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    1. [W]hat is it America has failed to hear?…It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity. —MLK
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    That’s from a speech at Grosse Point High School in ’68 entitled “The Other America.” You can red the full text here: gphistorical.org/mlk/mlkspeech/
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      This MLK Day, listen. Listen to the stories of everyday oppressions and abuse suffered by your neighbors and commit yourself to doing something to change the circumstances that lead to that oppression and abuse.
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        You have a part to play in dismantling the systems of white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, transphobia, mass incarceration, ableism, etc. We can do this!
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