Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
People of good conscience are struggling with what it means to be in right relationship, and what it takes to help bend the long arc toward justice. In these extraordinarily troubling times, these questions from Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois challenge us, whether in personal reflection, before we act, or in developing the moral compass and strategies of a movement for freedom, human rights and peace (dare we hope?).
Take the challenge.
From Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois:
♦ “How shall Integrity face Oppression?
♦ What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception?
♦ Decency in the face of Insult?
♦ Self-Defense before Blows?
♦ How shall Desert and Accomplishment meet Despising, Detraction, and Lies?
♦ What shall Virtue do to meet Brute Force?
“There are so many answers, and so contradictory; and such differences for those on the one hand who meet questions similar to this once a year or once a decade, and those who face them hourly and daily.”