Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great man.  He had his flaws, especially with women, but he also had a dream for mankind.  He saw in his dream all men and women of all colors walking hand in hand as equals.  Not as financial equals or intellectual equals, but as humanitarian equals.  Many of us walked in marches across America during the 1960s to support him and then mourned him when he was assassinated.
 
Bobby Kennedy was a great man.  He had his flaws, especially with women, but he also had a dream for mankind that was a mirror of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Bobby put his dream for America into action in his quest to become president in 1968.  Many of us campaigned to help him get elected and then mourned him when he was assassinated.
 
These two great men of the 1960s were both assassinated because of their dreams.  
 
In the United States, there are eleven holidays recognized by our federal government.  These have changed since my days as a child in Detroit.  The holidays for the birthdays of George Washington and Abe Lincoln along with the holiday for Good Friday during the Easter weekend have been eliminated.  Instead, the Federal Government celebrates President’s Day, which lumps all the presidents together, and ignores Easter. 
 
This is the current list of federal holidays:
 
New Years Day
President’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
 
A couple of things jump out from this list. 
 
First, holidays fall into three categories.  Holidays either celebrate an event, or a group of people, or an individual.
 
Next, there are only three holidays that recognize individuals.  There is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for Martin Luther King, Jr., Columbus Day for Christopher Columbus, and Christmas for Jesus Christ.  Of those, only one holiday is dedicated to recognize an individual who was an American citizen.  That holiday for an American citizen is Martin Luther King Day.  Columbus and Christ were not American citizens.
 
So why are there no federal holidays for any other American citizens?  How about a Ben Franklin Day?  Or a Bobby Kennedy Day?  Or a César Chávez day?  Are there no other citizens in the history of the United States who are worthy of having a dedicated holiday other than Martin Luther King, Jr.?
 
Or better yet, if there are no holidays to honor any other American citizens, then why do we celebrate a holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.?
 
We celebrate a holiday for Martin Luther King as patronizing for Black votes and as political correctness.  It is reverse discrimination.  It is an action of tyrants.  Martin Luther King Jr. has been exploited by politicians and tyrants for their personal political agendas in the name of social justice – . 
 
Martin Luther King, Jr. would never have tolerated this reverse discrimination, this inequality. 
 
Tyrants have been using political correctness for eternity to cause the masses to conform.  Sensitivity is one thing.  Decent human beings should respect one another.  Suffocation is another.  And tyrants in the United States are no exception.  Suffocation of dissent towards these “politically correct” actions is another way the “in crowd” oppresses the mind of man. 
 
Martin Luther King would have demanded that we either add holidays for other American citizens or eliminate the one for him.