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11 Mar

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This week, I joined with @AmbAndrewYoung, John-Miles Lewis (son of Congressman #JohnLewis), and Al Vivian (son of Rev. #CTVivian) to send a letter to CEOs of #Georgia-based corporations calling upon them to oppose anti-#voter legislation; to use their influence...

with Georgia state legislators to deter any and all bills that include #VoterSuppression and would restrict voting access, particularly for Black communities; and to urge action that would ensure our state moves forward and not back to the era of Jim Crow politics.

We also called upon these CEOs to divest from politicians who continue to suppress Georgia's voters.

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@BerniceKing

21 Sep 20

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

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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@BerniceKing

18 Jun 20

Racism devours respectability.

The #Emanuel9 were murdered in church.

My father was assassinated while wearing a suit.

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@BerniceKing

11 May 20

#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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@BerniceKing

6 May 20

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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@BerniceKing

9 Apr 20

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...

@Morehouse

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

@Morehouse

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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