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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 23:34:21 EST
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uok!milhodge    Nov  1 22:18:00 1983

        People to the subject at hand I feel doctor King should be honored
  for his contributions to civil rights,but wouldn't it be better to wait to
  give him a holiday of his own untill those dreams he envisioned were realized
  Even now in this country there is blatant racism in every sector.  In the south 
and the north for that matter blacks are still having to wage a constant battle
to get out of the slums and into "normal" american society. In the south-west
Indian schools are being closed down and most of the Indians still living
on the reservations live in squalid conditions.  Not to mention the raise in
membership of the KKK in the past few years.  
	I feel Doctor King made a great impact on american society his
ideals shouldn't be forgotten,but if a national holiday is given to MLK
then some people could be lulled into a false sense of security as to the
state of racism in america.
	If the MLK holiday is approved I agree with the 4th response as to 
what should be done on his holiday.  don't let it become just another day off
for a bunch of government workers.




	
	Lionel, as to the difference between zionism and semantism.
  A semantic person is a Jew,a Zionist is a radical terrorist using
all of the tools of terror to try to achieve the goals of the Jews.
I myself am anti-zionist but not anti-semantic.  I don't support any
terrorist group, but I have nothing against the Jews 
                                         Mike Hodge
					University of Oklahoma