i guess he did a lot for black folks but i have no emotional feeling about him,,does that make me racist? i know blacks would consider me racist but what about white folks? i mean i would never think of a black person who had no use for george washington as a racist,,,please dont say im full of hate and all that bs,,i was raised around more black folks than white and i loved them dearly.
the guy doesnt deserve "his day" he already has a million streets named after him. Thousands of Americans did a lot more than this guy, but they don't have a day named after them. This was simply a move to appease blacks because Washington, Lincoln etc have a day dedicated to them, and they are white.
No , I would not say you were racist....but honest. I would say that most people do not comprehend what normal people went through in the Civil Rights fight, let alone MLK. The people trying to keep the oppressed down were bad people, even though they were brainwashed. A little education and harmony would have eased the situation. God Bless Eisenhower or we would probably still have segregation in the United States, oops, I mean legal segregation, unlike what we have now, underground and unspoken segregation. Not that that is completely bad.mrhognuts said:
The Pig said:
gotta disagree bro
If he didnt move ahead with his no violent beliefs there would have been another civil war...America is the greatest country because of how people no matter what race can have just as much rights as the next man
Without that we wouldn't be far off from what Hitler minded individuals wanted
Especially now bro...you got just as many minorities fighting in our military as whites....Gotta respect that
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Anyone see this, from the washington post: (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011401026.html)
In a recent survey of college students on U.S. civic literacy, more than 81 percent knew that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing hope for "racial justice and brotherhood" in his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
That's the good news.
Most of the rest surveyed thought King was advocating the abolition of slavery.
Seriously???? These people are retarded.
In a recent survey of college students on U.S. civic literacy, more than 81 percent knew that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing hope for "racial justice and brotherhood" in his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
That's the good news.
Most of the rest surveyed thought King was advocating the abolition of slavery.
Seriously???? These people are retarded.
Well..when I look at Individuals in this country and who actually made an impact for the better of this country, I would say Mr King would be at the top of that list. I hear people say he only did for black folks but in reality his works actually did more for all people including white folks when you look at it from a rightous and spiritual view.
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
I would ask...why are you sick of it? How is it really impacting you that you even notice it. You don't get your mail? The bank is closed? Are you really that inconvenienced by a day dedicated to the greatest black leader in American History? And before anyone goes citing Abraham Lincoln, better go reread your history books. Freedom for blacks was not his motivation.
Racist is a broad term...too broad of term really. I don't think your racist. I think your ignorant.
Regardless, I am cheering for you to continue success with your fat man walking.
Racist is a broad term...too broad of term really. I don't think your racist. I think your ignorant.
Regardless, I am cheering for you to continue success with your fat man walking.
Yes....Columbus is actually worthy of a day, and has one is several countries...not just in a country trying to be pc...shawn55576 said:
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: smaller;">First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World, after the painting by Discoro Téofilo de la Puebla <hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Observed by</td> <td>the Americas, Spain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type</td> <td>Historical</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Significance</td> <td>A celebration honoring Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date</td> <td>second Monday in October (USA); October 12 (actual/traditional)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2007 date</td> <td>October 8 (USA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2008 date</td> <td>October 13 (USA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Related to</td> <td>Día de la Raza in many Latin American countries, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, Hispanic Day in Spain, Día de las Culturas in Costa Rica and Día de la Resistencia Indígena in Venezuela. Also, Thanksgiving in Canada, which falls on the same date.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World on October 12, 1492. Similar holidays, celebrated as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, Hispanic Day in Spain, and the newly-renamed (as of 2002) Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela, commemorate the same event.
