Personally, I’m voting for option A
What does it mean that, when I contemplate the fact that today is Martin Luther King Day, I can’t stop thinking about the first three minutes of this clip from Blazing Saddles?: A) I have bizarre sense of humor; B) It underscores Seth Mnookin’s point that, “[It’s] twenty-nine years after the assassination of Martin Luther ...
What does it mean that, when I contemplate the fact that today is Martin Luther King Day, I can't stop thinking about the first three minutes of this clip from Blazing Saddles?: A) I have bizarre sense of humor; B) It underscores Seth Mnookin's point that, "[It's] twenty-nine years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr?and we still can?t talk openly and honestly about race." UPDATE: Wow, I am old. it's been thirty-nine years since the MLK assassination. C) All of the above D) None of the Above
What does it mean that, when I contemplate the fact that today is Martin Luther King Day, I can’t stop thinking about the first three minutes of this clip from Blazing Saddles?:
A) I have bizarre sense of humor; B) It underscores Seth Mnookin’s point that, “[It’s] twenty-nine years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr?and we still can?t talk openly and honestly about race.” UPDATE: Wow, I am old. it’s been thirty-nine years since the MLK assassination. C) All of the above D) None of the Above
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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