Children of late American civil rights activist, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. decried the degrading remarks which were reportedly made by U.S. President Donald Trump against Africa.
The 2018 edition of the celebration of Martin Luther King Junior’s day was used to fight back at Trump in various protests tagged ‘Rally against Trump’ in several cities in the U.S on Monday.
Monday has been the official Federal holiday in the U.S. to honour King.
In the U.S, residents, teachers and activists took to the streets to celebrate what would have been the 89th birthday of the late activist and a celebration ahead his 50th year assassination anniversary in Tennessee.
You will recall that President Trump used a vulgar word to describe African countries and questioned the need to allow more Haitians into the U.S. during a meeting with senators on immigration last week.
He was also credited to have requested for more immigrants from countries like Norway, but soon denied ever to have said it or used such language.
Rev. Bernice King, King’s daughter, while speaking to people who attended the Day at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta said civilization originated from Africa.
“We cannot allow the nations of the world to embrace the words that come from our president as a reflection of the true spirit of America.
“We are one people, one nation, one blood, one destiny. All of civilization and humanity originated from the soils of Africa.
“Our collective voice in this hour must always be louder than the one who sometimes does not reflect the legacy of my father,” she said.
King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III also seconding his sister said in Washington.
“When a president insists that our nation needs more citizens from white states like Norway, I don’t even think we need to spend any time even talking about what it says and what it is.
“We got to find a way to work on this man’s heart,” King III, said.
The Pastor of the Church, Rev. Raphael Warnock, also took issue with Trump’s campaign slogan to “Make America Great Again”.
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In the spirit of great conviction, Warnock said he believed that “is already great in large measure because of Africa and African people”.
He, therefore, called on congregants never to accept such derogatory remarks about their country noting late King’s word that “silence is betrayal”.
Down the street from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, Haitian protesters and their supporters shouted: “Our country is not a shithole”, referring to comments Trump reportedly made.
Trump, who praised the late activist while signing the proclamation for King’s Day on Wednesday said.
“Dr King’s dream is our dream, it is the American dream, it’s the promise stitched into the fabric of our nation, etched into the hearts of our people and written into the soul of humankind.
“It is the dream of a world where people are judged by who they are, not how they look or where they come from,” Trump has said.
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