Thea's daycare was discussing Martin Luther King Jr. last week. She said that MLK taught that it's okay to be different. I tried to explain, it's not just that it's okay to be different, it's that there is no difference, no "other" that you hold up in opposition to yourself and use to define yourself. We are all the same, every single one of us, and if some of us don't have justice, none of us has justice.
I think the subtleties were lost on her, and in the end I just agreed, yeah, it's okay and even great to be different. Close enough.
Happy MLK Day!
Jay Smooth at Ill Doctrine, via Feministing
Monday, January 21, 2008
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree
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happy mlk day to you, too. as we drove over the am legion bridge on MLK Day, we saw a man posting a sign over the WELCOME TO VA sign that said "Thank You James Earl Ray." I was so utterly depressed. I have to believe we've come further than that, but then you get someone like that...
sigh.
Yikes. At least most people have the decency to be ashamed of their racism.
I would plant an apple tree and a buckeye tree( Ohio's official tree)
I would like to think that tere were more inteligent life forms on the earth that would realze that we areall human beings,and if there is such a thing as KarmaI would hope these fools would come back as a person the would have to endure the same kind of bigiotry that they are giveing out.Fairs fairs yes?
Wow, I can't believe the James Earl Ray sign thing. That breaks my heart.
But good for you, Kelly, good message to Thea.
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