MLK’s Son Finally Judged By Content Of His Character, Wishes Dad Had Set Different Standard

Story by Egon Sinclair 

| Published Sep 22, 2009

More than four decades after his father’s tragic death, Dexter King – son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. – has at long last seen the iconic clergyman’s most famous goal come to fruition.

Following weeks of fierce legal infighting among Dr. King’s descendants – wherein Bernice King and Martin Luther King III accused their brother of embezzling money from their mother and father’s respective estates – Dexter King was not judged by the color of skin, but rather because he’s the sort person who steals from his dead parents.

Dexter King’s recently filed court claim asking that his sister be stripped of several of their father’s prized possessions further contributed to Americans’ impartial decision that “he’s seriously kind of a dick.” At a press conference Thursday, the second son of Dr. King encouraged children of every ethnicity to strive for positions in inheritance-fueled media circuses.

“50 years ago, the idea of a black man joining this country’s overly litigious upper crust seemed an impossible dream,” said Dexter King at a press conference. “But today, there’s no black, there’s no white. I’m just some jerk suing his sister for their dad’s Nobel Peace Prize.”

Although excited to carry his father’s march for equality into the 21st century, Dexter King voiced concern that the wish for all children to be judged “by content of their character” was too representative of values from a bygone era.

“It’s 2009, people. Personal accountability, moral integrity, condemning a person for taking quarters out of those propped-up cardboard displays advertising camps for blind kids – those are all 1960’s ideals,” Dexter King continued. “It’s time to hold America’s youth to the same standard as ruthless CEO's, polyamorous elected officials and the conspicuously wealthy.”

Following the conference, Dexter King’s publicist sent a mass email of proposed amendments to the famous excerpt from Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, suggesting we judge people instead “by how much airtime they garner through selfish antics“ or “by their ability to settle out of court.”