Activist Under Fire for Wal-Mart Position

[seriousstan]

At the grand opening of a Wal-Mart in a black suburb of Atlanta, civil rights leader Andrew Young danced with store clerks, bouncing to the song "We Are Family."

He also posed with a $1 million check from the company _ a donation for a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be built on the National Mall in Washington.

Young took part in the pep rally in his new position as a paid corporate cheerleader for Wal-Mart _ a role that has perplexed some of his longtime civil rights colleagues, who have all but accused him of going over to the enemy.

Activists for the poor have long complained that Wal-Mart skimps on wages and health benefits, forces employees to work off the clock, and kills off mom-and-pop businesses.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/23/D8GHF9P0L.html

[Bombero1956]

1. oh Mr. Young

you couldn't help yourself once thay dangled that million dollar check in front of your nose. Dr. King would never have taken that check no matter how badly he needed it.

[Tom Joad]

2. I don't think they need a damn memorial. Do JUSTICE, show mercy!

That is the message of Dr. King. Not statues for pigeons to sit on. I think King's legacy would be better served by doing something real, not dancing with the capitalists (the thing about dancing with capitalists, is that they always lead).

[rpannier]

3. I'm sure Martin L. King would be nauseated

Talk about selling out to the most flagrant example of corporate greed and abuse.