kermit60- I am a minority and I did not get any special scholarships or special priviledges for being so. Actually I had to do more than others to even get a chance. One of my college roommates found out my race and told me that she has never lived with anyone of another race. She then told me that she was moving out. She stayed there one day and then moved in with someone of her own race. As it turns out she and that person did not get along and we later had a class together. We studied together and actually she got along better with me. That is only one incidence of prejudice I have had to deal with in my lifetime out of many. So kermit60, you have no clue and no idea. I was never given anything because of my race other than mistreatment. You really are talking without knowing truth. The sad thing is that people like you are a part of the problem and probably will never change.

free2bme-treat others like you want to be treated regardless of what they look like? Yes I would. I would like the special preferance for being a minority. I would like the to take advantage of the scholorships and tuition assistance set aside for minorities only. I would like to scream "hate crime" but I can't because I'm white. I would like to have a race card to throw every time things don't go my way, but again I'm white. I would like to see an NAAWP but that would be considered racist. Maybe a white actors guild or Ms White America. How about an Ivory magazine or white actor awards. Possibly a white entertainment television or a white congressional caucus. Seems to me there are many things that are unfair or unequal. The question is who is being treated unfairly.

Some of the comments here ring clear that there is so much more work to be done. Dr. King's dream of equality for all people regardless of race, gender, nationality has not been realized and that is very clear from some of the negative/divisive comments below. Some people will never change I guess but hopefully the younger ones can catch hold to what the right thing to do is-- treat others like you want to be treated regardless of what they look like.

What I find amusing also is fellow conservatives who buy hook, line and sinker to use an old expression that MLK would have been a Republican conservative today. MLK would probably be one of Obamas biggest supporters on political issues today.

i think we should have a Jefferson Davis day, he sacrificed so much for my heritage and others in nc.

issymayake stated: "Yeah MLK was pretty liberal. So was Jesus. Both were martyrs for their cause because of evil men, and the lack of interference from just men.

But if that's what you reduce anyone's total person to. . liberal or conservative, I truly pity your lack of introspection."

Jesus was neither conservative nor liberal. Also, from a moral stand point MLK was no Jesus. The fact of the matter is that many of the views of MLK were socialist which is in direct contradiction to the founding principles of our republic. Of course that has been conveniently whitewashed and overlokked by the liberal establishment that has elevated MLK to idol status.

Yeah MLK was pretty liberal. So was Jesus. Both were martyrs for their cause because of evil men, and the lack of interference from just men. -- issy

thats blasphemy whether you know it or not. i find personally insulting.

Bartmeister,

Very true statements. America isn't quite there, and will probably never be there. But I am glad, and proud, that we are much, much better for the civil rights movement, and the contributions of Martin Luther King and many others to America's moral compass.

Actually, the schools do not teach the truth but rather the politically correct version of him. With each passing year more and more Americans are coming to the realization that this is nothing but a liberal politically correct holiday that has made an idol out of someone for lack of a better term. trekkie13

Yeah MLK was pretty liberal. So was Jesus. Both were martyrs for their cause because of evil men, and the lack of interference from just men.

But if that's what you reduce anyone's total person to. . liberal or conservative, I truly pity your lack of introspection.

I can remember my mother saying horrible racist things about Dr. King in front of our maid atheistswillrule

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And at that time it was a widely accepted point of view. The same with my grandmother. I don't fault that generation for their beliefs, it was how they were raised and what they knew. But I don't and didn't hold such anger towards my grandmother for it. And we didn't even employ blacks like your family did.

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