Good Morning World!!
“First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.” – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Until white people acknowledge that their comfort has been built on Black oppression and actively work to dismantle it nothing will change. Until they step up and confront fascism, this country will continue to struggle. Black people have lived with terror and harm since this nation’s inception; the only reason many white people are paying attention now is because that terror is finally touching them. I hope this moment wakes them up and moves them to fight.
Happy MLK Day!
~ Kai
