As King Encouraged, America Must Face Her Flaws
January 10, 2018
In Dr. Martin Luther King’s posthumously published essay, “A Testament of Hope,” he wrote, “It is forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws-racism, poverty, militarism and materialism”. In the past seven years, like it or not, our nation has had to face all its interrelated flaws – racism, poverty, militarism and materialism; and sexism, as represented by the wave of #’s from #TrayvonMartin to #Metoo. Those who have used their privilege to silence, repress and even oppress black and brown men and women, immigrants, LGBTQ, and other vulnerable people groups, are feeling the pinch and pressure from activists and everyday