I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the need for ongoing efforts to address job market discrimination.
Coretta Scott King's quote highlights the significance of tackling discrimination within the job market, which affects individuals' opportunities and equality in employment. By acknowledging this issue, she calls for collective action and societal change to create a fairer and more inclusive work environment for all, underscoring the importance of equity in professional settings.
In practice
In a seminar discussing workplace equality, one might refer to this quote to emphasize the need for systemic changes.
I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy. The civil rights movement thrives on unity and inclusion, not division and exclusion. My husband's struggle parallels that of the gay rights movement.
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.
I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented.
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought of as a complex, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood human being with a rich storehouse of experiences, much like everyone else, yet unique in my own way, much like everyone else.
People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily lives, then we can change our governments and can change the world. Our president and governments are us. They reflect our lifestyle and our way of thinking. The way we hold a cup of tea, pick up the newspaper or even use toilet paper are directly related to peace.
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.
We learn to be racist, therefore we can learn not to be racist. Racism is not genetical. It has everything to do with power.
... the spring, the summer, The chilling autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world By their increase, now knows not which is which.
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