Posted on 01/15/2007 10:07:13 AM PST by NormsRevenge
"Thousands of black and Latino students drop out of high school believing education will not matter and statistics say it doesn't because they can't find jobs ... What's going on?"
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Hey Mayor Shirley, try studying history or ..
Ask your party and elected own on the Hill, what's going on? Their 'Raw Deal" and "Great Society" was supposed to lift everyone, what's going on? Indeed.
Their agenda may be able to squeeze you in, someday. Unfortuantely, most of them could care less about you and only care about feathering their own nests and legacies.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin shakes hands with Rev. Simmie Lee Harvey after addressing a Martin Luther King, Jr. rally in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. Rev. Harvey was one of the founding members of the Southern Christian Leadership Council with Dr. King. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) greets supporters next to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. before the Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast in Chicago January 15, 2007. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Former Sen. John Edwards, third from left, joins Martin Luther King III, left, his wife Elizabeth , the Rev. James A. Forbes Jr. and others at a 'Realizing the Dream,' Martin Luther King Day commemoration at Riverside Church in New York, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. Edwards called on Americans to resist President Bush's planned troop escalation in Iraq, echoing a plea by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 40 years ago to end the Vietnam War.
(AP Photos/Kathy Willens)
"The vision became even more powerful because he understood the risks he was taking," Kneece said. "It's very important for our children to know that his sacrifice didn't win the war. We still have to keep at it."
...these people (blacks) will never learn. Democrats implanted chips in their heads that keep saying "Dems will make things alright" over and over. I guess the "sacrifice" and "winning the war" would be against conservatism? We don't offer hand-outs...not good. I am so sick and tired of the same BS every MLK day I could just puke. Well you boneheads just got your Kwanzaa gift...a democratic house and senate. We'll see "What's Going on" in a few months.
King's "Dream" speech had more to do with a color-blind society and being judged by one's character more than by the color of one's skin. It was not about federal goodies and excuses for living at the bottom rung of American society. Everyone would do well to go back and read King's speech. And the so-called black leaders of today would do well to get back to King's ideals.
Did MLK say, "Sit on your ass and let whitey take care of you because you will never succeed"?
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
You get my brainless behind through the primaries and you can have a nice large envelope of cash...envelope color unimportant of course! Hyuk hyuk hyuk......
I think Bill Cosby has addressed this issue. I agree, Dr. King's "dream" was about racial inequality NOT economics. His "dream" will continue to be unrealized as long as there is racism, and there continues to be racism long after he's been gone.
I have taught my three children that content of character and personal responsibility is the key when you meet new people, Not Skin Color. I wish others would adopt this famous creed.
In certain ways, I respect the old USSR more than our own socialists.
At least they suffered under a communist system, while American leftists thrive and get fat off the blessings of capitalism, democracy, and the blood of our military.
Immersed in a black inner city enclave, okay, but saying that in an area filled with Latinos might be dangerous.
Latinos and Blacks share no love for each other from what I've seen in real life.
Racism will always be with us. The difference between today and MLK's time is that racism can no longer be used as an excuse for black people not to succeed in this country. However the race pimps need to perpetuate this myth to keep them in the news and relevant.
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