(Taken in 2015)
Hi everyone! Happy Martin Luther King Day!! I hope that you're having a productive day, considering Mr. C is still wrecking havoc worldwide. While we were celebrating Dr. King's achievements and the continued quest for equality; I've noticed something from some people, mainly yt people in respect to Dr. King. They always love to quote his phrase, "don't judge me for the color of my skin," when called out for their racist behavior or trying to turn Dr. King into some sanitized hero to fit their agenda. For example, as I have experienced on social media, this 6F dude claimed that Dr. King would not like Black Lives Matter because it's Marxist. It really irritates me when these people will speak for Dr. King as if he has raised from the dead and spoke to them about his "dislike" for BLM and other organizations of that nature. These people, being willfully obtuse would complain about BLM, The Black Panther Party and their favorite phrase "black on black crime," where violence in concerned but they will willfully turn a blind eye to systemic and organized violence perpetrated by 6F people against black people and POC. A perfect example of this is the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday the 6th of January where some claimed that it was the Antifa crew that stormed the Capitol, not Trumpanzees. However, evidence has shown otherwise but they'll deny it till the day they die.
(Taken in the Summer, 2020)
It's also ironic that these people chose to celebrate Dr. King, when in the past he was ostracized and even accused of being a communist by the FBI under Edgar Hoover, the very same FBI who celebrated Dr. King's achievements. Gotta love the irony here, they throw you under the bus, and when you're dead and gone, that's when they want to celebrate you. But sadly, history is repeating itself because these 6F people are doing the exact same thing to BLM calling the group, Marxist or communist in order to not to remind themselves of the evils they have done in this country. However, no amount of gaslighting can prevent the real terror in this country and that is white supremacy. We have seen it happen in the Trump presidency and the crazy events at the Capitol. Democracy be damned, they want to keep white supremacy at all costs, at the expense of black people, POC, women (well, women of color, because lets face it, some white women participate and uphold white supremacy), LGBTQ+ and progressives who want to see this country prosper and celebrate all people. If Dr. King was alive, he would still join the fight for equality and continue to call out leadership for their transgressions. That's the Martin Luther King we need, not the watered down, sanitized version. So for the next year please celebrate all of Dr. Kings, all the complexities, the doubts, the vulnerability and resolve, not to fit your agenda. Thank you Dr. King for your fight for equality and justice. We still have a long way to go but I'm hopeful that we'll get there.
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