How can we expect to move forward if we are still stuck in the past, not only admitting to having participated in our dark past, but also wearing our past mistakes and discrimination on our sleeves as it were a badge of honor. It has long been said that if we cannot learn from our past, then we are doomed to repeat. But what if we refuse to acknowledge our past? How can we move forward if we are too comfortable living in the past?

Oppression, though it has been present throughout the world at various points in time, ultimately fails as the oppressed rise against their oppressors. We have seen the tragedy of violence against humanity, and yet we are unable and unwilling to learn from man's past mistakes. How many will have to suffer before it is too late?

You are correct to point out the difference between just and unjust laws. Law should be equally followed and enforced. It is law for all or none at all. How far will we go before we realize the inequality and unfairness of our actions? Just laws are agreed to be all, socially, contractually, and morally. How can we preach love and acceptance for all, if we cannot accept everyone as...

How long must we stand aside and do nothing before we realize that it not the color of our skin that separates us, put the ideologies instilled within us that create these differences. We cannot try to hide behind our ideologies any longer. We cannot afford to. How can we create progress if we are in an infinite state of regress?
In your quest for equality, I implore you not to seek change through extremism, rather to create steps for gradual, and eventual, acceptance of all. It is futile to sit and wait for a change to occur and I must applaud you determinate and resolve to try and create change through non-violent means, but I fear that non-violence will create fear-inspired tension which may in turn create a violent uprising.

May your cause be fruitful and may your efforts be not without avail. Keep in mind the words of Aristotle on your quest, "You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."

With Regards,

A concern citizen