Thursday, May 03, 2007

Pride

I am a dirty dirty sinner. The legacies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X make me proud to share a nationality with them. Malcolm X called for black pride to overcome oppression. Martin Luther King asked fellow blacks to feel proud enough not to fight back. Their different yet similar contributions to America occurred because they were black and in a particular moment in time. But more than that, they show the greatness of this country. They show the plurality of opinion that American minorities exhibit (imagine, not even Jew is a blind supporter of Israel).

Martin Luther King stood for peace and Malcolm X stood for justice. If these became the fundamental attributes of American culture, we would truly be leaders in this world. So that's why I'm going to Hell for being a malicious sinner: pride in my fellow Americans.

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