⚖️ I read #BerniceKing's tweet on the #SCOTUS #AffirmativeAction decision, then read the comments.

"Considering race is racist" was the most common comment, and I mean *common. Basic.

And "merit" this, and "merit" that.

Ms. King was also told, in essence, "Y'all stop doing crime" and you'll get ahead.

#Twitter has always been, but is even more now, a cesspool of racist, white hate.

we are the ones through whom the pain and suffering in this world can be transformed, through the love and compassion of our open hearts and our luminous minds. may we be such instruments of peace in this time of need. don’t give up. this is where hope is born.

~j
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#hope #love #light #kindness #compassion #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #BerniceKing #BerniceKingQuotes

#BerniceKing does not seem to be on the Fediverse yet, so sharing this from her post on the bird site. #MLKJrDay #BeAKing

“We can drive out hate with love.
Online, on the streets, in legislative halls, at the polls, in religious groups, at home, in schools.
But love is not weak and passive.
It is immersed, intentional, and inspired.”
~ Bernice King

love isn’t some timid, saccharine thing. it’s the force of life itself. to be light, healing, generosity, nonaggression, kindness & compassion, is to be love & do the work of love in this life.

~j
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#OpenHeart #love #life #bodhisattvas #path #practice #BerniceKing