Conversation One, April 4, 2018

Today, the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination

 

Schools are almost as segregated as they were 50 years ago, and my brown-skinned daughter and son are nearly as likely to end up in poverty as their grandparents were.*  My anger over this reality endangers the most important lesson Dr. King taught: if I allow that anger to make me forget compassion toward those I’m angry at, I lose!

 

True/False? Want to discuss…?

 

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