The quote is NOT:
“don’t judge people by the color of their skin...”
The quote is:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Quick #MLKDay thread:
“don’t judge people by the color of their skin...”
The quote is:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Quick #MLKDay thread:
Dr. King said this because he lived in a world where his children were constantly belittled due to their skin color rather than evaluated based on their character.
This happened to them because they were Black.
This did not happen to children who were white.
This happened to them because they were Black.
This did not happen to children who were white.
This kind of racism, both individual and systemic, lingers today.
Dr. King’s three living children, and every other Black person in America, continue to be plagued by judgements based on skin color rather than character.
This racism does not exist for white people.
Dr. King’s three living children, and every other Black person in America, continue to be plagued by judgements based on skin color rather than character.
This racism does not exist for white people.
There are those (Black, white, and every other race/ethnicity) who have picked up the torch from Dr. King and continue his fight today.
Fighting for freedom, justice, and equity.
Fighting against what King called the “triple evils” of racism, militarism, and materialism.
Fighting for freedom, justice, and equity.
Fighting against what King called the “triple evils” of racism, militarism, and materialism.
Their work is often dismissed and derided in the same way Dr. King’s work was. They are called “Marxist” and “woke” and “reverse-racists.”
But now they even have Dr. King’s own words twisted and used against them.
But now they even have Dr. King’s own words twisted and used against them.
They pursue anti-racism only to be rebuked by people saying:
“Stop talking about race. Don’t you know MLK said to judge people by the content of their character and not by their skin color?”
Respectfully, Dr. King said no such thing.
“Stop talking about race. Don’t you know MLK said to judge people by the content of their character and not by their skin color?”
Respectfully, Dr. King said no such thing.
Dr. King said he dreamed of a country where his Black children could live and breath and flourish without marginalization due to their skin color.
Where their character would be evaluated on its own merit instead of constantly questioned because it resided in a Black body.
Where their character would be evaluated on its own merit instead of constantly questioned because it resided in a Black body.
We still have a long way to go before his dream is realized.
So this #MLKDay (and every day), let’s stop whitewashing Dr. King’s words in ways that are antithetical to justice, freedom, and equity for all.
Causes that both Dr. King and Jesus Christ laid down their lives for.
So this #MLKDay (and every day), let’s stop whitewashing Dr. King’s words in ways that are antithetical to justice, freedom, and equity for all.
Causes that both Dr. King and Jesus Christ laid down their lives for.
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