Apple commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with quote on website
Acknowledging the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Apple on Monday updated the front page of its website with a photo of and quote from the legendary civil rights leader, calling on people to fight for equality.
"Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights," King said. "You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook also took to Twitter to honor King, whose memory is celebrated with a national holiday on the third Monday of January each year. Cook said King inspires him to "help achieve justice and equality," and shared a quote:
"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."
Cook has named King as one of his personal heroes, and is a regular donor to the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, which honored him with its "Ripple of Hope" award in 2015. Over the years, Cook has spoken out on a number of causes important to him, including LGBT rights, gender and race equality, climate change, online privacy, and Syrian refugees.
"Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights," King said. "You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook also took to Twitter to honor King, whose memory is celebrated with a national holiday on the third Monday of January each year. Cook said King inspires him to "help achieve justice and equality," and shared a quote:
"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."
Cook has named King as one of his personal heroes, and is a regular donor to the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, which honored him with its "Ripple of Hope" award in 2015. Over the years, Cook has spoken out on a number of causes important to him, including LGBT rights, gender and race equality, climate change, online privacy, and Syrian refugees.
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The always-with-you computer business is different from all other kinds of businesses.
From "a bicycle for the mind" and "Think Different" to Tim Cook's emphasis on inclusivity, Apple has always been in the business of consciousness-raising — using its tools, of course.
This is as it should be, because they're very powerful tools, and they can be used for consciousness-dimming purposes, as we've seen recently. Powerful tools should come with advisories and warnings. Use them to spread knowledge and good vibes, says Apple.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/02/fbi-director-hoover-s-dirty-files-excerpt-from-ronald-kessler-s-the-secrets-of-the-fbi.html
We have holidays named after people but they are still terribly flawed people. No one should be lifted up as perfect human beings and their lives should be viewed in context.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
But since you brought this up, King was also a human rights hero, thus the holiday.
It's not like Hoover had a personal agenda he was pursuing, after all.
And in addition to being a human rights hero, King was also assassinated by the KKK. So, if nothing else, having a holiday named after him must be annoying to them. That's reason enough to celebrate.