Archive for April 4th, 2008
Wake me from King’s dream
(and spare me the 60s-bred alternatives)
I’ve grown tired of the self-serving and sanctimonious invocations of “King’s Dream.” Since his death, its reference has been mired in cheap sentiment and easy virtue, recognizable to the daytime TV chat show set accustomed to camera-induced catharsis and the promises of fulfillment just awaiting those who “buy this book” and follow “these easy steps.”
King’s [...]
The mountaintop
MLK was assassinated today, 40 years ago. He was a mere 39-years-old. He had gone to Memphis to support black garbage collectors— ie, the sanitary public works employees who had been on strike for a month, the work conditions they faced every day unbelievably horrific, men getting crushed in compactors that they were forced to [...]
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