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Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:52 PM
From the Publisher & Editor
The truth about MLK day
It’s a time to remember. This week, once a year, we look back on the
life of a great American, Martin Luther King, Jr. We march, parade and eat.
It’s turned into a legitimate holiday. That’s just what we wanted
isn’t it. What does it mean?
As I was coming back into Austin after my three-day weekend, I noticed I was caught in a traffic jam. Not just a traffic jam caused by a wreck or a stalled car, but it was gridlock. It was normal Austin rush hour gridlock.
What does that mean? Let’s put it into simple terms. Have you ever had to drive to the H-E-B on Thanksgiving Day or on Christmas Day at the last minute to get an item and noticed the emptiness of the roadways? The roads are empty because people are not working. They are celebrating.
Have to ever thought to yourself, isn’t it nice to drive from Round Rock all the way down to Slaughter on I-35 on a holiday or at 4 a.m. and make it in less than 20 minutes? That’s because people are not working. They are asleep or celebrating.
Exactly! That’s the point. Other than a parade here or there, and the mail not being delivered, MLK day is not a prime-time holiday. It’s the equivalent to a college bowl game in early December. It’s a second-tier holiday at best.
It’s no one’s fault. It just is. Poor old us. Woe is the minority community. Check that. It’s more accurate to say poor old “black community.” I guess we should be happy because it’s not as if they stop the mail for Cesar Chavez.
I would be curious the see the reaction to the holiday in different parts of the country. I’ll get on that.
Oscars Nominations just in:
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