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MLK Jr. Memorial Statue Completed Using Unpaid Chinese Laborers →

The fact that the Chinese workers were not being paid was only discovered when the BAC sent an investigator to determine if they were being exploited. While they were given room and board and hoped to be paid upon returning to China, using free labor to construct Kings monument seems to fly in the face of what he stood for. “It is a crime for people who live in this rich nation to receive starvation wages,” King told the Memphis workers.

(Source: azspot)

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    This entire memorial just seems like a disaster. Honestly they should tear it down and start again because this one is...

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    this is just sad and painful

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