A friend of mine posted this quite to her Facebook profile the other day. I read it and instantly was touched by how powerful
and true it is.
Somebody told a lie one day. They couched it in language. They made EVERYTHING black ugly and evil. Look in your dictionary and see the synonyms of the word black. It's always something degrading and low and sinister. Look at the word 'white', it's always something pure, high and clean. - MLKJ
Things like this touch me. MLKJ is no longer with us, but his words live on, and unfortunately so does the stereotyping and racism. Even myself being 'priviledged' enough to be half white and grow up in Canada, I have encountered the racism and unfair treatment. That is for another post on another day, but I wanted everybody to look at this quote and take a moment to reflect upon it's truth. Go grab a dictionary and look at what you find. I went to
http://www.dictionary.com and looked myself, and I was astounded to see the truth in the quote. I suppose that sometimes we don't think of things like this, but why are the bad guys in movies always in black and why are angels always dressed in robes of white?
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