Injustice begetting insults, the wounds of marginalized people and communities that have experienced deep abuses are being wielded by the ruling class to divide society. Every day, politicians, pundits and Hollywood celebrities keep tearing open the historical scars in order to profit while inducing strife in the process. Media personalities we think are speaking for us are actually perpetuating the status quo as they callously weaponize human suffering to further the very system that is producing global iniquities.
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that”. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that”. Sadly, his sage observation is being lost on many as our social and political discourse has devolved into hurling insults and pummeling one another for sport. The more we lose our connection and dissolve communities by choosing virtual surrealism over reality, the more we abandon our ethos and grab on to our egos....continued...
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