Happy MLK DAY!!!

[deception]

what kind of things do u reflect on a day like this?

 

[Mr. J]

^How fortunate I am - a black male - to be given an equal chance to succeed in life. Coincidentally, I had to write a report on discrimination and of course I had to mention Dr. King's accomplishments.

 

[M Two One]

<div class="quote_poster">MrJ Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">^How fortunate I am - a black male - to be given an equal chance to succeed in life. Coincidentally, I had to write a report on discrimination and of course I had to mention Dr. King's accomplishments.</div>

I remember last year you posted the MLK Day thread in the Members Union, MrJ.

 

[Mr. J]

<div class="quote_poster">M Two One Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I remember last year you posted the MLK Day thread in the Members Union, MrJ.</div>
Yup, that was me.

deception beat me to it this year though.

 

[deception]

<div class="quote_poster">MrJ Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Yup, that was me.

deception beat me to it this year though.</div>

i have an idea. its mlk day but everybody knows about mlk, lets honour other civil rights leaders as well. to that end, i encourage everyone to honour a different civil rights leaders of their choice in their posts.

i'll start with Eldridge Cleaver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver
-he was more militant than pacifist but a great leader nonetheless
-easily one of the coolest dudes of the era as well

let me add W.E.B Du Bois: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.E.B._Du_Bois
-he wrote the "souls of black folks" where he demarcated "the colour line" that pervades america
-he's personally one of my intellectual heroes
-fyi- there is actually an indian-american book in response to his called, "the karma of brown folks
-another fyi- recently after natalie portman spent a late night reading Du Bois, she proclaimed she felt connected with black folks in an interview the day after

 

[B.e.]

All I reflect on is how thankfull I am of Dr. King, not for having today off, but for everything he has done for African-American's in this country.

 

[Notorious]

That i have the day off. Jk, i dont know, i reflect on his acclomplishments and what he did for the black community along with the rest of the world. I was gonna make a MLK thread too, and put his I have a Dream speach up too. Looks like deception beat me to it.

 

[Bleed Green]

I am thankful for MLK being he not only affected the African-Americans lives but for every minority race. He was a great man who changed this whole country.

 

[Legacy]

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