Yolanda King Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. In a twenty-four-minute-long speech, she brought up the presidential election of that year, and also quoted the words of Bobby Kennedy by recalling his line which he took from George Bernard Shaw, that of "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?". During a presentation in May 2000, King was asked if the human race would ever become "color blind". In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance." Following the September 11 attacks, King spoke in North
But Why Not quarter mile Suburban Handicap and finished second to Vulcan's Forge. In late August, she went back to racing against her own gender and won the Firenze Handicap (now called the Personal Ensign Handicap) at a mile and one sixteenth at Saratoga Race Course, beating Allies Pal and Conniver in 1:44-4/5. In November, she competed at one mile in the Top Flight Handicap at Belmont Park, where she won going away under jockey Dave Gorman in 1:43.60. Due to an injury, But Why Not did not race again for over 14 months. At age six, But Why Not attempted a comeback