Today is the official observance and holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but I’m not sure that Dr. King would be comfortable with his birthday being marked by people taking the day off. His life was not about taking days off, but taking days on. And he took on a lot of days. Days of injustice; days of racism, days of double standards, and days of persecution. His life was not about taking holidays, but about taking the heat for trying to change attitudes and the culture. He might be amused that banks that once would have refused to have given a loan to a man of color are now closed in honor of a man of color; that a federal government that once spied on his private life would now shut down for a day to remember him; and that schools that once would have refused to allow his children to enter their doors would now dedicate a day of study about the impact of his life. Not many Presidents have changed the world as dramatically as did Dr. King. The country will now take a day off to remember him. Let’s hope that it’s not just a day off. Let it be a day on. On for being kind to others; on for not retaliating in anger or violence; and on to working hard to serve others.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:37:26 +0000
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