As something of a follow up to my earlier post regarding the recently opened Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (found here), I point you to a piece from CNN about some other not-so-favorable comments. Now, these comments aren’t the be all end all but they continue to force us to think a little deeper about the meaning and significance of not only Dr. King, his legacy, his message, his [...]
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Thoughts on my struggle of how to view the new memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This was almost demoralizing to look at, but the truth must be grasped if we’re going to do something proper about it. We’re in Kern County, and the impoverished is quite high. Pretty striking. Likely that has to do with the high number of day laborers around due to the farming. The poor are people, too. To have a look at your area, go to http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-studies/map-the-meal-gap.aspx. Thanks to Tavis Smiley [...]
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