‘Respect’ for MLK: Surf shop celebrates with ’20 percent off all black products’ sale

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From OC Weekly:

Sure, we’ve all seen stores and restaurants play up holiday sales for the sakes of their bottom lines. But there are times when someone with a decent head on their shoulders should speak up and call a bad idea a “bad idea.”

For instance, when the country is celebrating the birthday of, arguably, the most influential civil-rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., boasting a sale with “20% Off All Black Products” is about as bad an idea as bad ideas go.

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When MLK made the statement “I have a dream,” the following is probably the furthest thing from what he had in mind for equality among all people:

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