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Every year, on #MLKDay day, I reread Letter from Birmingham Jail and reflect on how I can commit to anti-racist work in the year ahead. Every year I also hear white folks say theyād like to do more, but arenāt sure how. So I pulled together a list of resources. Thread š§µ šš» 
1. As @prisonculture often says, start where you are. Are there discriminatory policies at work you can challenge? If white friends or co-workers act in racist ways, can you make sure they experience social consequences for their behavior?
@prisonculture 2. Find ways to make the work sustainable. The more consistent we are the better. One way to do that is to find community with others doing the work. Share resources, have hard discussions with care, hold one another accountable to our commitments
1/Martin Luther Kingās core messageāthat we should be judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skināis now flatly rejected by the Left and the Democratic Party #MLK2020
2/Kingās color-blind vision has been displaced on the Left by identity politics which embraces racial reparations, affirmative action and the affirmation of racial and ethnic differencesāthe opposite of what King represented
Leftists today typically lie about King and say he supported racial preferences. Really? Letās see a single example of a race-specific affirmative action program that King advocated. There is none
On this #MLKDay, itās worth remembering what #MLK had to say about guns: #VirginiaRally swap.stanford.edu/20141218230026ā¦
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After the bombings, many of the officers of my church and other trusted friends urged me to hire a bodyguard and armed watchmen for my house. When my father came to town, he concurred with both of these suggestions.
I tried to tell them that I had no fears now and consequently needed no weapons for protection. This they would not hear. They insisted that I protect the house and family, even if I didn't want to protect myself.
