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re: What would MLK say today about our racial divide in the country?
Posted on 1/16/17 at 7:49 am to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 1/16/17 at 7:49 am to kywildcatfanone
Oh this is stupid. Black people calling white people out on their shite and demanding equal protection under the law isn't harming race relations.
Here's what MLKJr would say about that kind of thinking:
"First I must confess that over the last few years, I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that Negro's greatest stumbling block toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council or the Ku Klux Klan, but the white moderate who more devoted to order than justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with the goal you seek but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set a timetable on another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a more "convient season".
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Here's what MLKJr would say about that kind of thinking:
"First I must confess that over the last few years, I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that Negro's greatest stumbling block toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council or the Ku Klux Klan, but the white moderate who more devoted to order than justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with the goal you seek but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set a timetable on another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a more "convient season".
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Posted on 1/16/17 at 8:22 am to TigerNupe1911
Here's another favorite quote from MLKJr on the subject on riots. Since that's another thing y'all love to bring up on here
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you here tonight and condem riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that, without,at the same time, condemning the contingebt, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to gain attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard".
Excerpt from his "The Other America" speech
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you here tonight and condem riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that, without,at the same time, condemning the contingebt, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to gain attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard".
Excerpt from his "The Other America" speech
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