R.F.K.
I’m so digging this movie on A&E right now.
And, what’ya know… a preview for the new movie Bobby just showed up during the commercials.
Robert F. Kennedy was truly a man who had the guts to stand up for those who didn’t have the ability to. African-Americans, the working class, immigrants… R.F.K. is truly an inspiration to me.
In this A&E movie, R.F.K., Kennedy confronts a small town sheriff who arrested low-income, immigrant workers because they “looked like they might riot.” The arrests came after the “strike-breakers” threatened to cut out the hearts of the workers who were striking. Instead of arresting the strike-breakers, the sheriff arrests the protestors. Kennedy tells the sheriff to re-xamine his procedures and duringhis lunch break “read the Constitution of the United States so that you might know how this damned country is supposed work.”
After all that, Kennedy goes walking with one of the worker activists. The activist says, “You have helped so much.” Kennedy responds, “Oh, I don’t know about that.” The worker then says, “You don’t realize the power you have, Senator.”
No… he didn’t, but he helped change so many things. Too bad human evil had to take over and take him from us way too early.
America needs more leaders like Kennedy; people who are brave enough to speak out on what is right, no matter what. Where have all our true leaders gone?
Update: Can someone tell me why my geeky, nerdy, emotion-laden self cried so hard at the end of this movie and when RFK was shot, when I’m absolutely no where near being old enough to even ever actually known this man?
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Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C., where he serves as the Editor of Q-Notes, the Carolinas' LGBT news source. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14.
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