One of my favorite CD's is James Taylor's "Best Live." I make a point of playing it every year on MLK Day, to listen to track 4, "Shed A Little Light." It's about MLK Day, which to me is about putting aside, for one day, all the crap that divides us (like the list of things DJD brings up in every thread on this subject), and concentrating on what brings us together. It starts out:

Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
And recognize that there are ties between us
All men and women living on the earth
Ties of hope and love Sister and brotherhood
That we are bound together
In our desire to see the world become
A place in which our children can grow free and strong
We are bound together
By the task that stands before us
And the road that lies ahead
We are bound and we are bound

I think it's a good holiday, even though I don't get a day off. There is still a LOT of work to be done on race relations, by BOTH sides, and it's good to have a day put aside to reflect on that. Maybe one day Dr. King's Dream will be realized; then we can stop celebrating this holiday.