Thread by @BerniceKing

Nazi salutes, smiles and a swastika made of red party cups in California.

Giggles, mocking concentration camps, discussing what groups should be sent to camps and racial slurs in Alabama.

Racism in America isn’t regional. It is a national crisis, a systemic and overt evil.

School cultures, homes, religious institutions, media outlets, legislative halls and Washington, DC are radicalizing many white youth to be privileged and proud; and boastful in bigotry.

These same entities can & must realize the necessity of changing & creating a more peaceful, just, humane world. @TheKingCenter provides training on my father’s nonviolent philosophy, which is not only direct action, but a strategy for humane engagement in all areas of life.

However, institutions and systems rarely change willingly. That’s why my father and the many other great leaders of the Civil Rights Movement educated, negotiated, protested, etc.

We still have these tools today. We just have to align them with a humane outcome and an issue focused strategy that are shared for clarity and intentional work.