It's not just this, either. I was poring over collections of MLK quotes to pick today's, and following links to source documents here and there, and I found it depressing to see how much of what he said still applies today -- was identifed then but still hasn't been done.
I certainly believe you! At times like this, I find it useful to pull out my list of the progress we HAVE made in the past fifty years and also to take a historical view.
When I was doing gay awareness programs during the 80's, I never thought I'd see gay marriage in my lifetime. As it is, it's been more than ten years since I attended my first lesbian wedding (admittedly, I live in Massachusetts).
For thousands of years, slavery was considered normal and natural -- it was even condoned in the Bible. And then 150 years ago, all over the world, opinions shifted, and the vast majority of people came to understand that slavery was not just a bad idea, it was downright evil.
If you take a historical view, we really HAVE made a ton of progress in seeing people as valuable human beings and not as objects to be exploited. We're not done yet -- we're by NO means done -- but while there are bumps in the road, the total course is upwards. I wish our progress were faster and that all human beings were treated well NOW. But we really are moving. We are.
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It's not just this, either. I was poring over collections of MLK quotes to pick today's, and following links to source documents here and there, and I found it depressing to see how much of what he said still applies today -- was identifed then but still hasn't been done.
(no subject)
When I was doing gay awareness programs during the 80's, I never thought I'd see gay marriage in my lifetime. As it is, it's been more than ten years since I attended my first lesbian wedding (admittedly, I live in Massachusetts).
For thousands of years, slavery was considered normal and natural -- it was even condoned in the Bible. And then 150 years ago, all over the world, opinions shifted, and the vast majority of people came to understand that slavery was not just a bad idea, it was downright evil.
If you take a historical view, we really HAVE made a ton of progress in seeing people as valuable human beings and not as objects to be exploited. We're not done yet -- we're by NO means done -- but while there are bumps in the road, the total course is upwards. I wish our progress were faster and that all human beings were treated well NOW. But we really are moving. We are.