We even hear Reverend Martin Luther King quoted
out of context, as if judging people by the "content of their
character" was meant to endorse the idea that some of us
should starve, some should go homelss, and some should
shiver naked in the midst of winter.
When he spoke of personal responsibility he had a
much more lofty view in mind: that we are each responsible
not just for ourselves, but for each other, and for our
collective redemption from the sins of our past that stain us
still.
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It's fashionable today to pose the
theme of personal responsibility in
opposition to the continued quest for
social justice. We even hear Reverend
Martin Luther King quoted out of
context, as if judging people by the
"content of their character" was meant
to endorse the idea that some of us
should starve, some should go homelss,
and some should shiver naked in the
midst of winter.
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