While supposedly Martin Luther King Day is about celebrating the whole civil rights movement, it is a bit odd to narrow the contributions of thousands down to a single person. Much in the same way Gandhi is remembered for Indian’s liberation, so too is King for civil rights in America. The commonality between these two is their insistence to play within the system, to act peacefully and not challenge the power of the ruling class. Whereas other leaders insisted upon taking acting against their oppression and the system promoting it, King capitulated to the powers that be. He advocated subservience to the system even when the system was oppressive.
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