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37. Thank you. My brother, sister and I went to visit the MLK Memorial when it was in the basement of

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:07 PM

Jun 2015

Lincoln Memorial. This song was included in the videos. Not thinking about where we were we all started singing along. To our surprise the rest of the people joined in. I will never forget that moment.

Later standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial I stopped to listen to people and was again surprised at all the different languages people were using as they walked by. I dawned on me that MLK would have been very please to stand there and hear that.

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'Some blacks feel fatigued after barrage of racial incidents' (understated AP headline...) [View all] Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 OP

"Fatigued" is putting it mildly... Blue_Tires Jun 2015 #1

Soul killing, mind-numbing weariness, more like. AP opted for understatement. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #3

+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #20

+1000000 onecaliberal Jun 2015 #26

And to make things worse Blue_Tires Jun 2015 #38

Yes, there's quite a sub-group of the closeted ones here on DU Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #40

One of the TV types last night said that Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #2

And, if this vicious young killer is any indication, they're not Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #4

Recommended. Autumn Jun 2015 #5

We can't eradicate racially-motivated violence. Vattel Jun 2015 #6

Hear, hear! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #8

Amen..... daleanime Jun 2015 #21

I'm with BlueTires JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #7

I well remember the image of that doll. I was shocked at Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #9

my dad knew JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #15

Wise dad. Sorry for your loss... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #16

I grew up in a mostly white town in Western NY JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #17

They think they're being more clever and covert now. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #22

'...after barrage of racial incidents' 500 years long and on-going n/t GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #10

yes, we are weary bigtree Jun 2015 #11

I stand humbled and gratified before your collective display of dignified civility and restraint. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #12

Preying on hatred, ignorance, madashelltoo Jun 2015 #13

Thank the creative entity for your collective wisdom and humanity... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #19

Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award rocktivity Jun 2015 #14

You are SO spot on. The underlying narrative is even here in the title and text. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #18

Thank you. But there really IS such a thing rocktivity Jun 2015 #23

Who knew? How have I missed this all these years? Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #29

K&R The tiredness began when law makers started rolling back everything that was accomplished jwirr Jun 2015 #24

It's like the fabled hopelessness of Sisyphus--forever trying to roll that boulder up hill... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #27

Thank you because I want to believe in the methods of MLK and Ghandi. I need to believe that they jwirr Jun 2015 #30

Take heart... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #33

Thank you. My brother, sister and I went to visit the MLK Memorial when it was in the basement of jwirr Jun 2015 #37

Yes, he was a true citizen of the world and he would have loved it. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #41

took this at Brown V Board of Education Historic site handmade34 Jun 2015 #32

Great graphic, the symbolism is heavy (literally)... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #34

Colors, Negroes, Blacks, African Americans have always felt under seige Iliyah Jun 2015 #25

Never safe, never secure in their personhood. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #28

Also, please dont let anyone minimize pain PoC feel with relatively similar black on black murder uponit7771 Jun 2015 #31

My response to that hackneyed meme is "Walk a mile in a POC's shoes, then get back to me..." Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #35

Something much smaller but equally hateful -- oldandhappy Jun 2015 #36

Despicable sub-humans. I'm not sure they're more numerous, just Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #39