Don’t pay any attention to that man behind the curtain.....
It’s fortunate that civil authorities have developed a foolproof way of warning white people to stay away. They put the initials MLK on the street signs.
Maybe New York should change the name of Wall Street.
These MLK-themed ghettos are EXACTLY what the inhabitants want them to be. It will never be otherwise, by force of law enforcement or efforts of “economic development” ($$ down a toilet.)
I know if I find myself on any MLK Blvd., I make sure my doors are locked.
It depends on the area. There are several MLK streets near here and business are fine as they are not in heavy black areas.
Larger cities with heavy black areas have a problem.
Years ago, Tulsa OK designated the northern bypass I-244, as the MLK Memorial Expressway, and placed BIG signs up at each end of it.
Every time we went by those signs, the number of bullet holes had increased till the signs looked like Swiss cheese and were replaced and put on overhead signs. (I did not put any of those holes in the signs).
Streets renamed MLK were almost exclusively in black areas, already suffering from economic decline 45 years ago. Just in case business owners didn’t know what they were doing, the name reminded them of where they were about to locate.
The government caused both problems and now they want to government to fix it by throwing tax dollars at it. I’m guessing that it won’t work.
Here in Grand Rapids, Mi, there was an attempt to rename the main North-South street (Division Ave.) to MLK Blvd. After all of the usual BS charges of racism, the street got an “honorary” designation only. No one to this day ever refers to it other than by its real name. It is one of those streets for most of its length that you would never dare drive through with your doors unlocked.
Wait for all the Barack Obama Blvd’s in the future.
I suspect we’ll see a similar scenario when all the Obama Boulevards start getting dedicated in 2017.
I moved to Southern California 30 years ago. My Dad asked me, as a courtesy, when I was in Connecticut at Christmas time, to pay a visit to his pal, who had gone to college in L.A. - and had the time of his life. The pal was waxing, nostalgically about the good old days, in his apartment on Santa Barbara Av. Then he asked “hey, how’s that area, these days?” I replied “Well, they renamed it Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, if that gives you any indication”. The smile disappeared from his face, as he looked down at the ground, and then changed the subject to how much he missed the warm winters. :(
I can tell you the one in New Orleans is a crime-ridden ghetto. You only go there if you’re suicidal-or well armed, because the residents of the area sure are!
The Milky Way
trying to restore King’s legacy...
The first step would be to start to bring out the truth. The Dims were the ones opposing civil rights. King did not advocate the welfare state. King advocated equal opportunity. King did not advocate lighter sentences for blacks who commit crimes because of skin color. King advocated a color blind society.
On another note, all of today’s problems with race relations are the direct result of yesterday’s “solutions”.
Streets called ‘MLK’ will ALWAYS struggle as long ad Blaxks remain on the Democrat Plantation.
Is there at least one that isn’t this way?
Why did they choose certain streets to name after MLK? Because of the high number of residents there belonging to one certain victim group.
Why are those streets full of crime?
Because of the high number of residents there belonging to one certain victim group.
California Mlk streets same way.