Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than its virtue signals
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Martin Luther King Jr Day is often disregarded as a hollow platitude for centuries of racial injustice. With the historically cherry-picked stories of Dr. King pleading for non-violence and racial harmony broadcast every third Monday in January; with corporations posting images of King, pledging to promote DEI, while repressing the same people King advocated for; with senators and congressmen who probably would have opposed everything that King stood for, posting a quote, how could it not be?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than its virtue signals
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than its virtue signals
Martin Luther King Jr Day is often disregarded as a hollow platitude for centuries of racial injustice. With the historically cherry-picked stories of Dr. King pleading for non-violence and racial harmony broadcast every third Monday in January; with corporations posting images of King, pledging to promote DEI, while repressing the same people King advocated for; with senators and congressmen who probably would have opposed everything that King stood for, posting a quote, how could it not be?