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Comments on MetaFilter post March on WashingtonSat, 23 Aug 2003 05:04:55 -0800Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:04:55 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60March on Washington
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/news/specials/march40th/part1.html">March on Washington</a> Anniversary of historic march. Has Dr. King's<a href="http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html"> dream </a> been advanced? I "imagine" kids are still <a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/dreams/dreams.menu.html">dreaming</a>...post:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828Sat, 23 Aug 2003 04:41:12 -0800aiqmartinlutherkingihaveadreamBy: mischief
http://www.metafilter.com/27828/March-on-Washington#542164
This week, my 10-year-old honor student composed a list of proposed social studies fair projects. He included MLK. I asked him why? His answer: "Because everybody that does him always gets an A."comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542164Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:04:55 -0800mischiefBy: amberglow
http://www.metafilter.com/27828/March-on-Washington#542181
While your kid may pick the project just to get an A, he or she will be learning valuable lessons about an important American who helped make the country better at the same time, so good.
We've come a long way, but not far enough.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542181Sat, 23 Aug 2003 06:47:42 -0800amberglowBy: jack_mo
http://www.metafilter.com/27828/March-on-Washington#542239
<cite>In 2001, 22.7 percent of blacks and 21.4 percent of Hispanics were poor, compared to 11.7 percent of the total population.</cite> (<a href="http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/#3">National Poverty Centre</a>)
<cite>...there were 791,600 black men in jail or prison in 2000 and 603,032 in college</cite> (<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E17FC34580C7B8EDDA10894DA404482">NYT</a>)
Like amberglow says, not far enough.
Worryingly, here in the UK we seem to be going backwards, if you take <a href="http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,925890,00.html">prison statistics</a> as an indicator, and I think they're a good one.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542239Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:25:15 -0800jack_moBy: Ayn Marx
http://www.metafilter.com/27828/March-on-Washington#542247
<strong> I Have [ka-ching!] a Dream [ka-ching!]</strong>
<i>While your kid may pick the project just to get an A, he or she will be learning valuable lessons about an important American who helped make the country better at the same time</i>
That's a good thing, so long as he doesn't also get a lesson on <a href='http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/communications/estateofmlk.html'>lawsuits</a> from greedy family members.
Are the King's grabbing any royalties from the current festivities?comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542247Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:52:27 -0800Ayn MarxBy: amberglow
http://www.metafilter.com/27828/March-on-Washington#542248
What does how relatives and descendants act have any bearing on Martin Luther King's speeches and actions? You can dismiss him because of them, but it's your (and ours as a society's) loss.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542248Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:00:55 -0800amberglowBy: Ayn Marx
http://www.metafilter.com/27828/March-on-Washington#542253
<i>What does how relatives and descendants act have any bearing on Martin Luther King's speeches and actions? You can dismiss him because of them, but it's your (and ours as a society's) loss.</i>
I'm not dismissing MLK, but the actions of his descendants are eroding both his memory and the ability to celebrate and promote his message.
How many people now associate "I Have a Dream" with a phone service? How many people are afraid to quote from the speech because they fear a lawsuit?
I bet the angular momentum of King spinning in his grave could have powered NYC.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542253Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:11:14 -0800Ayn MarxBy: WLW
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Poor is a relative term...... IF you food in your belly every other day, then your not really poorcomment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.27828-542385Sat, 23 Aug 2003 19:22:34 -0800WLW
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