MLK Day, 2005

Men's News Daily ^ | 17 January 2005 | Nicholas Stix

[GeorgeBerryman]

Isn't the author of this piece a member of Motley Crew?

Heh... no no that'd be Nikki Sixx.

[Izzy Dunne]

According to my reference (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader), both he and his father were named Michael Luther King. In 1935, his father legally changed both their names.

It's MLK day, either way.

[Red Phillips]

MLK was supposedly a man of the cloth. But he was a serial adulterer and a confirmed plagiarist. The PhD that he plagiarized to get was in theology. I guess in the Bible he was using it must condone intellectual thievery. This is shameful and any effort to paper over it is transparent. If he was anybody else, he would have had that Doctorate taken away. It should be taken away now, posthumously. Talk about needing courage. Boston University (I think that is where his PhD is from.) should display a little courage and take that phony PhD back. Do not be cowed by political correctness. The facts are irrefutable.

[joesnuffy]

Which is probably why we should be pushing Condi Rice for Prez right now...

The first black president
The first woman president
The first black woman president

Obama could never top that.....unless of course he gets elected and converts to Islam while in office...

[cyborg]

bump

[hushpad]

I feel much the same way about Columbus Day (at my house, it's just referred to as mass murderer day). Of course, the blacks seem to feel the same way about President's Day celebrating slave owners like George Washington.

So, you went to one of those schools that taught Revisionists History?

Something must be done about today's public schools, we must find teachers that know enough to teach.

[Capagrl]

"So, you went to one of those schools that taught Revisionists History? Something must be done about today's public schools, we must find teachers that know enough to teach." I couldn't agree more about the public schools. I was actually taught the standard "Columbus is GREAT, let's Celebrate!" in school. Maturing and educating myself opened my eyes in a way public school never could. I'm passing the lesson on to my children to question what they are being taught. I am of American Indian heritage and I am very proud of it. My children are even more proud of it than I was ever taught to be. While we're not going to be protesting the next Columbus Day parade, we're also not buying the "founder" of America propaganda. As I told my son when he came home from kindergarten filled with stories about the joys of Christopher Columbus, imagine someone walking into our house and declaring himself the FOUNDER of our house, kicking us out and inviting all of his friends to move into the neighborhood. In my son's mind, this analogy was hilarious and his favorite statement re: Columbus is that the man "found" a place that wasn't lost. The true horrors of Columbus and his actions will be lessons left for another day when my son is older. If I were black, I would be a strong voice against MLK and Jackson & Sharpton. My biggest black hero today would have to be Bill Cosby for having the courage to tell it like it is, for berating the black youth for playing the "blame game" and for lashing out against Ebonics among other things. The man is smart, hilarious and gifted with insight few blacks seem to have the courage to come forward with. I applaud his efforts to trying to teach black youths what the playing field is all about and how to get on to it rather than expecting the world to lower it's expectations to grant a hand out.

[dfwgator]

I would rather see Malcolm X Day. Malcolm at least had some conservative beliefs. He knew liberal programs would destroy the Black community, he believed in the Second Amendment, and self-reliance. Once he broke away from the kooks at the N.O.I, he became much mellower in his overt racism. Of course Calypso Louis and pals wouldn't let him get away with it.

[cyborg]

So what were you doing while citizens were being oppressed during Jim Crow?

[hushpad]

LOL!

People always get a bit "testy" when I'm right.

BTW - I dont even need the job I have, why would I take a cut in pay to work for the school? OH! I KNOW! I'd get the day off because of some wife-beating, race-baiting POS! LOL!

[peacebaby]

Just cruising this discussion, and can't believe some of the self-rightous and angry comments I'm reading.

I don't care much for this MLK holiday, but like Javeline it is my opinion that while MLK wasn't perfect, he did do good for a lot of people for which he should be respected..

This type of holier-than-thou rants will give us Republicans a bad rap.

Can't we be more humble and kind? None of us is above reproach.

[hushpad]

I was actually taught the standard "Columbus is GREAT, let's Celebrate!" in school.

I was not taught any touchy-feely thing about Columbus. I just learned the facts. That is as it should be.

My Paternal Grandmother was Cherokee. Plenty of Americans like you and me have the blood of American Indians in our veins and yes, it is something to be proud of.

History is as it was.

[wbill]

My 2c.....

I'm not old enought to rememeber Martin Luther King. All that I know is what I learned in publik skool, and what I've learned on my own. Believe me, the two histories are completely different.

What's unfortunate is that 90% of the people only know what the diversity crusaders teach. And, anyone who contradicts them is hateful, bigoted, racist, et al ad infinitum.

IMHO, I think that there are many other African Americans that are far more deserving of a National Holiday. Carver and Douglass come immediately to mind.