If you worked hard to get a Phd (especially 40 years ago, it wasn't as easy as today- especially for a black man), wouldn't you find it a tad more than insulting that people don't recognize your efforts that you worked so hard for and put so much effort in to obtain?
It is HUGELY disrespectfull to not simply give the man the credit he deserves for his efforts and refer to him as "Doctor" or "Dr." as is the proper way to refer to someone with a Phd.
Otherwise you are bieng disrespectfull. I'm sure if Dr. King were alive today, and heard you not refer to him as Dr. he would be insulted.
Please take this into account next time you talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2007-01-15 08:27:14 · 8 answers · asked by bluto blutarsky2 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How he wanted to be eulogized is not the same as how one wanted to be treated during life. It is one thing not to harp on his professional accomplishments during a funeral, it is another to not acknowledge them to his face while he is alive.
2007-01-18 02:28:35 · update #1
I don't think that most people purposely leave off his title. I have always heard Rev. King. I am sure he was proud of this title also.
2007-01-23 05:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by ÜFÖ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 06:06:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The think I wish they would understand is that he didn't want anybody to claim a victim role as a lot of people do and it's sad that in this day years away from the past people still claim to be victims of thing like racism when nothing was done to them that's not to say that racism doesn't happen just not as much or as big as it used to be
2007-01-23 06:20:50 · answer #3 · answered by Mason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He definitely deserves to be addressed this way. But for the most part, he treated everyone so equally that everyone feels comfortable with calling him Martin L. King. He made everyone feel equal regardless of their title. This is how he wanted us to feel. That regardless of race, color, creed, religion or title, we are all equal in God's eyes.
2007-01-23 08:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by LENA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. King is one of my idols, and I always refer to him as Dr. King or Rev. King. But while I appreciate your sentiments, I don't agree that someone not calling him "doctor" would offend MLK if he were alive today. Just four weeks before his assassination, Dr. King spoke of how he'd like to be remembered at his funeral:
"I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long.... Tell them not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prize--that isn’t important. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awards--that’s not important. Tell them not to mention where I went to school.
"I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody. I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war question. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry. And I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked. I want you to say on that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison. I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity.
"Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say."
2007-01-15 08:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All public figures get it from both sides..
I was not aware that he was a particular target.
He was a good man.
Regards
DL
2007-01-23 00:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by greatest_i_amm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right
2007-01-15 08:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by oohLa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't thought of that ~ thank you.
2007-01-15 08:32:07 · answer #8 · answered by ♥michele♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋