MLK Day to Draw Divisions as Politicians Misuse His Words
The Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Martin Luther King Jr., at his memorial in Washington, DC
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
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At a December speech to propose legislation allowing students and parents to sue schools if they say they’re forced to learn critical race theory, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis invoked an unlikely name: Martin Luther King Jr.
“You think about what MLK stood for -- he said he didn’t want people judged on the color of their skin, but on the content of their character,” the Republican said behind a podium with a “Stop Woke Act” banner. “You listen to some of these people nowadays, they don’t talk about that.”