WEBVTT - Way Black History Fact - What Dr. King Would Have Wanted

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's time for the way Black History Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. And Today's Way Black History Fact is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a little different. And again, I know that Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Martin Luther King Junior Day is already passed. But where

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<v Speaker 1>as last time we did the show, we read I

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<v Speaker 1>believe a letter from a Birmingham jail as the way

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<v Speaker 1>Black History Fact, I wanted to kind of double down

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<v Speaker 1>on that. I'm gonna share a series of posts on

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<v Speaker 1>Bernice King's Instagram. Bernice King is the daughter of doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Martin Luther King, Jr. And she posted something that I

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<v Speaker 1>think really helps us understand what doctor King stood for

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<v Speaker 1>and just gives us a moment, a pause and reflection.

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<v Speaker 1>So bear with me. It's not a traditional, typical way

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<v Speaker 1>Black History fact, but I think it's it's it's as important.

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<v Speaker 1>She posted how to commemorate MLK Day as it coincides

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<v Speaker 1>with Inauguration Day. Again, I know that this has already passed,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm sharing this anyway, she says. I've read posts

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging people on Mlkday to tune in to King Center's

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<v Speaker 1>MLK Junior Beloved Community Commemorative Service instead of being attentive

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<v Speaker 1>to the inauguration. Do both. I certainly understand the desire

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<v Speaker 1>to tune out rhetoric, ideology, and policies with which we

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<v Speaker 1>passionately disagree and which contradict the spirit of the Beloved Community. However,

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<v Speaker 1>we must pay attention to what President Electrump speaks on

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<v Speaker 1>that day, even if I transcript and video later. We

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<v Speaker 1>cannot develop a love centered strategy for addressing language and

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<v Speaker 1>legislation if we are not also strategic in our listening

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<v Speaker 1>and leadership. This is not the time for ignorance. Earlier

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<v Speaker 1>on Mlkday, she suggests to watch and listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>commemorative service, where they lift our father's life, legacy and

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<v Speaker 1>teachings with a focus on a mission they believe is possible,

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<v Speaker 1>protecting freedom, justice and democracy in the spirit of non violence.

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<v Speaker 1>King in violence. Contrary to common misconceptions about King and

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<v Speaker 1>non violence, it is not passive, and it does not

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<v Speaker 1>cower before injustice and abusive power. It employs six principles

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<v Speaker 1>and six steps to plan for doing the following one

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<v Speaker 1>educate about and eradicate hate and injustice. Without soiling our

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<v Speaker 1>souls by being hateful and unjust. Two expose the root

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<v Speaker 1>issues of the social illsness and sustained humane in humane

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<v Speaker 1>ideology sorry that are causing our collective instruction. Three entwine

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<v Speaker 1>our efforts to change or transform systems and institutions that

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<v Speaker 1>discriminate against and violate people based on race, gender, religion,

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<v Speaker 1>sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, et cetera. Four Engage in creating

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<v Speaker 1>the beloved community around which my mother, credit Scott King

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<v Speaker 1>said quote. The beloved community is a realistic vision of

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<v Speaker 1>an achievable society, one in which problems in conflict exist,

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<v Speaker 1>but a resolve peacefully and without bitterness, and the bloved

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<v Speaker 1>community caring and compassion dry Political part policies that support

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<v Speaker 1>the worldwide elimination of poverty and hunger and all forms

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<v Speaker 1>of bigotry and violence. This may seem inconceivable, but we

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<v Speaker 1>dig into it more. Leading up to and on MCA,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that if a critical massive people join together

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<v Speaker 1>to move beyond quoting my father to embracing his teachings

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<v Speaker 1>and comprehensive non violent strategy, we can turn our world

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<v Speaker 1>right side up. We can cultivate and protect freedom, justice

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<v Speaker 1>and democracy. And the next month, let's study MLKA. And

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<v Speaker 1>then she links to some of his writings, the Letter

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<v Speaker 1>from a Birmingham Jail which we read last week, which

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<v Speaker 1>you're welcome to go and download at Civic Epper dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>She also wants you to check out his writings where

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<v Speaker 1>do we Go from here, Chaos or Community and the

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<v Speaker 1>Quest for Peace and Justice, the Nobel Peace Prize lecture.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can find out this and more at the

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<v Speaker 1>Kingcenter dot org. And I do want to say that this.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand that that Trump has rolled back civil rights

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<v Speaker 1>protections and so forth and so on, and I do

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<v Speaker 1>understand that their approach is non violence and being fortified

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<v Speaker 1>in this moment, and that might be a lot to reconcile,

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<v Speaker 1>but here we are