An 81-yr old white lady, who didn't watch the memorial service, thanks you for this honest expression of your observations of said service. I'm sure you are correct that there will be more such services after more such inexcusable black deaths. I will almost certainly not live long enough yet to see the end of these "traveling road shows" that are no better than black-face minstrels.
Sharpton is a charlatan, playing his assigned role for media attention. I particularly object to his invoking the memory of MLK, whose words of 60 years ago have now been completely turned on their head and misused to suit a particular agenda. To quote him today is a disservice to his legacy.
You are brave to state in honest terms what's going on here. Thank you for this posting.
Glenn and John-
An 81-yr old white lady, who didn't watch the memorial service, thanks you for this honest expression of your observations of said service. I'm sure you are correct that there will be more such services after more such inexcusable black deaths. I will almost certainly not live long enough yet to see the end of these "traveling road shows" that are no better than black-face minstrels.
Sharpton is a charlatan, playing his assigned role for media attention. I particularly object to his invoking the memory of MLK, whose words of 60 years ago have now been completely turned on their head and misused to suit a particular agenda. To quote him today is a disservice to his legacy.
You are brave to state in honest terms what's going on here. Thank you for this posting.
Jane Johnson
Ventura, Calif.