King: Still King?

The short answer is yes. King is still king. Or rather, he should be. There is still a great need in our society for people like MLK who are willing to fight against racism. Some people have this crazy notion that we are living in a "post-racial" society. Honestly, nothing makes me angrier than that idea. I think most of the people using the term "post-racial" are privileged people who benefit either indirectly or directly from the racism still very present in society, and see no reason to change it. 

It almost seems like after Malcolm X died, after King died, after the civil rights act was passed, people stopped fighting. Not that there aren't people fighting, but it isn't on as massive a scale as it needs to be. Race is still an issue. The blase attitude towards racist has gotten worse as time has gone on. We're in a new millenium, we don't need to worry about race anymore, right? Or you know, it's not really an issue anymore. Or it's not as bad as it was a long time ago. You can tell that to the millions of people in this country still facing race-related discrimination as violence. 

I think it can be easy for a lot of people, especially white people who are blinded by our privilege  to put on this air with regards to race that it's something that's already been dealt with. But it's not. We need people like King still. We need them now more than ever to show everybody that the war hasn't been won yet.