Pressing Forward: Rann Miller on MLK Days of Service-Do They Properly Honor King?

 


EDITOR's NOTE: This is the first in a new monthly column for Front Runner New Jersey called "Pressing Forward," authored by educator and renowned cultural commentor Rann Miller. The subject discussed by Miller will be his views.

BY RANN MILLER | For AC JosepH Media

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a champion for justice; justice for Black people, the poor, and all marginalized and oppressed people worldwide. His work centered on fighting against the power structure to bring justice to society.

Therefore, the Day of Service in “honor” of this work is utter bull.

King worked to eradicate injustice caused by racism, capitalism, and militarism. He didn’t die so that we could volunteer one day out of the year. He did not die so that we could feel good about a one-day “activism.” That was not his legacy.

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