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7 Oct, 3 tweets, 3 min read
I find President Trump’s use of my father’s image in his political ad beyond insulting and not reflective of #MLK’s commitment to creating the #BelovedCommunity. My father should not be used in ways strongly misaligned with his vision and values, @realDonaldTrump. (1/3)
My father was working for an America with leaders who have answered the call to conscience and compassionate action. He said, “We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity...” (2/3)
“...Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the pressing urgencies of the great cause of freedom…a time like this demands great leaders.”

America needs this type of leader NOW. #VoteAmerica #SkeeWee #BreonnaTaylor #BelovedCommunity #FierceUrgencyOfNow (3/3)

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21 Sep
Capitalism feeds Racism.

White supremacist cries for “Law and Order!” are about maintaining a thing-oriented, not a people-oriented, society.

Dismantling unjust systems includes confronting the gross capitalistic spirit and the role it plays in racism, war and poverty.
“We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When...profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” #MLK Image
We need to examine and reckon with what my father called the Triple Evils: Racism, War and Poverty.

Clearly, my tweet about capitalism had nothing to do with supporting “rioting.” But many people would rather talk about “rioting” than about eradicating racism.

Why is that?
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18 Jun
Racism devours respectability.
The #Emanuel9 were murdered in church.
My father was assassinated while wearing a suit.
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11 May
#AhmaudArbery could have been jogging from church wearing a ‘Jesus Saves’ shirt and some people would still justify him being accosted by white men with rifles, shot and killed.

#TamirRice could have been 2 years-old with a purple toy gun.

Racism plows through respectability.
Racism rejects rational.
Racism supplies its own reasoning.

Racism kills compassion.

Racism always has a “but.”
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6 May
Thread: The Manifestations of Racism in the Killing of #AhmaudArbery
1. Conditioning
-White supremacist ideology conditions people with a desire for White power and territory and creates the illusion of superiority (“I’m entitled to chase and confront a Black man running through MY neighborhood”)
2. Culture
-White supremacist ideology creates a culture of control that’s evident in the language, biases and actions of those who cultivate the culture (“The Black man has to stop and answer me simply because I say so. Even his subtle refusal bucks my authority.”)
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9 Apr
52 years ago today.

I’m sharing this thread of photos, not to cause sadness, but to remind us of a cause as critical today as then.

The racism, poverty & militarism that my father was working to eradicate still persist.

As a result, families are mourning at this very moment...
Yet, we can overcome these persistent evils with persistent, consistent good, as demonstrated by honesty & strategic, love-centered, courageous action.

My parents believed.
I believe.

📸 My sister, Yoki (Yolanda), carrying me at the public service for my father @Morehouse. #MLK
Grieving parents.

My paternal grandparents, Reverend MLK, Sr. and Alberta King, at the funeral service for my father at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

This service was followed by a procession to @Morehouse for a public service. #MLK
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6 Apr
“...with humanity in mind.”

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