ever think about that, man?
2006-10-06 04:22:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
naj, that was an old line from Chris Rock..
I just wanted to see the rise it would get on here..it was a lot funnier when Chris said it! LOL!
2006-10-06 04:56:19 · update #1
BTW, our MLK dr. in chicago is becoming upscale as well, with converted brownstones and new townhomes everywhere you look.......and I was in harlem a few years ago and know what naj speaks of per its renaissance.....the biggest
rensaissance there since the wonderful
jazz age of the 20's and the old Cotton Club.....
2006-10-06 04:58:28 · update #2
scubaguy, I like your convoluted logic!
LOL! Kidding! I kinda dig the pacifist angle,
now, if only Mr. Bush did as well!
2006-10-06 05:01:13 · update #3
Back pack......prob William Gates III had something to do with it........or Starbucks or something....
2006-10-06 05:03:15 · update #4
ern hoek, Martin Luther King stopped being relevant for the entire nation when his greddy kids started demanding royalties
for public service announcements, and PBS shows, and put his "dream" speech
in a commercial selling life insurance....
The dream is over...ask John Lennon
2006-10-06 05:05:14 · update #5
kevin C. I didn't even have to hear Chris
Rock say that, that line was so funny and so chris rock about the malls the white people USED to go to! LOL!
2006-10-06 05:06:39 · update #6
Mr. Johnson your killing me today......um.....in New York there is a Martin Luther King Blvd in Harlem on 125th Street.....Harlem was actually a beautiful area before the 80's when crack hit.....that's what took it down.....now it's coming back and being taken down by high rents.....so i guess it won't be considered a ghetto anymore.....
2006-10-06 04:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine most city planners who changed the name of one of their streets to "MLK" probably USUALLY (here in Denver MLK drive is not in a ghetto), chose streets in neighborhoods whose populations were predominately African-American for the simple reason that while MLK had a huge positive impact on the entire US, he was in fact an African-American and so closely tied to "the Struggle" that one would think it would be an offense to many African-Americans if the streets bearing his name were in any other type of neighborhood.
Of course one could also take the cynical view and say that "the Man" changed the names of streets in Black neighborhoods to MLK, because he was a pacifist and "the Man" hopes seeing MLK's name every day will keep the black man pacified
2006-10-06 04:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by ScubaGuy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all of the MLK Dr. is located in the ghetto part of the city in Seattle. It is a very long street extending from above the center of town (a posh part of town) goes down through the white collar area, into the ghetto, through some Chinatown area and into the southern region of business district. And MLK never even visited Seattle. But it is quite an honor to have his name emblazoned on one of our streets.
Good question, thanks.
2006-10-06 04:33:46 · answer #3 · answered by BP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better Chris Rock line - "Have you ever noticed in every city, there's the mall the white people go to, and the mall the white people used to go to?"
Chris Rock is the man.
MLK Blvd. in my city is a nice place.
2006-10-06 05:00:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because MLK is a "ghetto cause". That guy was relavent in the 60s. Its been almost forty years since he was shot.
No disrespect, but the people who whine about the ghetto, stay in the ghetto.
Just like the dummies who go on in the south about the damn confederate flag. That crap was over 140 years ago. But if you scope out the people who stay all crazy about it, you will see that they are redneck racist losers.
2006-10-06 04:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've noticed that too. I suppose it has something to do with his contribution to the civil rights movement and often the people who it means the most to live in the poorer sides of town? I dunno.
It's in the ghetto in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, I know that.
2006-10-06 04:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're on a racial roll today Mr. Johnson.
MLK drive is in the part of town that needs the inspiration the most....the part of town where the civil rights movements started.
I don't think it would be as inspirational in the part of town with the million dollar homes.
2006-10-06 05:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nah your not exactly in the ghetto till your at the corner of martin luther king blvd watching a homeless man get robbed outside the habib store with the graffitti drawing malcolm x on it.
hey i live in miami and in the cuban ghetto we have a ronald reagan street...
2006-10-06 04:32:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
would you know the city had a mlk if it was in a gated community
2006-10-06 04:33:41 · answer #9 · answered by haleem h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Provides inspiration and the truth that dreams can be achieved if you work towards them.
2006-10-06 04:30:13 · answer #10 · answered by JistheRealDeal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋