Ep. 576 - Let me explain what "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" truly means.
The Breakdown with Shaun King
The North Star
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Can I teach for a moment?
Let me unpack and explain for you what I think these words mean. I hate war. I hate what Putin is doing right now to Ukraine. But I see a lot of people saying that none of us should even care. I see people saying the same thing about the horrible decision from the Governor of Texas to criminalize being a parent of a transgender child or teenager. I see people I know actually celebrating this decision. And I have to speak up on why this is wrong and horribly short-sighted. Because truly, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
"You may see those situations, and think they have nothing to do with you, but when the rights and safety of some people are attacked and eroded, believe me, it's only a matter of time before yours are next.
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| 0:00.0 | For my first job out of college when I graduated more house, I was a middle school and high school history and civics teacher. |
| 0:09.0 | And I went through a teacher training program and all of that and. |
| 0:13.3 | I'm a teacher at heart and today is one of those days where I just want to teach a principle that I think people don't fully understand. |
| 0:22.0 | It's a it's a quote from Dr. King that is like a life quote for me. It's one of the most important. |
| 0:28.5 | Monter is in my life and I think it's one of the most important quotes from Dr. King ever. |
| 0:35.0 | Where he says injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. |
| 0:41.5 | Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. |
| 0:46.5 | And today I want to apply that quote to what's going on now in Ukraine. |
| 0:54.0 | And I also want to apply it to something that's going on in Texas. I'm going to talk about both of those issues. |
| 1:00.5 | The governor of Texas just said basically he's going to make it a crime to provide any medical care to transgender children. |
| 1:12.0 | Now a lot of people hear that transgender children and they freak out. I see it on my timeline. |
| 1:18.0 | I'm going to talk about both of these issues. Why I see what's going on in the Ukraine as an injustice. |
| 1:25.0 | Why I see the decision from the governor of Texas as an injustice. |
| 1:30.5 | And while neither one directly impact me or my family. |
| 1:36.5 | And likely don't impact you or your family. I'm going to talk about why I still care. |
| 1:42.5 | But why I think you should too. This is Sean King and you're listening to the breakdown. |
| 1:50.0 | The breakdown. |
| 2:06.0 | Depending on where you're listening to this. Just in my last episode of the breakdown. |
| 2:12.0 | If you scroll back on my Instagram timeline or if you're on Apple Music, Apple Podcast or Spotify. |
| 2:18.5 | Wherever you're listening to this. If you go to my previous episode. |
| 2:22.5 | I spent time giving four reasons why we should care about what happens in Ukraine. |
| 2:29.5 | And at that point there had not yet been war and it's war now. There is a war going on right now between Russia and Ukraine. |
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