primarily those who have a darker skin tone than others. Today's so-called "civil rights" leaders are more interested in the color of your skin than anything else. These people like Jesse Jackson cannot see or talk to anyone without considering their skin color first. The concept of being color blind to skin color is absolutely and completely foreign to them. And that's a shame.

It's horrible that these people continue to use a great man's name to advance their racist political agendas. I only hope and pray that enough people will see and understand eventually that these people are nothing more than race hucksters and liars -- and are only interested in their own power and money.

Martin Luther King, Jr, I'm sorry that your legacy has been so perverted. Like you, I hope and dream that one day everyone really will be able to view people as people and not as races. But we are strongly opposed by various black "civil rights" leaders today.

Posted by: Ogre at 03:03 PM

Comments

1 Splendid opportunity for a 4 day weekend.

Posted by: Weapon of Mass Disturbance at January 15, 2007 03:23 PM (0eOeQ)

2 Ogre,

The words of MLK are pretty powerful words. Ideas have meaning and his words have the power to change the hearts and minds of men. I agree with you about those who have perverted his dream. But, we cannot allow them to divert the power of his words. He spoke of a hope to lay aside race. I think we should commend his words and teach them to everyone. I read his "I have a dream1" speech last night and found it uplifting, even in our time. We should stand up against the race hustlers, but stand up for MLK's words and ideals.

David

Posted by: David at January 15, 2007 03:24 PM (FzAwx)

3 Absolutely, David! His words are indeed some of the most powerful of the 20th century. And they should be taught -- as well as the meaning when he said them, NOT the meanings that are applied by the race huckers of today!

Posted by: Ogre at January 15, 2007 03:56 PM (oifEm)

4 its amazing, I look around and the only examples of racism that I can find are either anti-white or anti-Jewish... civil rights movements are not an excuse to proclaim that I oppressed you because I am white and you are not...

Posted by: chris at January 15, 2007 04:26 PM (rBjHa)

5 Today's civil rights movement is about punishing anyone who isn't black.

Posted by: Ogre at January 15, 2007 08:23 PM (oifEm)

6 Today's civil rights leaders like Jesse Jackson? Uhh Jesse Jackson was part of Dr. Kings coalition. He was there when Dr. King was shot. Jesse Jackson is one of those past civil rights leaders. How do you think he got famous in the first place?

Posted by: Jason Cuevas at January 16, 2007 04:37 AM (MeK6B)

7 What's your point? I guess I called Jackson "today's leaders" because he's alive and MLK isn't.

Posted by: Ogre at January 16, 2007 12:36 PM (oifEm)

8 actually jessie jackson is probably the most tolerable of the group... what about sharpton? hes a royal asshole... but if you look carefully at all of them, youll see one thing in common... if there is a camera recording and a chance to yell at a group of blacks... they will be there...

Posted by: chris at January 16, 2007 07:01 PM (rBjHa)

9 But only if it helps them get cash.

Posted by: Ogre at January 16, 2007 10:12 PM (pHUVv)






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