MLK – Melanoid Nation Foundation https://www.melanoidnation.org Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:46:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 Iranian Leader Critical of Race Relations in America https://www.melanoidnation.org/iranian-leader-critical-of-race-relations-in-america/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/iranian-leader-critical-of-race-relations-in-america/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:46:05 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=1553 Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei sent out a series of tweets regarding the race war here in the United States by using the current events taking place in Baltimore to make his statements. Here are a few of the tweets below.

 

While it’s obvious that there is no cause for us to immediately celebrate the Supreme Leader just because he made these tweets, these tweets are, however, reminders that the U.S.’s self-contrived image of being the moral police of the world is not convincing in the eyes of the rest of the world. Here in the States, many people–both white supremacists and non-white apologists for white supremacy–have condemned the slightly escalated nature of the Black protesters in Baltimore, citing that “Violence is not the answer.”, choosing to ignore the obvious fact that this country was built on countless cases of bloodshed, rioting, and looting. As of February of this year, the United States has been involved in war for over 222 out of 239 of its years of existence, or a whopping 93 percent.

As we continue to witness the race war unfolding in Baltimore, it was the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that holds true to this day:

“It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots…..without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention…… a riot is the language of the unheard.”

–Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by B. Clark

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