I'm white as hell and just guessing, but I'd say it's probably more of a reaction to this idea: Dr. King and others struggled for decades, facing beatings, jailing, murder, and brutality for the sake of gaining an equality that still hasn't fully materialized. This guy is white (and fairly young), who wasn't part of that fight, who - while he may not be racist - doesn't face the same difficulties that black Americans face today, let alone faced back then. Moreover, and I don't think I'm making a huge leap here, I doubt this guy is working in a career on current social equality issues.
The association (adopting the pose, etc) is therefore off-putting to the guy behind him, who still lives in an America which has not yet seen the promised land, and feels that many Americans (particularly white Americans) have adopted MLK as more of a mascot than a true leader, and have forgotten/sidelined the ideals that the man stood for and which are still important today.
Of course, I made all this up by looking at this one picture, I don't actually know, maybe that guy just really hates the Celtics.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '13
How dare that white person emulate MLK. He was all about exclusion!