Explain the quote “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!”
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere! – Martin Luther King Jr.
We live in a world where unfair decisions are made every minute. Some of us neither punish nor reproach malefactors; thereby, we are not just protecting what they did, we are also helping the foundations of injustice from beneath new generations.This quote makes a barefaced point, but not everyone understands it. When an injustice is done, we should think of it as “What if that happened to me?”. Sadly, that is something many people I know don’t even think about. They may say that it was a shame that something bad happened, but when it comes to trying to do something to change that, they just go ahead and mind their own business. It doesn’t usually cross their mind that maybe one day it could possibly happen to them.
That can be a justifiable reaction, if for some reason, you believe the incident was only a time mistake and you have faith on the system. But this quote is not for that kind of incident. The quote I’m explaining is about a system with bias. An unjust and uneven system that targets some people and lets others go away. And sadly, as we are unjust and uneven, so is the life we design. Hence the quote urges us to work on being as fair as we can,so we all may have a little bit of justice. …show more content…
Do you ever wonder why it holds scales in one hand, adn has a blindfold over the eyes? Being even in the eyes of the law is why By definition, everything should be weighed on the merits of the case and the law, anything less is injustice. ‘Injustice,’ is a forceful word,and that is why people try to apply it to many situations where uninformed and oblivious people will be persuaded to take their side in a discussion. And while it may seem sad when you see children use this trick, it is much worse and frustrating when big groups of society or even countries try to do
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere! – Martin Luther King Jr.
We live in a world where unfair decisions are made every minute. Some of us neither punish nor reproach malefactors; thereby, we are not just protecting what they did, we are also helping the foundations of injustice from beneath new generations.This quote makes a barefaced point, but not everyone understands it. When an injustice is done, we should think of it as “What if that happened to me?”. Sadly, that is something many people I know don’t even think about. They may say that it was a shame that something bad happened, but when it comes to trying to do something to change that, they just go ahead and mind their own business. It doesn’t usually cross their mind that maybe one day it could possibly happen to them.
That can be a justifiable reaction, if for some reason, you believe the incident was only a time mistake and you have faith on the system. But this quote is not for that kind of incident. The quote I’m explaining is about a system with bias. An unjust and uneven system that targets some people and lets others go away. And sadly, as we are unjust and uneven, so is the life we design. Hence the quote urges us to work on being as fair as we can,so we all may have a little bit of justice. …show more content…
Do you ever wonder why it holds scales in one hand, adn has a blindfold over the eyes? Being even in the eyes of the law is why By definition, everything should be weighed on the merits of the case and the law, anything less is injustice. ‘Injustice,’ is a forceful word,and that is why people try to apply it to many situations where uninformed and oblivious people will be persuaded to take their side in a discussion. And while it may seem sad when you see children use this trick, it is much worse and frustrating when big groups of society or even countries try to do