{"id":23683,"date":"2018-01-15T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T20:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23683"},"modified":"2018-01-15T12:10:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T20:10:18","slug":"cartoon-for-mlk-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23683","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon for MLK Jr Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This cartoon was posted today on The Nib<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The legacy of MLK Jr. is awe-inspiring, but cannot be summarized in a single line. He was a radical who somehow, in many Americans’ memories, has morphed into a moderate. <\/p>\n

Or even, in some cases, a right-winger. The specific thing that inspired this cartoon was a Facebook post from Sarah Palin. This was in 2014, so the president she was addressing was Barack Obama. Here’s what Palin posted:<\/p>\n

\n Happy MLK, Jr. Day! <\/p>\n

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” \u2013 Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n

Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oy vey.<\/p>\n

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Transcript of cartoon:<\/p>\n

PANEL 1
\nA Black woman sits in an armchair, holding a little baby. The baby is crying.
\nCAPTION: MLK Jr was born.<\/p>\n

PANEL 2
\nA young Black boy sits up in bed, in a dark bedroom, clutching his blanket.
\nCAPTION: Then he had a dream.
\nBOY: I had a dream that someday our children would be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin! So stop playing the race card!
\nOFF-PANEL VOICE: Martin, go to sleep!<\/p>\n

PANEL 3
\nPanel three shows a graveyard, The gravestone in the foregound has, carved on it, “Martin Luther King Junior. “Stop Playing The Race Card.”
\nCAPTION: And he NEVER said or did anything else EVER. And then he died. The end!<\/p>\n

CAPTION AT BOTTOM OF STRIP: THE LIFE OF MLK JR (AS TOLD BY WHITE PEOPLE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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