MLK Assassination - 40 years later

[Jon325i]

You have to wonder what our society and culture would be like today if he was never killed. Watching the various YouTube videos of his speeches, I can see why he made such an impact on people.

Discuss.

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/080404-seaton-columnsmlkspeech.html

Jon

[Jordan325iC]

I'm going to guess this will turn into a thread about how Obama sucks before the second page.

[Jon325i]

I'm going to guess this will turn into a thread about how Obama sucks before the second page.

I hope not - but then again this is R3V, so it can go just about anywhere.

[e30e]

I think MLK would be pissed at how much little African American's views have changed and how little they have progressed. (THIS IS NOT A RACIAL STATEMENT TRYING TO START AN E-FIGHT) Especially considering he wasn't about fighting the power but changing and adapting for the betterment of everyone.

[mrsleeve]

I think MLK would be pissed at how much little African American's views have changed and how little they have progressed. (THIS IS NOT A RACIAL STATEMENT TRYING TO START AN E-FIGHT) Especially considering he wasn't about fighting the power but changing and adapting for the betterment of everyone.

agreed you beat me too it.

[Mulholland]

MLK would be headlining with FLO RIDA, fo' sheezie....

seriously, he would give up on the society of his people now. They don't have the suffering and strife they did then, they aren't being oppressed, and yet they seem to maintain the exact same trends as then, I don't know... it isn't like it's 100% of people, but most people in bad situations just continue to use it as an excuse and not a reason to get motivated and do something. MLK was a great enough motivator to get a generation off its ass, but as soon as the fire was out they just sat right back down.

[s0urce]

I can see modern day MLK Ghostriding Da Whip, listening to some ghetto fab beatz.

Oh...and Jessie Jackson would still work at KFC.

ibtl

[Il Duce]

Oh, I get it- your racism is SOOOOOOOOOO ironic.

[s0urce]

Oh, I get it- your racism is SOOOOOOOOOO ironic.

A mere coincidence.

[z31maniac]

In on page 1.

This space for rent. PM me for details.

[s0urce]

[joshh]

I think MLK would be pissed at how much little African American's views have changed and how little they have progressed. (THIS IS NOT A RACIAL STATEMENT TRYING TO START AN E-FIGHT) Especially considering he wasn't about fighting the power but changing and adapting for the betterment of everyone.

End of thread right there.

But Obama does suck.

[mtechnik]

Pitty how the short thread is about to de-rail already.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Pitty how the short thread is about to de-rail already.

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IBTL




Thats why I dont post anything that has to do with race on here. One of R3Vs few downfalls.



Mariano

[Ryan Stewart]

He was a more effective martyr. If he had lived it would have likely fizzled without carrying the impact over to subsequent generations. Being dead he cant be defamed now so he is a better figurehead of the civil rights movements.

Being alive just means you are fair game. Like Jackson, people will dig those skeletons out. Being dead means you are basically off limit for a century or two. Shit just now they are talking about the mixed babies of the founding fathers.