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Originally posted by filtherton
It seems that the contest was originally incusive of all races. Most of the winners were black. Two white people won and westside officials decided that in the "spirit of the award" (in honor of MLK) they would change the contest to exclude a bunch of people based solely on their race. Historical context or not, how can you reconcile this with king's belief that we should all be judged not by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character? Certainly you shouldn't create an award in honor of somebody and then completely ignore one of the fundamental beliefs of that person in handing out that award.
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Thank you filtherton for clarifying this.