DISQUS

Brittania · 2 years ago

I actually lived on MLK Drive when I was a kid, 35th and King Drive. And as the cnn article stated, the MLK Drive I lived on did not then and does not now fit the stereotype of "a place where you don't want to be," unless you have a problem with an all black neighborhood. Even today, I would live on King Dr. in Chicago, at least.

Fredric · 2 years ago

True. I guess I'm caught in my mad beaugoise mode only because I lived on streets considered 'the edge of sketch' and have had my stuff stolen. MLK drive gets such a bad rep in the Chi.

Kimberly Michelle · 2 years ago

I guess I just find it annoying that every street named after a Black leader ends up being in a predominately Black neighborhood, as if Black leaders only pertain to Black people. I mean, is there an MLK Blvd/Dr./St. in Utah, Idaho, or North Dakota?

Tambra Stevenson · 2 years ago

I find it interesting that no matter what state I am in, if I drive on MLK drive, I know that I am in a mostly African American, low-income neighborhood with low real estate value. Was that MLK's dream? I think not. I believe the true benchmark of living MLK's dream is when we can drive on MLK drive in Oklahoma City, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Southeast Washington, DC, etc. and we see people of color prospering. Until that day happens, all of America is not living the dream of that some of the people are.

Jeffrey Brown · 2 years ago

In my city, Martin Luther King Drive is not really a drive at all, but a freeway!