Martin Luther King Junior Day, The Misplaced Holiday

Martin Luther King Junior Day. Celebrated the third Monday of each January as a homage to the non-violent activist and the civil rights movement, it has become a national holiday for minorities to celebrate how far they have come, and for others to learn about so that history does not repeat it's self.

Unfortunately, coupled with black history month, it has become a holiday that does the exact opposite of it's intent. Rather than educating everyone, it alienates minorities. Minorities want to be equal, with equal rights, equal treatment, and equal lifestyles. So why would they choose to set themselves apart from everyone else? What would minorities think of having a white history month? Would they see it as racist? What if we had an all white college? Surely that wouldn't be acceptable. What I am driving at is that if these things aren't acceptable for the majority, then why is it acceptable for minorities? Surely this is not the equality that they have been fighting so hard for. What is ok for them is not ok for everyone else?? That sounds like the very thing that MLK was fighting against! He died for that very principle.

I am not saying to ignore this day. I am saying use it and black history month as a humanity history holiday. Use it as a marker of how far we have come in learning to live together peacefully while we celebrate everything we have accomplished as a race, one race, the human race!