#mlkjr — Public Fediverse posts
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor” – Desmond Tutu
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” – Elie Wiesel
“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral ” – Paulo Freire
“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict…[an individual] who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it” – Martin Luther King Jr.
https://organizingchange.org/here-is-how-moral-leaders-approach-neutrality/
#neutrality #neutral #desmondtutu #ElieWiesel #paulofreire #mlkjr -
#BarackObama is co-producing a biopic about #BayardRustin , who was the chief organizer of the #MarchOnWashington in 1963 and the one who ‘preached’ the strategy of #NonViolentProtest to #MLKjr.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barack-obama-on-march-on-washington-organizer-bayard-rustin/