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In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture – in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.

Bernice King

In the end, I still have the same hope as my father – that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
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Conditional End Father Hope Myself Word
My dad was one who – he was nonpartisan, first of all. He learned to work with whatever administration was in office.
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What I’m trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, ‘We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we’re going to perish as fools.’
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Father Fools Fulfill Live Togetherness
Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
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My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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Blessing Correction Disguise Election Myself Opportunity
Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter – we’ve seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn’t see in Daddy’s era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
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Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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Beyond Lose Mom Pain Violence
How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head?
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Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t do anything to hone my skills.
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My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.
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Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.
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Afford Manifestation Normal Presence
You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.
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In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela’s side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa’s first free elections.
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At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.
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College Experience Life Myself Shock Time
After acknowledging that most law enforcement personnel are fair-minded and do a difficult job, it only takes one exception to create a terrible tragedy.
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We must rediscover our faith in the future and join with one another to ensure that nonviolence is the prevalent choice for government, law enforcement, the non-profit sector, business, education, media, entertainment, arts, and for the global citizenry.
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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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Choice Decision Evidence Important Right
Every time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I said, ‘At some point, we’ve got to bring the progressives and the liberals and the conservatives together.’
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Conservatism Forum Liberal Myself People Race Time Togetherness
If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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Criticism Issues Myself People
Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
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Before my mother was a King, she was a gifted vocalist and musician, whose skill and academia garnered her a scholarship to the prestigious New England Conservatory for Music in Boston.
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I don’t know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It’s mad, and it just wants to destroy.
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Angry Madness Mindset Ration Realization Yourself
In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture – in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.
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