The University of California Los Angeles has launched an inquiry into a teacher for reading aloud Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” because the civil rights document includes the n-word.
Corporate advertising, and capitalism in general, just keeps getting woker by the day. Gillette is re-imagining masculinity. Pepsi embarrassed itself with an ad featuring Kendall Jenner achieving social justice by giving a police officer a cold beverage during a protest. Ben & Jerry’s officially joined the #Resistance.
Liberal comedian Chelsea Handler said Monday that on Martin Luther King Jr. Day it is "up to white people to honor" the civil-rights icon, adding that they should "think about" what it is like to be another race. 
A CNN piece published Monday heralded Martin Luther King Jr.'s views on issues beyond civil rights, including his support for democratic socialism. 