I know that my country is not perfect and it is something that I simply cannot deny. What I did not know was that the spread of hate, racism, and discrimination are still as relevant today as it was in the 1960’s. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King, Jr. writes, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” His quote recognizes that if we allow inequality, racism, and discrimination in any area of our country, it opens a door for people to believe that it is acceptable and therefore, spreads across our country. Being a student in California and more specifically the Bay Area, I never felt the need to worry about harassment from other students or even strangers considering our school and area is richly diverse.
