VivirLatino

Yesterday, hundreds of people got together in south Mississippi to remember the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and his message of equality. An event organizer was quoted as saying:

“Even though we’re doing better now than we were in the sixties, there are still some things we need to be concerned about and trying to push in terms of getting equal rights for everybody. The Latinos are moving in now, and they need someone to bat for them,” says James Crowell, the Celebration Chairman.

It’s refreshing to hear that when speaking about King’s vision, people are willing to apply it to present-day discrimination, particularly as it relates to the plight of Latino immigrants in this country.

Indeed, King’s widow, Coretta, saw her husband’s vision as going beyond the lines of race to apply themselves to all victims of discrimination:

“I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people…. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’ I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brotherhood and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.”

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