Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Globalizing Martin Luther King, Jr.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism [bigotry*] and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Jerusalem dawn

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*synonym (according to our thesaurus)
noun
'harsh' may be used as synonym for 'oppressive': alternate, substitute, alternative, equivalent, euphemism.

*sectarian (according to our thesaurus)
adjective
years of sectarian violence: factional, separatist, partisan, parti pris; doctrinaire, dogmatic, extreme, fanatical, rigid, inflexible, bigoted, hidebound, narrow-minded.

*racism (according to our thesaurus)
noun
Aborigines are the main victims of racism in Australia: racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry.

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