Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous "I Have a Dream" speech said,
"I have a dream that one day ... the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood."
I'm pretty sure this video with a bunch of white people and black people reenacting a viral race-based brawl for laughs is the brotherhood MLK Jr. was talking about.
[Warning: There's some language in all the videos that follow]
Here's a view from a neighbor who thought it was serious at first.
If you have no idea what's going in that skit, that's okay. I'm here to help.
A black employee at a popular Montgomery, Alabama, riverfront was telling some men to move their boat, and one of them punched him. The employee threw his hat and fought back.
Then scene devolved into a massive brawl of white people versus black people. Here's footage that was just uploaded today:
Police have issued warrants for many of the participants. Maybe they'll all get along better while sharing cells?
If you missed it, here's the cast of characters in the reenactment:
There's Hat Man.
Barnacle Boy:
Chairmaggedon:
And The Tugboat Triad:
Here's a literary critique of the drama and an explanation of the cultural allusions being made for our more high-brow readers:
Of course... the actual events are anything but an example of MLK Jr.'s racial harmony.
