In my opinion, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr has unfortunately become a feel good symbol of "kumbayaism" in America.

In most communities of the United States it is relatively easy to voice support for MLK and his dream of an America where a person's racial/ethnic background is unimportant.

But it is far more difficult to confront the facts of institutional and personal racism in America.

Many of us are still climbing up those mountains. But some folks feel comfortable pretending that the mountains were never there.
And still others pretend that the mountains have all been torn down.

Wishing and pretending won't make it so.

One of the main reasons why so many African Americans are angry at the Clintons is that we thought they were our friends and would never ever use race baiting tactics against Barack Obama.

What does this have to do with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?

I'd say it has a great deal to do with the reality of race, racism, and race baiting in the USA.