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Monday, January 15, 2007
MLK, What Would You Say Today?
Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church yesterday and reminded us that "America has not yet reached the promised land of peace and racial equality".
As people all over the country take the day off of work or school, as we celebrate Dr. King's legacy, I think that we should not only look at how far we have to go in order to bring equality to all people, but we need to remember that Martin Luther King would right now be speaking out against this war and our country's policies in the world. The "leaders" of our country will most likely fail to mention that when they acknowledge this holiday. They probably won't mention that Dr. King would also be working on labor issues, immigration issues, and all issues of human rights. They will talk about his contributions to civil rights, but they won't address that those rights were won by people who were brave enough to stand up and face the brutality of the system that was wronging them.
If MLK were alive today, he would be leading us as we marched in the streets. He would lead us as we refused to partake in the wrongs of our government.
At Christmas, we hear that the spirit of love and peace needs to last the whole year, not just during the Christmas season. Martin Luther King's message is not "let's celebrate by taking the day off". It is a message that we must work every day toward justice, not by sitting down and staying comfortable, but by risking our own lives and freedoms so that all may be free.
As people all over the country take the day off of work or school, as we celebrate Dr. King's legacy, I think that we should not only look at how far we have to go in order to bring equality to all people, but we need to remember that Martin Luther King would right now be speaking out against this war and our country's policies in the world. The "leaders" of our country will most likely fail to mention that when they acknowledge this holiday. They probably won't mention that Dr. King would also be working on labor issues, immigration issues, and all issues of human rights. They will talk about his contributions to civil rights, but they won't address that those rights were won by people who were brave enough to stand up and face the brutality of the system that was wronging them.
If MLK were alive today, he would be leading us as we marched in the streets. He would lead us as we refused to partake in the wrongs of our government.
At Christmas, we hear that the spirit of love and peace needs to last the whole year, not just during the Christmas season. Martin Luther King's message is not "let's celebrate by taking the day off". It is a message that we must work every day toward justice, not by sitting down and staying comfortable, but by risking our own lives and freedoms so that all may be free.
posted by Carol at 7:35 AM
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