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Comedy Central offers us on this solemn day a guide on how to navigate MLK Day. Take a few moments to view this, then reflect on the fact that Donald J. Trump is running for President in 2024 to save his ass from being an "alleged" criminal in pretty much everything he's ever done. Oh, and to become the Dear Leader of a new dawning of the White Supremacy Movement in this country that was built on the enslavement of Black bodies, hearts, and souls, stolen from their homes, and sold as chattel, and treated like animals. Shockingly little progress has been made since his assassination.

So, maybe not the best day to throw a rave or BBQ party, but definitely a day to remind ourselves what MLK actually spoke to; real justice for the oppressed.

PS: Go check out RimaRegas.com for more on social and civil rights. I know her. She's awesome and gets most of her traffic from MLK-related searches.

The following essay is from a Quora comment that I made in response to this honest question:

But I still think it is strange what has happened to the USA. It used to be the country that got together to solve any kind of problem or public need. You had the entire country to have paved roads and everybody had cars way ahead of us even so with electricity and telephones. You invented the Internet. But now it looks like every community expects somebody else “big corporations” to come and sort all problems out. What changed so that the US stopped to be a “let us get together and solve this shit!”. I am by no means complaining to you I just don't get it. It is like the public is afraid of starting or wanting changes. - Kjell (2019)

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There are a lot of Americans who feel the same way, Kjell. It’s not wrong that you’re confused.

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