What is Martin Luther King Jr. alive today?

King would be challenged the war in Iraq. He would be less concerned about US actions in Iraq than about seeing the failure of his dream of social justice and equality in this country, even worldwide.  The US now seems even more inclined than it was in King’s day to treat people differently just because of their ethnicity, skin color, gender or sexual orientation.

He was rewarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A man of superior intelligence, King was a passionate crusader for complete justice for all people and extraordinary leader.  Americans observe a national holiday in his honor.  It grieves me deeply, thus, that you felt it necessary to print references to his extramarital affairs, which can only diminish his stature.  I am only lamenting the fact that so many people seem to find it necessary to expose the clay feet of our hero.

King’s commitment to nonviolence convinces me that he would abhor all the bloodshed and strife that besiege America today.

International immigrants will return with not only our expertise but also the awareness of what fuels unfair American policies; hypocrisy, social inequality and arrogant materialism. Thank you for shedding light on a political movement that has clawed its way out of repression and assassinations of the voice of poor people who will finally heard.