I recently came across a site that has the URL: http://www.martinlutherking.org/

The group that created this website is a white pride group that is looking into a completely different side of Dr. Martin Luther King’s life.  It makes King out to be a horrible person and it shows a lot of articles that show that blacks write lyrics that tell others to rape and kill white women.

I would never use a site like this in a classroom setting.  This kind of angry material is not what we should be teaching our children.  I believe that this information is of personal beliefs and that this is not the history that we are studying with our students.

This shows students to gradually not be as trusting with searching for information on the internet because if you were looking for information on Martin Luther King, this is not what you would be trying to search for.  You would see Martin Luther King and think…”oh, this is about his life”…but it isn’t…it is about the “bad” part of Martin Luther King and who he “truely” was.

I did a google search for “Martin Luther King” and I found this site at the 7th spot on the search engine.  The only reason why this got so high on the search list was because they falsely advertised the information with this direct quote from the synopsis of the site…”The truth about Martin Luther King: Includes historical trivia, articles and pictures. A valuable resource for teachers and students alike.”

Of course this is false advertisement considering what I stated about this website.  I feel as thought this is inaccurate information and that is has no place in our school society.  People have the freedom of speech yes…but this false advertisement could pull a kid into reading it and it could possible change the child’s point of view of black people completely (with this false information).

Unfortunatly…the WEB is a place were there is a lot of information and a lot of different opinions, and the only way that we can sift through the poor information is to take what we know and realize that this information has not credibility…It is an individual choice whether or not to believe the information that is put in front of you.

That is all I have for today,

Matt