Different ships

[nhboy]

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now"(MLK Jr)

 

[CrashTest]

Then why do some Americans instist on reminding folks that they're "African Americans"? Seems a lot of folks look to King as their hero but don't pay attention to anything he stood for.

 

[Baja28]

And right now we're in the boat with Captain Bligh.

 

[royhobie]

Then why do some Americans instist on reminding folks that they're "African Americans"? Seems a lot of folks look to King as their hero but don't pay attention to anything he stood for.

They say King stood for peace, but history shows that violence followed him every where he went. In time, I predict historians will alter his history and make him look like a saint. When Congress made his birthday a Federal Holiday, they took the "long standing Federal holiday" away from a well known President of the United States, combined his holiday with another President (Lincoln and George Washington) and called it President's Day, which stands true now. This was an effort by Congress to be more politically correct with the American American community. I can imagine how pleased Lincoln and Washington would be with this decision.

 

[Larry Gude]

They say King stood for peace, but history shows that violence followed him every where he went. In time, I predict historians will alter his history and make him look like a saint. When Congress made his birthday a Federal Holiday, they took the "long standing Federal holiday" away from a well known President of the United States, combined his holiday with another President (Lincoln and George Washington) and called it President's Day, which stands true now. This was an effort by Congress to be more politically correct with the American American community. I can imagine how pleased Lincoln and Washington would be with this decision.

MLK is not and was not the problem. For all his faults, his underlying premise, to be judged by the content of ones character and not the color of their skin, stands tall in American history.

The problem I have is people who make their daily bread on color of skin.

 

[This_person]

MLK is not and was not the problem. For all his faults, his underlying premise, to be judged by the content of ones character and not the color of their skin, stands tall in American history.

The problem I have is people who make their daily bread on color of skin.

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