I don't know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.

Now, this is the evidence. You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children, on some idealism which you assure me

in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome back to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource,

and challenge white people about black history.

I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host

Katina and Garron. Today's topic is Martin Luther King Jr. This is part one of two, so be sure

and give part two a listen when you are finished with this episode. We'll begin this episode with

a historical context of the day of when Martin Luther King Jr. was born. We go into a discussion on

empathy. We discuss the beginnings to the middle of his life. And we end this first part discussing

the differences between socialism and capitalism. We hope you enjoy the discussion.

Before we jump into this, I wanted to share my thoughts on MLK, not just like my thoughts on him, but just what I know, what I've been taught from school,

which is probably what most of our listeners would think. So I was told that he was basically

the nice version of Malcolm X. Like Martin didn't want to do anything with violence. And, you know,

Malcolm, I mean, we covered Malcolm X. If you haven't

listened to that episode, you should definitely go back and listen to it. He was a pastor at some point,

and white people praise him now. He was something with the bridge in Alabama. He's a big voice for civil rights. But outside of that, I would say the

white community big fans. At least that's what I'm told. I'm sure that all this is wrong and it will

change here in like half an hour. But I think that's probably what most of our listeners think

or would probably relate with. They don't know too much about him, the details and specifics, but they know that he was a big

player in the civil rights game.

And then obviously he was killed at the Lorraine Motel.

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