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January 17, 2005

Just in case you wonder why this holiday remains important, click here. Thoughts?
Also, here’s a great interview King did with Alex Haley for Playboy. There really are good articles in Playboy.

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Fred Batiste, A Weapon of Mass Destruction

Man...just think of this...MLK and Malcolm X were on divergent paths until near their deaths...when they both experienced paradigm shifts and their ideas were starting to compliment each other... that woulda been something, but "The Man" and "Da Haters" wouldn't let it be (enough of me waxing conspiracy theories).. Bo...I keep forgetting who else Alex Haley interviewed for Playbizzle..which really has good articles.
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Ben

Damnit, I hate white people. I really do. Vegas weather boy needs to be shot. That man in Mississippi, Edgar Ray Killen, needs to be shot. Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and any other so-called "Christian" minister who wouldn't use the pulpit 40 years ago to at least try and bring some level understanding to their congregations, they need to be shot too. How is it that the church couldn't be used for social issues then, when the situation was brought to a full boil, but can so easily be used today to battle the evil homosexuals and communist liberals? Hypocrisy's a bitch, man. I know talk of shooting people isn't the most appropriate thing on the day we celebrate the epitome of nonviolence, but it's the way I feel. There are simply too many white people who hang on to ridiculous ideas of what race means. It's not even skinheads or the klan that make me so livid (though they should be shot too; but at a bare minimum, they are upfront and honest about it). It's just, well, the next time I'm walking in Philly and notice a white woman clutch her purse or lock her car when she approaches black people, I, a white person, am going to rob her out of sheer principle (and then she should be shot). Because maybe if they were all dead, the rest of us with at least a fifth of a brain ('cause that's about as much brain as you need for this) could take those last steps forward and reconcile years and years worth of mindless, utterly stupid bullshit.
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Elizabeth

I grew up in Birmingham (of all places). I never really had an instruction on who King was, but was ever exposed to what the civil rights movement was just off virtue of where I'm from and what color my skin is. For someone who grew up in Dynamite/College Hills (a former all white area, now all black) though years after the heat, the past seemed to linger in the air. I seem to remember what Condi Rice can't recall, but Angela Davis did. From one chocolate city to another-A top story on the local news was a nonevent. King was to be the first black person to be honored by a monument on the National Mall in Washington. The groundbreaking never took place but the area in marked by an in ground plaque where it's supposed to be. Though not much celebration, a lot of "remembering" is going on. Dr. King in all his glory was simply and beautifully human and intelligent. Dr. King had the ability to admit mistakes and admit doubts while still uplifting and being a marvelous leader of the masses. Bush with all his taking of stands and non admittals could learn a thing or two. Too bad standing up for the truth drastically increases your chance of catching a bullet. 40 years after the Playboy interview, us Negroes face many of the same problems that Dr. King faced in trying to organize a revolution. X too for that matter. Resistance and difficulty in making moves for the greater good of our people, regardless of the method. Because as King feared, the Christian church has lost its authenticity and forfeited loyalty to millions (from hustle pimpin preachers to molesting bishops but of course there's much more that i could spend all day on), I honestly don't know who could forefront a change in the black community. But maybe that's slightly off subject. Anyways, thanks for the articles.
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Ben

By the way, I'm saying those white people should die (half-seriously) because I don't think they'll ever change on their own. They'll just move farther out into the suburbs and buy bigger minivans and SUVs and pretend the whole situation doesn't exist.
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C-Dogg

At first glance this looks like a simple case of not thinking before you speak. His dumba$$ comment filter was in the 'off' position. However when you examine it closer you have to ask, "How do you confuse 'King' and 'Coon'?" They don't sound alike and the only letter they have in common is 'n'. I am not saying that the dude is a racist but he probably has some racist tendencies and/or friends. He needs to watch his back. Las Vegas is where TuPac got shot. If brothers out there will kill a rap legend they will surely deal with a wanna be Klan member. But that's just my opinion.
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Fred Batiste, A Weapon of Mass Destruction

OK..let me see here Martin Luther King Jr. or Martin Luther "Coon" King Jr. Gee, I wonder where the slip-up happened? the sudden implementation of a racial slur during the middle of the 5-day forecast could be a mystery up there with the thriving of the curl in a certain Southern city that got its name from an ancient Egyptian city, who was the third dude on the grassy knoll and who REALLY got rid of Judy Winslow from the cast of Family Matters!!!!! Man, there shoulda been a dozen negroes outside that station suckin their teeth and crackin their knuckles at the opportunity to mollywhop and skulldrug the dumb-ass weatherman. Now, comment filter? WTF is that? I never knew newsrooms had comment filters, and if they did, I'm probably sure the makers were like "hey we need to develop something that will eliminate coughs, hiccups, heavy breathing and racial slurs from the sound from the newscaster." Will the FCC fine the TV station??? I mean, calling one of the greatest figures in modern American history a racial slur in a major news market on his NATIONAL holiday is obscene, right? However, if he would've said Dr. Coondaleeza Rice, I might've gave him a pass. Bomani's note - that's not how you say or spell Dr. Rice's name?
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Fred Batiste, A Weapon of Mass Destruction

I'm sorry Bo...I couldn't resist it, mane!!! I still think Dr. Rice is a covert agent working against the Brotherhood...get me Undercover Brother on the double!!!!