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Reduced MiLK:Wack Attitudes Against Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King DayBy, Mosheh Adamu aka BFAP thaAnthropologist

Standing on the back of the school bus on Arizona January 15, 1992, I stood up and made

an announcement to bring awareness and remind my schoolmates that the day was MartinLuther King Jr. Day. Of my message may have fallen on deaf ears, I knew it was worth

saying because even if one person was listening, I had met my goal.

Over years 20 years later I found myself in the same situation, at work on a federal job

with people who referred to MLK Day as Milk. Immediately I spoke against the

disrespect, but was blindsided by another blow from this wack-ass dude that took pride inLee-Jackson Day, being that he was from Virginia. When I got home that same day, I

was bombarded by the commercial advertisements on the Tell-a-Lie-Vision such as

MLK Holiday Special Sales and This Holiday Weekend Only Deals.

Other than being highly ticked off, I could nothelp but wander why and when did Dr. MartinLuther King Holiday underwent such a reduction

in compassion, honor and respect. Truth is the

reluctance to observer the day on thegovernmental level was an act ofinstitutionalized

racism that did not end until as recent as the year

2000, when the states of New Hampshire and

South Carolina became were the last two states tolegitimately recognize the Martin Luther King Jr.

Day as a paid holiday.

Although the institutionalized racist reluctance isnot as overt as it once was, theindividualized

racism is still prevalent today, despite currently

having the first Black President. In many cases forsome people, the reluctance does not stem from a

politicized mindset, rather from just straight up

ignorance. Personally, I would rather take the

politicized ideologies over ignorance, the lack ofknowing all together.

The miseducation or lack of educating the young people is one thing, but there are a

grown-ass folk that have no idea what the day is or all about. Maybe it is not their faultwhen many published and widely distributed commercial calendars mark the Holy Day

solely as MLK Day. Thus there are people who do know why they have a three-dayweekend in January, yet are happy for the time off and could care less why.

Just last year, with the unveiling of the Dr. King National Memorial, the paraphrasedwords, I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness., were inscribed on the

30-foot-tall monument, was another example of disrespect. Originally derived from Dr.
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Kings own words:

If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice, Say

that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the

other shallow things will not matter.

World-renowned poet and activist,Maya Angelou, responded with:

The quote makes Dr. Martin Luther King look like an arrogant twit, He was anything

but that. The if clause that is left out is salient. Leaving it out changes the meaning

completely. The paraphrase minimizes the man, It makes him seem less than the

humanitarian he was. ... It makes him seem an egotist. He would never have said that ofhimself. He said you might say it.

I have to question, how would these peoplefeel if Presidents Day, was reduced to Prez

Day or Independence Day was reduced to

Indy Day. These same people would behighly pissed off and demand respect from

anyone who chooses to exhibit such

blasphemy against these nationally cherishedHoly Days.

I feel the words ofSister Souljahs intro onHipHop music group,Public Enemys 1992

album, Apocalypse 91- The Enemy StrikesBack (1991), song By the Time I get to

Arizona when she stated they

find psychological discomfort in

paying tribute to a black man, whotried to teach white people the

meaning of civilization.

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did

manage to accomplish teaching Western Un-

civilization the meaning of compassion,respect and peace for all people, yet there are

people and institutions who are still lacking compassion and are enable of exhibiting

honor and respect to a man who tried to show love for all people regardless of race, sex

or socio-economic status.

I dont do dairy but I would much rather have Whole Milk in this case, when Reduced

Milk is 40% less fat content. So we are still dealing with 40% less compassion, honor and
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respect from private institutions and individuals for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In the book written by Dr. King, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, he

states:Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. A society

is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully

repress an ugly past when the ravages persist into the present.

Surly this reduction of his life and works is chaotic. If you are confronted with such

statements of reduction, please do not be afraid to confront it on the spot and let these

wack and/or ignorant people know the real deal and meaning of the Holy-Day byexhibiting P.E.A.C.E (Please Education All Children Equally) just as Dr. King did over

50 years ago.

Lets answer the call and head toward Community.
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