Forty years after King's death, the ability of America to both mythologise the man and marginalise his meaning is all too cruelly apparent. His symbolic likeness is effortlessly incorporated into America's self-image as the land of relentless progress. Meanwhile, his legacy of struggling against poverty and imperialism is undermined with every passing day. Had he lived he would most certainly have been loathed. In order for America to love him, he first had to die.Excellent article by one of my favourite journalists, Gary Younge. Read more here.
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Excellent article! Will put his name in my list.
It's sad but true; yankee society has been manipulated for very long time. In US everything has to be a show, even their heroes, specially the death ones. Movie makers have already shown the profitability of this bloody 'business.' Now, as Young said, the history book of US is plagued with racial stains. Could it be possible that the pages aren't totally black nor totally white and we just didn't realize it?
Saludos Rebeldes
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