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Martin Luther King, Jr preached \u201cLet us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.\u201d I look around me and find it hard to believe. But then, every now and again something happens<\/a>, and it gives me pause. And I think our old teacher might be right\u2026<\/p>\n

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