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549 MLK, Black Voices & A New Book on Lent w/Esau McCaulley

The Holy Post

CHAPTER

Do You Think It's OK to Celebrate Dr. King?

When you edit someone to fit your decisions and present them to the public, you actually worshiping or admiring it a version of yourself. After we die or after we no longer have control over our message, it's distorted and shrunk down for public consumption. It is most common with Martin Luther King, but the same thing happens with Frederick Douglas and other black people throughout history. We just turned this turn into this bubbly figure.

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