Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Out of the Mouths of Babes: The MLK rally at a local High School
My daughter attends a high school here locally and today they did a rally for Martin Luther King day.
To her surprise it was not what she expected it to be. Here is her account:
It’s a sad day when any given student feels suppressed during an assembly about expression your rights. It’s a sad day when any given student looks around to her peers and wonders what exactly is wrong with her for not feeling the same. It’s a sad day when any given student gets angry about the suppression of her own opinion.
Today at my school was the Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly. I sat down with my friends, prepared for an assembly discussing civil rights, the past, and what we can keep doing to avoid going back. I was prepared to shake my head at the lack of knowledge that racism wasn’t just black, but anyone else.

