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1. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 05:55:50 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

   Reminder: despite white people loving to quote the line from “I Have a Dream” abt individualistic things (judging people), most of the speech was abt systemic racism, incl things that continue to harm now—police violence, housing injustice,voter suppression, insufficient change.

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   • Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 05:57:32 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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     And reminder: Rev. Dr. King spoke about American imperialism, capitalist exploitation, and more. He understood that all systems were interconnected.

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   • Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 06:01:16 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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     When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

     —  Rev Dr. Martin Luther King “Revolution of values,” 1967

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   • Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 06:03:08 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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     “We’ve deluded ourselves into believing the myth that Capitalism grew from the Protestant ethic of hard work & sacrifice.Capitalism was built on the exploitation & suffering of Black slaves & continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor – Black & white, here & abroad.” MLK

   • Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 06:05:05 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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     “The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power.”

     — Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr “The three evils of society,” 1967

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   • Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 06:05:06 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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     . “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

     —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Beyond Vietnam,” 1967

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   • Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (theradr@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 06:06:29 JST Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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     . “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.”

     — Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Southern Christian Leadership Conference speech, 1967