As long as he didn't mean anything disrespectful, it really shouldn't be a problem.

Some people spend their lives constantly looking for opportunites to get "offended" and play a minority card, even if they're not part of the minority group but do it anyway for the sake of being PC. The ironic thing is I believe that King wanted his people to rise above the status of being victims.

Oh please, don't get me started on the whole victim mentality thing! You are right on target and on so many levels. If only the people he was leading understood their role and mission in overcoming instead of waiting for the government to entitle them to everything. Life's pleasures and treasures are so much sweeter when actually earned.

They didn't even show a copy of the flier, what kind of sh!t is that? It was for a strip club after all, you know, a good christian sort of activity to indulge in on a Sunday night. People seriously need to get over themselves. People called from California, Chicago, etc. etc. Really? Hahahahaha, way too funny.

"I'm really sorry about this whole thing...but...we made a TON of money that day!"

I think MLK would've got a laugh out of it himself. I know I would've

I wonder if it was your mother or daughter on the flyer if it would have been ok.

If they did the same thing on Presidents Day, and used images of Lincoln and Washington with wads of cash surrounded by strippers, we never would have heard about it.

G-Man...look up your facts based on percentages of population

Frankenjerk...your graphic IS offensive and not just to republicans

Awww,gee whiz. Did someones little feelings get offended?

Unfortunately we live in a nation of two faced opportunists: they will bash another race and when their race gets bashed they jump up and down, calls the papers, get in front of a camera, whatever opportunity they can take to get noticed.....as a fool. It was a mistake, the dude probably wont do it again, especially after making headlines but on the flip side of it, how many other promotional fliers are out there, commercials, billboards that put a race on it that someone (and I am sure someone is) would get offended by? Lots and lots because some people need a hobby!

Keep your nose in your business, worry about your welfare and if you feel that your race is being disrespected AND someone is getting hurt because of it.....then do something about it instead of jumping up and down, threatening or running in front of a camera because that does little for your credibility. Educated ones take a winning approach and remain calm and solve the issue. If you want to see those that have no interest in doing something to solve a problem, watch the news and see who jumps in front of the camera yelling and screaming because that will tell you who only wants to be emotional and not actually come up with a viable solution.

Watch the news and see, I speak the truth. Should our American icons be portrayed in a respectful manner? Absolutely! This was in bad taste and hopefully will not happen again.

G-man and Alison - you are the problem with the country, you are looking for a way to be offended and say you or someone else is being discriminated against. I grant you that there are still backword people in this country but always calling it out and calling for equal rights let along minority compisation is not the way to move on and truely be equal. And don't even go to the they are owed something because past generations suffered in the past. The majority of americans never owned slaves or even lived in a area that had slaves and never discriminated against anyone, the same can not be said to the heritage countries of most of people that came here (i.e. most black slaves were sold by black non slaves from their on country, many of which still allow levels of slavery).

I agree with Disabled Vet-bad taste but not that big of a deal.

Relax everyone!

Heres a link to an article with the flyer, it's really not as bad as it sounds:

http://bossip.com/527813/surprise-surprise-man-responsible-for-mlk-strip-club-flyer-issues-an-apology39204/

Blown way out of proportion there!

Frank - Are you aware that Hilter was Austrian not German? I agree with disaable vet that use of the SS is disrespectful to many race and religions whether use to poke fun at politics or not someone could easily recreate this depliction with a donkey, a dophin or a rabbit and it would be just a offense to everyone. Personaly everyone comment you make should be make with that icon should be removed and your account closed.

Oh Lord, don't dare offend the chronically offended. People, it was satire. Satire is humor. For god's sake, quit taking everything to heart. Granted the pamphlet designer bordered on bad taste, but it was designed to be noticed and here we are discussing it from coast to coast. WINNING !

If this image were of Lincoln, Washington, and Jefferson on Presidents day...everyone would have gotten a good laugh. Only the massive chip on the shoulder of some in the black community prevents this from being an innovative promotion.

Get over yourselves.

really like was said above if it were a white history figure everything would have been fine no complaints . only time you hear the race card being played nowdays is someone else has offended person of color.not white either. the white male is the minority in the u.s. today. mean we have on cable black entertainment channels black shopping network. and just think the outcry we would see if someone started a white shopping network or white entertainment channel .oh man there would be lawsuits

@Prohibition: Thanks for the link. The article was somewhat slanted, wasn't it?

The rest of you are probably the typical w...e trash.

Kind of a broad brush your using there, eh?

Holy panties-in-a-bunch batman!!

People you all really need to learn more about history. The africans took other africans as slaves and sold them to the highest bidder, which turned out to be white men who in turn sold them to others if the so called african americans want to complain about thier ancestors being slaves then they should go to africa and complain to the africans because it was thier own people who sold them. As for MLK meaning no disrespect but from what I can tell of most black preachers I have met they would have been first in line at the strip club. I am not saying all of them are like that but thier morality is a little different than what they would have you believe. MLK really didn't do a whole lot of reforming, and nothing really significant , just got out there in the publics face and tried to change the way people think!

That's terrible. Makes you think that MLK would disrespect his wife and cheat on her ??

Why take false offense? This story has much in common with the true history of MLK. It is common knowledge that he spent lots of money on prostitutes with his prefernece being White ones. Also, it is common knowledge that his doctoral thesis was as fake as the boobs of half the strippers at the club.

Are we supposed to continue to call this cheating, plagiarizing whore-monger a hero? Look, we are talking about the failures of one man that everyone is afraid to criticize, even though the facts are the facts. He made a lot of money stirring up the cities he went into, knowing that riots would break out as soon as he left. This is historcial fact;

It's amazing that we can call David Dukes the racist charletan he is, but hands off Martin? Give it up already. When are you going to start living by the color blindness you demand from Whites unless it is convenient for us to see color? When is "Black Power" and "Brown Pride" going to become as archaic terms as the KKK is?

If you are going to get angry, get angry about something important, not something that shows a trace of truth. Get angry about Warren Buffet demanding we pay higher taxes while he fights against his own billion dollar tax bill in Federal court. Get mad at the unions, but public and private sector costing all people jobs while themselves getting fat as pigs. Get mad that our young people dying in wars or just as bad, killing people that we had no recent problems with because some international entity like the UN told us to. Get angry about the Obama's living big while demanding that everyone, Blacks included, go out and shoulder the burdens of their neighbors. He has a golf outing or a multi-million dollar family vacation to go on.

Of course, now is collapse time, as we must hide what we do not like, regardless of the validity of the statement.

Fred4Congress, I would vote for you sir...Yeah, your post will probably go bye bye...

Good post Fred.

Frank, I think its different to use hitler. hitler represents bitterness and pain to most reasonable people, and to use his image as a "promotion" would be offensive to reasonable people. MLK represents the opposite message, a positive message, and it should not be a problem for people to associate themselves with that kind of image.

@Fred4Congress

Your comments are so misguided that it is actually sad.

You think attacking someone's character is going to take away the social good they do? The enormous needed systematic changes?

Nah. It won't change what Ghandi did for his people, or the forthright way Kennedy led our country, or the wise words of some of our forefathers, like Jefferson.

Men are not perfect, don't you know that by now? They are deeply and utterly flawed but when they do great deeds, deeds that lift people up from servitude and that bring them back their dignity that is what should be the focus.

But, hey, I'm all about leaving the names out of things so the 'idea' or the 'deed', so to speak, will stay pure but that's not the way it works for us humans because we are inspired by great people and good deeds and, arguably, we are all potential leaders in our hearts...We can all potentially do good for all, not just for ourselves. We only need choose to do it.

Funny isn't it?? How people are offended by the use of someone like MLK for this, but are not even bothered by what these ladies have to do to make a living. (yes I do realize that some are volunteers).

Of course you can do what you wish with the American Flag, the image of Uncle Sam, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, JFK, etc. etc. They are not offended by that......!!!!!!!

What’s the big deal? MLK was known to have patronized such establishments from time to time. This advertisement couldn’t have been more appropriate.

Fred, not all Africans sold africans to the Europeans. Some Europeans went over and took them as well. So don't blame the entire slave trade on Africans when Europeans did their mess too.

As for this situation, I thinks it's actually kind of funny. We all know that MLK was not perfect.

As a black woman from Louisiana, I can't stand David Duke, but at least I know he can't stand me, he's honest about it unlike so many others. Also, please be aware that white folks are capable of bad things just like black folks and everybody else. If white folks don't do bad things, explain to me everytime I get on the internet or watch the news, I see white folks killing their whole families, white kids missing, etc. Don't get me wrong, I see black folks, latinos, etc getting in trouble too, but not like the white folks who are on the news/internet daily. Also, what does MLK have to do with the Black Panters? Nothing.

You people make me laugh, you've never experienced prejudice, lost opportunity's because of the color of your skin try it some time see how you feel, 60's wasn't that long ago. Fred comparing David Dukes to MLK are you serious? Whether you want to accept it or not MLK was a great man. A man of peace and equality, not one group over another. His speech was one of the best of all time.

black panters, hahaha. thats funny.

his whole topic is..... I don't even know the words. It's not offensive, but darn CHEESY to picture the Reverend Dr. "In Da Club"

As for the certain segment of the population who believes he was a cheater and a documented womanizer..... Your "proof" comes from a very powerful man (at the time) who was a cross-dressing, self-admitted racist who wanted to destroy MLK.

Oh..... And I find it very funny that conservatives in the party of Lincoln would take ANYTHING that a man like that, had to say with any amount of credibility....

Just like Tiger Woods, people around King covered up his many affairs. And it didn't get into the media for the same reason Tiger Woods affairs were kept silent for years.

It has been scrubbed from history books - at the same time Kennedy's affairs and Jefferson's possible love child were put in.

Let's be honest - black don't want equality - they want preferential treatment.

Just think about Obama - the property he bought from the felon Rezco at a discount, his friend and fundraiser Ayers - a convicted terrorist, and 17 years in "Rev." Wrights "Church" (but never hearing any of the anti-American things said there). The media would have had a field day with any one of those stories if he were white. Instead, they barely reported it until conservative tv/radio people brought those issues to the American people.

They have no problem with Affirmative Action being used to benefit less qualified Blacks over Whites.

MLK was a cheater. It's really hypocritical to call yourself a Reverend, but then to hook up with ladies a few rooms down from your wife.

Anyone else find it ironic that a large percentage of African Americans are now selecting their heroes by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character?

You people make me laugh, you've never experienced prejudice, lost opportunity's because of the color of your skin try it some time see how you feel

Really? Try being the only haole in an all "local" school, or the job site. Been there, got the t-shirt. Some of us know of what you speak.

I had a dream. A cheeseburger was eating me. "Sienfeld"

I also went to a shrink because every night for the past month or two I had the very same dreams. One night I would dream that I was an Indian Tee pee and then the very next night I would dream that I was a Wigwam. The shrink was great. He knew right away what my problem really was ....he said I just needed to relax, you see I was just two tents.

Thank you, thank you, don't forget to tip your waitresses, I'll be here all night.

Well, actually I expect great knockers and tight A-s. I really don't see how MLK fits in. It is not the first thing I think of: "Oh boy, let's go to the strip club and celebrate MLK!"

Pleasantly surprised not to see self righteous outrage over offending MLK. Its' about time we can see a story for wht it is. Maybe a bad judgement day for the promoter but basically not that big of a deal.

MLK day is a holiday. A strip club is a business. Pretty much every business in the country uses pretty much every holiday to draw attention to their business.

People that are offended by this are just those typical people that wake up every day searching for something to be offended about so they can cause a stink.

............... except the ones that are closed in observance of that National holiday..................

@#90.3

You have a point.

give em time... just give em time....

Of course, they'll need to be very discreet about it. They're probably part owners, or frequent visitors.

Al Sharpton ain't as sexy as MLK. His flier won't help business. Tee, hee!

Cuz they were already there Mario, handing out them dollarz like they waz growin' on trees.

that should have said, LA-2416540, not Mario.... oopss...

LA, who's the who? You?

Support political correctives....Occupy a local strip-club tonight.

Sometimes people (normal people anyway) do things without thinking, much less thinking about any fallout such as being called a disrespectful, moron racist etc. Without thinking OH if I do this..people are going to throw tantrums over how not PC this is. Sometimes its' about promotion without realizing all the potential fallout. So impressed that some on this site have such great pyschic powers that they know exactly what others are thinking and what motivates them!! Wow folks, why aren't you making $$MILLIONS$$ with that talent??

That was Elvis Presley.

Actually Mario, it was Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton......

Can you people be any more insulting, you no nothing about him just second hand BS. We can see the content of your character.

MLK: You've come a long way baby. Even strip clubs love ya.

Blah, blah, blah.....

and I'd rather not show them vulgar language.
Most kids I deal with now days, could teach me a thing or two about vulgar language, it is the coming generation that the "F" word is now basically religion. In fact, just today, I had occasion to say, F*** You, You F***ing F***. And I meant it in all sincerity.

I suggest you get over yourself.

Hey, now I have occasion to say, F*** You, You F***ing F***. Again.... LMMFAO!!!!!

Its a frickin strip club, and MLK has been dead for decades. get the 'F' over it. Strip clubs also have promotionals for presidents day. Don't hear nothing about that except 'crickets chirping'. Hummmm, why is that........

when there's 20 posts about the population easily offended.....one will pop up and post 5MB

Bryan your vocabulary is just astounding, have you here ever concidered teaching. (sarcasm)

Ummmm, WOW!!!! Can't we all just get along?

kcjun58

And another n gets to name call a w an insult and thinks it OK and right. Bigotry is bigotry and you are obviously a bigot. And for the record me assuming you are an n makes me one too I guess. My apology.

But I was only trying to make a point and don't really care what race you're associated with. It should be the human race but your comment leaves me with doubts.

KCJUN58, try picking up a book sometime or doing some research. You will find what I posted is the truth. Sorry that your hero was human. As far as me being a "ignorant cracker"...You're just an Internet tough guy. get over yourself.

Can't anybody stick to the topic and not regress into racial name callin??? Having said that..people need to get over this slavery issue.Blacks in North Africa were selling their own people into slavery long before there was an America.. Slavery of ALL races has been going on for centuries and is still happening. Look up indentured servant, another term for slave. Look up the history of white enslavement world wide. Then do something about it besides whine on stories like this.

What I thought was extremely entertaining was that Jackie O was SOOOO offended by J. Edgar Hoover's multiple raunchy King audio sex tapes while her husband, JFK was bangin ALL dem hoes and she herself was doin Bobbie and ole man Onassis. LOL!

kcjun, why with the name calling. It is a documented fact that MLK cheated on his wife. And I know this. I am black. I would not sugar coat it. That does not take away from my first vision of him. All folks have secrets, so what.

To Bryan & skrewdworld: Apparantly not.

This whole topic is..... I don't even know the words. It's not offensive, but darn CHEESY to picture the Reverend Dr. "In Da Club"

As for the certain segment of the population who believes he was a cheater and a documented womanizer..... Your "proof" comes from a very powerful man (at the time) who was a cross-dressing, self-admitted racist who wanted to destroy MLK.

Oh..... And I find it very funny that conservatives in the party of Lincoln would take ANYTHING that a man like that, had to say with any amount of credibility....

skrewdworld

Can't anybody stick to the topic and not regress into racial name callin??? Having said that..people need to get over this slavery issue.Blacks in North Africa were selling their own people into slavery long before there was an America.. Slavery of ALL races has been going on for centuries and is still happening. Look up indentured servant, another term for slave. Look up the history of white enslavement world wide. Then do something about it besides whine on stories like this.

Can you PROVE this or is this more crap that was invented to make slavery "ok".

Why in the world is all of this negativity and racial tension being splattered in just about every comment EVERY time there is an article?

I thank God my children are not like this and you're all supposed to be ADULTS!

Give me a break!

Unbelievable,

If I remember correctly, one of MLK's main assistants was buggin him for the audio for J. Edgar Hoover and wrote about it in a book, or at least magazine article. Why he didn't keep his mout shut is anyones guess. LOL!

White or Black, ya can't trust da Pracher man with your chicken or your women, at least here down South. LOL!

What happened to the first amendment? Our "elected" are hell bent on destroying the US Constitution in all of its forms. One amendment at a time. You have no freedom. What you have is simply liberties you pay dearly for.

Darth,first Jesus wouldn't be holding money second do you know why Jesus hung out as you say with prostitutes? I'll give you a clue it wasn't for sex. Ignorance is alive and well in full display today.

"I pray for just desserts" Wow, I may not be the sharpest tack on the bible box, but I do not think the God that I know NOR the God that MLK knew and accepted would have ever listened to a prayer of hate and of pettiness and revenge. I think your social and political agendas have far exceeded your biblical, spiritual, and moral wisdom.

Sorry, but your rant doesn't hold water. The guy that made the flier is a BLACK GUY. And to even suggest that racism can only be practiced by White people is just asinine. You seriously need to read the hate filled, putrid crap you just typed, and yeah, you are extremely racist. Next time, at least try to bring up valid points of debate, not your hate filled rant against all white people. To say you watched a drug sweep in your town, and every single person "grabbed" was black, (was it because every single person that showed up was black-most likely) and then blame that on whitey is F***ing Hilarious dude. You are exactly what you claim to despise, a Racist.

US Army retired ahole, what good have you done for America lately.

Spot on bryan

I need some sort of explanation as to how a cracker speaks. Is the term cracker supposed to upset and offend me? Hahahahaha..... I see that you were a grunt, and now retired, I guess you were tired before and now your just retired and racist, how's that working out for you?

Kcjun...

You continue to prove to the readers that MLK's message is lost to you. PS I'm not white.

kcjun, I'm a little confused. White people are intrinsically racist because some don't respect the president who happens to be black? Bush got even more flak, and he was white. Clinton got flak. Bush Sr got flak. Heck, Kennedy was shot. Maybe some of the disrespect is because of perceived shortcomings of him as a president?

The "offender" in this story was black, so I doubt that was "whitey's fault."

I'm confused as to how separatists wanting to leave Europe to escape persecution are "criminals" as you claim white people are.

Finally, you are the one using the term "cracker" numerous times, calling people "ignorant," calling people vulgar names, trumping up military service as proof that you are automatically better than others (sorry, military service is impressive but does not automatically earn you my respect), and yet somehow you claim to be the wronged one?

Oh yeah, and to actually bring my post back on topic, people need to grow up. This promotional stunt is stupid. It's sort of offensive. So's like 75% of the stuff on TV, the radio, the internet. Don't read the flier if you're offended, and get over it.

Kcjun, I get some of what you're saying but it's really not fair to paint all whites with such a broad stroke. I hate it when some whites post ghetto references to every black in an article so I can't let this one slide. People or cowards get on these blogs and say some outlandish things that they would never say in public. I say if you can't say anything constructive to drive a conversation than don't offend others. The fact of the matter is that Americans act so much more alike, when compared to people in other countries, than we fail to realize.

kcjun, and what makes you any different then the people which you lash out at. You forget it was also white people that died for your freedom, and white people that helped to get Obama elected. Maybe you should try using a little of what MLK spoke about. Not all of any color of people are good people. Btw the KKK and Aryan Nations have been marginalized for a long time. Like so many others you waste your time hating and blind yourself to the good things out there

@kcjun58, at least come up with a better line than, you'se a cracker main, you'se an ignrant cracker, hell, at least spell it cracka' that way, we know you'se from da hood bro..... grow up man, you should seriously know by now that the guy who made the flier is a "Black" dude. So, I guess he is racist against himself huh? I have several friends, really good friends, that are either Black, American Indian, or Asian or even Canadian(LOL) so don't even try the race card. It makes you look truly pathetic.

Bryan, really? and you post that? A Canadian?

Bryan that's great you have black friends among others but don't say stuff like that dude.

kcjun, do you even know what the word cracker was taken from?

Sorry to burst your bubble there Kanard, but the guy who made the flier, Ummmm, (shhhhh, it's a secret, but the guy is a BLACK DUDE!!!!) I put that in parenthesise so's not to let other peeps know that he is a BLACK GUY, you know, the BLACK GUY, that made up the flier, oh hey, did I mention that the guy who made the flier is BLACK? And as far as I am concerned, they could have put Bill Clinton on the flier, and I would haved laughed my ass off about that. It's a strip club people, get the phuck over it already.

I guess they didn't put Mohammed or Osama's image on the flyer because it was MLK day--DUH!

Come on dude. Really? I really hate it when people make, I'm not gonna say racist, racy comments. Your comment didn't even make much sense. This just opens the door for really racist people to just say crazy stuff.

And Ronald, they guy who created the flier, IS A BLACK GUY. OH, the Shame of it all.... I swear, what to do, what to do.....

Bryan, you keep harping on the fact that the creator of the flyer is A BLACK GUY. That does NOT make his actions acceptable.

In fact, he ought to know better. As far as I'm concerned, he's only sorry about the whole thing because of public outrage.

I understand Ronald, but this story was presented as if a "White" guy had made the flier and it was so racist. I don't think it is all that big of a deal, tacky? Maybe. Offensive? only if you're so uptight that a strip club flier got under your skin. I would not have been offended if it had been any white guy from history, in fact, say, Shakespeare, now that would have been funny. Clinton, very funny, George Bush jr., well that would be funny too. I am willing to bet though, that this guy will have new offers coming in faster than he can reply. Just don't make every thing racist, pointing fingers at white people, when white people didn't even do it.....

You guys are right, it doesn't matter if the guy was black or white. I really believe it was a representation of how the youth feel today. We all are so much more alike than people want to believe. We all have the same American mentality. I really think the guy is honest in what he said. He really didn't think about the affect of the flier. He was just making something to get peoples attention to come out to the club.

Bryan, I agree after reading the article I too assumed it was a white guy, probably wouldn't have been a bad idea at some point to point it out the person was black

First off, well, right on, secondly off, I do believe that you meant, "That is why I refuse to be politically correct(as opposed to incorrect), and thirdly off, "He still has a Johnson and the biological drive to use it" is just priceless, I laughed out loud at that comment, well said. And fourthly off, just in case other people's missed it, the guy that made up the flier, Yeah, He's Black.

PLUS Steven, the guy who actually made the flier, he "IS BLACK"..... Go figure huh!!!!

Juan, if mlk wouldn't approve of being pimped, he would really be upset with his own family