I caught Chris Rock's interesting and quite humorous remarks about MLK streets and boulevards last night on Comedy Central
As Minister Malcom pointed out forty years ago, find the "Abraham Lincoln School" (now MLK Boulevard) and you have found the ghetto.
mlk was a womanizer and a philander and the fbi thought he was Communist... it amazing how he holds onto any stature at all, or it it because of the dearth of any leadership that has come afterwords?
Obviously doesnt know what the FARK she is talking about
-ccm
"Robert S, the radio talk host who spearheaded the commemorative designation, said it is a fitting conclusion to Black History Month and a new beginning for a street with a reputation for prostitution and drug trafficking. "
Chris Rock: "If a friend calls you on the telephone and says they're lost on Martin Luther King Boulevard and they want to know what they should do, the best response is 'Run!"
It's where you can buy crack or rent-a-ho.
The Reverend would NOT be proud.
It also means it runs through the toughest part of town. Don't walk that street unarmed.
If you ever find youself on a MLK street, don't look left orr right, just keep driving.
For some reason liberals name streets after MLK then stick all the housing projects on the same street. Why is that?
Frankly, the god like status that he has been raised to makes me sick. I remember the year that the NFL awarded the Super Bowl to Phoenix, then pulled it because the state of ARIZONA didn't have an MLK holiday. They did this even though the city of Phoenix did recognize his birthday as a holiday. They should have been sued for breaking a contract. The fact that schools make such a big deal out of his birthday and black history month shows how politically correct our nation has become. There is truly a double standard. A call for a white history month would be considered racist. A call for a Miss White America, a mention of a historically white college, an establishment of a United Caucasian College Fund, etc., would cause the proverbial poop to hit the fan. However, in reverse, it's OK. It makes me sick.
Any Savannah, GA Freepers out there? I was visiting that town this week and it's a great place. However, a couple nights ago my wife and I were walking through downtown on Ogelthorpe Street and ended up on MLK Blvd. What a blight and an eyesore. I immediately started thinking "let's find our car and get out of here."
BTW, nothing racist implied here, we had a great time visiting Savannah and the rest of the downtown area (which is 50/50 black/white and one of the first truly integrated Southern cities) was a lot of fun to be in. Especially River Street where I met a lot of good people, including the author of a book on the town (Murray Silver) who personally signed his book for us. I also stopped at the Moon River Brewing Company and Churchill's English Pub a couple of times. Then we spent a lot of time visiting the squares and some of the old houses and graveyards. Lot of history in that town.
"Robert S,...said it is...a new beginning for a street with a reputation for prostitution and drug trafficking."
If this fellow is hoping the name change will improve the street action, I'm afraid he's in for a disappointment. I'd like to know more about why he hates his step father so much he dropped the last 6 letters of his name.
IMO, MLK gets the attention because of his soaring speaking style and not much else. Others started the civil rights movement; he capitalized on it. By the time of his death he was already starting to become irrelevant as the changes he wanted came and history passed him by. His philosophy was based on the work of others-Booker T Washington, and especially Ghandi. MLK was a latecomer. He was a good man, but not a saint.
Interesting that there was a long protracted fight on the name change and this was in Michigan.
I live in Arkansas and we have had numerous streets here renamed for King in the last 10 to 15 years and I can't remember any controversy about doing any of them at all.