<p> </p><p>Yes. I’m writing a post about MLK.[1] It may seem cliche but I’m not just writing this because it’s his day. There are actually several reasons why I wanted to write this. First, because of my second favorite character on The Boondocks, Riley Freeman.</p><p> </p><p>Like Riley, many people today seem to have forgotten about the impact Martin Luther King, Jr. had. It isn’t their fault, though. I blame the schools. Partly. Kind of. Every MLK day and Black History Month what are we taught? Slavery was a bad time for everyone and then born unto us in Bethlehem was a child by the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. who saved all black people from eternal bondage and then Barack Obama was elected President and racism ended. So I wrote this for my Rileys out there.</p><p>Another reason I wanted to write this is because I didn’t want to write about the “I Have A Dream” speech. Why? Because it’s played out. Yep. Played out. I said that. Then I immediately retracted that statement and said, “Self, shame on you.” It is indeed a shame that something so monumental and powerful is now deemed played out or routine. Everyone knows he had a dream. Something about the content of characters. Let’s try not to forget not only how far we’ve come but the other things MLK did.</p>
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