“A time comes when silence is betrayal.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On October 16, 2022, I posted a video of things you didn’t know about MLK to TikTok and Instagram. I followed this with a video of women who refused to give up their seats on public transportation before Rosa Parks on October 26th.
And my social media has not been the same since.
My TikTok account increased from 200+ followers when I posted the videos to 1K.
The Rosa Parks video has over 200K views, 30K likes, and over 3K shares on TikTok.
The MLK video is up 57K views, 7K likes, 948 saves, and over 1K shares on Instagram.
But this has not been without controversy.
Since posting the videos, I have experienced attacks on me personally and Dr. King’s legacy. I am okay with this. It comes with the territory.
When telling the truth, the truth teller must expect push back. Prepare your heart for testing. Otherwise, should you wish not to receive negative feedback, do nothing and say nothing.
If you wish to be liked by everyone and not change the world, don’t. Sit on your hands and be quiet.
My calling does not require me to do the latter.
I only have a few questions for those who find fault in me, Dr. King, the videos, and anything I put out.
What have you done to move the needle forward for the advancement of anything?
When you call out Dr. King’s discrepancies and highlight his sins over his triumphs, do you ask yourself what you have done?
Do you consider in your own heart the skeletons in your own closet that no one knows about but you and YAH?
Do you consider your own flaws in your tearing down of someone else?
What programs did you start? What rally did you attend? How many people have you fed? How many people have you clothed?
Is trolling people online and preaching from Facebook and Black Twitter the extent of your ministry? Is debating doctrine on YouTube the catalyst of your movement?
What real work have you done? Whose life was made better by your presence?
We should ask ourselves these questions before critiquing someone else’s mission.
Don’t let your food get cold worrying about what’s on someone else’s plate.
And, for the record, my post was not about Dr. King, the Christian God, and the symbol of white sympathy that this society has made him out to be. My post was about a better understanding of Dr. King, the man, his positive actions, and how his activism has been largely watered down.
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Thank you for sharing
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My pleasure, Yecheilyah! Have a beautiful week! xx Michael
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Great blog post! This generation requires voices like yours to remind us all of what we ought to do.
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And I am definitely humbled to be used and to do my part. I just don’t understand how talking about that part of someone’s life that focuses on what they did right vs. wrong causes such a stir. We know he wasn’t a saint, but neither are we. 🤷🏾♀️The most pressing thing I often see in this day is how easily we disrespect our elders.
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Excellent post!
I agree, the disrespect of our elders is rampant. Sometimes, it feels as though they enjoy tearing down those whose shoulders we stand on, and our contemporaries. They’re exercising their rights to free speech… without assuming the responsibility that comes with them.
These days, recognizing anyone for anything positive is met with digs, barbs, disparaging comments, misinformation… and outright lies. But anything about Dr. King simply brings out all the trolls, racists, and chaos agents. However, their words say more about them than MLK, and nothing they say (or do) will ever cloud his fight for equality and dignity that mobilized a movement and a people.
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