Hi friends! I know many of you are struggling with the tension of "I acknowledge racism and inequality and I want justice" but "I don't think rioting is the way". I get that. MLK can help give words to how you feel:
If you don't have time to watch the whole speech (and it's so good), here is what he said: "So I will continue to condemn riots, and continue to say to my brothers and sisters that this is not the way. And continue to affirm that there is another way."
But at the same time...
it is as necessary for me to be as vigorous in condemning the conditions which cause persons to feel that they must engage in riotous activities as it is for me to condemn riots. I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air.
Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard."
He goes on beautifully about what we are not hearing. But, you CAN seek justice without condemning riots. If you don't understand WHY people riot, you've probably always been heard.
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