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Originally Posted by Linkster
I don't know how many people on this board are aware that there are 3 states in the south...I happen to live in one...that voted some time ago to also celebrate Robert E. Lee's birthday today....so if I go into town the stores have signs that they are closed for his birthday...not MLK's
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It's ok to celebrate Robert E Lee's birthday if people want to but the reason behind it is obvious. Many people seem to think MLK day is a black person's holiday. It's not, he was a important person in the history of this country just like Robert E Lee was.
The problem is we all know why certain types of people can not seem to understand that MLK was a very important person to the history of this country, because they only see him as black. It's pretty obvious that the reason those 3 states celibate REL instead of MLK is because they are scared of the future and mad it's not the 1950's where "black" people knew their place..