Future Civil Rights Leaders

Happy Martha King Junit Day! At least, that's what Travis says. We're having trouble getting him to remember that Martin and Luther are two separate words. But, he was really excited about today and what he learned about the famous MLK, Jr in school. In the Kindergarten-water-downed version of history, Rev. King simply told us to be nice to one another no matter what color we are.

I know Travis learned the lesson based on his comments while we watched Bring It On Again: In It To Win It (that's a WHOLE different story!). The one African-American girl was up in the face of one of the blond rivals (this is a recurring theme in the Bring It On Series...). Our conversation went something like this:

TV: [fighting words and attitudes going on]
Travis: Uh-huh. That's not what he meant!
Me: Not what he meant? Honey, those are both girls.
Travis: No momma, Martha. That's not what he meant!
Me: Martha? Martha who? And Martha is probably a girl.
Travis: (exasperated) You know momma! Martha King Junit.
Me: (taking a moment to resolve THAT one in my mind - the "King" part and the date helped a LOT) Oh! Martin Luther King Jr.?
Travis: YES! (really happy that I finally understood him!) That's not what he meant!
Me: What did he mean?
Travis: That it doesn't matter that they're different colors - they should work together!
Me: You're right honey - they should. Let's watch and see what happens...
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(later in the movie, toward the end)
Travis: See, he was riiiiiiiiiight!
Me: (engrossed in the cheering) Who was right honey?
Travis: Martha!
Me: Um...Martha? (light bulb moment while I remembered previous conversation) OH! Martin Luther. How was he right?
Travis: See, everyone is working together and getting along. It doesn't matter what they look like, they do it better together! And they're really GOOD!

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My son - the future Civil Rights leader.....or future cheerleader? Anyway, Happy Martha King Junit Day!