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  • Sarah Palin Tells Obama No More Race Card on MLK Day

    Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin delivered a message to President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through her Facebook page. After posting a quote from MLK’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, she told the president that it’s time to stop playing the race card.

    Palin’s “race card” comment comes after a new profile on Obama was posted on The New Yorker website. After the president made the controversial statement that he doesn’t think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, he discussed the reason for the drop in his approval rating, which is down to 40 percent.

    New Yorker writer David Remnick suggested to Obama that the reason for his drop in the 2013 job approval polls was primarily because of his race. “There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black president,” Obama said. “Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because I’m a black president.”

    Even though Obama only allowed for race being part of the reason for his low approval rating, the comment struck a chord with quite a few people. Sarah Palin, who is known for adding in her two cents on pretty much every hot issue, took the opportunity to take a shot at the president on her Facebook page and used MLK to do so.

    “Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card,” Palin commented after posting an MLK quote. Check out Palin’s post below.

    Post by Sarah Palin.

    Even though some people agree with Palin about not playing the race card, many believe that using MLK Day to express that sentiment was in bad form. Others have been a bit harsher in their criticism of Palin’s race card comment.

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  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Google Doodle Tradition Continues

    Google regularly features a doodle for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and that tradition continues today.

    This is the tenth year that Google has run a doodle for the day, but actually the eleventh doodle Google has honored Dr. King with.

    Google has not run a doodle every year, but ran MLK Day doodles in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Last summer, Google honored the anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech with a doodle:

    Here are the past MLK Day doodles:

    2003

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    Today’s doodle appears to be shown in the U.S. only. When clicked, it offers the user a panel from Google’s Knowledge Graph featuring biographical information about his birth, death, spouse, awards, children and education. It also offers the option to see results about Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, and to sign up to stay updated about updates about Dr. King.

    According to Google, people who search for King also search for Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther.

    Last week, Google ran doodles honoring the British Museum, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Josip Vandot, Dian Fossey and Tomás Carrasquilla.

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