Wrong Ways to Celebrate Martin Luther King

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🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In honor of MLK Day, Roy Wood Jr. takes a look at stunningly inappropriate ways businesses and advertisers have chosen to commemorate the legacy of Dr. King. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.5	BAM!
0:04.0	Today is Martin Luther King Day.
0:07.0	A day when America celebrates the legacy
0:09.0	of one of its greatest civil rights leaders.
0:12.0	And a day where black people get to cut in line
0:14.0	at your potelay.
0:16.0	At least that's my excuse.
0:17.0	But what is Martin Luther King Day?
0:20.0	And how should people celebrate it?
0:21.0	Well, for more on this, we turn to a man
0:23.0	who has had many dreams that no one wants to hear about.
0:25.0	Where would you need everybody?
0:27.0	Welcome, boy. Welcome. Good to have you.
0:31.0	Good to see you. Good to see you, Mandela.
0:34.0	Look.
0:35.0	MLK Day is a special day for America.
0:38.0	And it's a special day for me as someone
0:41.0	who has been mistaken for Martin Luther King
0:43.0	Jr. many times.
0:45.0	But as we get further and further away from his life,
0:54.0	it's easy to forget what he was really about.
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