W.W.K.D. (What Would King Do?)

Today we have the privilege to not only celebrate a day free of 2012 apocalyptic events, but we are also privileged to celebrate and remember the life and legacy of one Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Not only has his life of activism, faith, and love been a shining beacon of light to generations of American blacks, but he has also been a shining example to oppressed peoples across the world to challenge the powers of oppression rooted in inequality and injustice. The world itself has become nearly unrecognizable since the days of King, but the conditions of American blacks remain the same and have worsened over time since his untimely death. Black men are still disproportionately incarcerated at alarming rates, our communities are still ravaged by crime and black youth deaths, and our young women are having children before they enter high school. To compound the problem even further, blacks in America are still disenfranchised politically, economically, and socially. With that said, one question sticks in my mind. What would king do (W.W.K.D)?

Would King idly sit by and allow the unlawful practices of drug trafficking, Gang related crime, and black youth deaths to destroy his community? Would king idly sit by and allow the children of his community to be poorly educated in a broken educational system where black youth are constantly failing to graduate? Would king idly sit by and watch the unlawful practices of an unfair justice system where black men are hauled into prisons like cattle being herded into a barn? Would King idly sit by and watch as eugenics clinics like Planned Parenthood are strategically put into black communities to destroy black babies in the womb? Would king idly sit by and decide to be inactive in a time where activism is most needed to drive progress in our communities? I think a resounding answer to these questions would be met with a swift and loud NO! So the last question remains. Why do we idly sit by and allow these things to happen? I guess some questions are just best left unanswered.

God Bless