{"id":2804,"date":"2019-10-06T20:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T01:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soapboxredemption\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2019-10-06T20:01:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T01:01:55","slug":"mlk-jr-on-slavery-and-human-blindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soapboxredemption\/2019\/10\/mlk-jr-on-slavery-and-human-blindness\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Jr on Slavery and Human Blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A fantastic quote from one of Martin Luther King Jr\u2019s sermons \u201cLove in Action\u201d on how slavery was propagated.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlavery in America was perpetuated not merely by human badness, but also by human blindness. True, the causal basis for the system of slavery must to a large extent be traced back to the economic factor.\u00a0Men convinced themselves that a system that was so economically profitable must be morally justifiable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to say that \u201cmen conveniently twisted the insights of religion, science, and philosophy to give sanction to the doctrine of white supremacy.\u201d Truth from each of these domains\u00a0is twisted and rationalized to preserve the abomination of slavery. Human trafficking, the slavery of the modern day, is propagated by this same evil and blindness. Whether it\u2019s the evil of the perpetrators, those that look the other way (with whatever twisted justification they have in mind), or those who aren\u2019t looking at all, this disease still permeates our world.<\/p>\n

21 million people are still enslaved. Let\u2019s open our eyes. Will you join me in the fight to end human trafficking?<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: Dick DeMarsico, World Telegram staff photographer<\/p>\n

Source: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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