Martin Luther King Jr: Maladjusted (1963)
“Modern psychology has a word that is probably used more than any other word in modern psychology. It is the word “maladjusted.” It is the ringing cry to modern child psychology: maladjusted. Of course we all want to live the well adjusted life, in order to avoid neurotic, schizophrenic personalities.
“As I move toward my conclusion I would like to say to you today in a very honest manner, that there are some things in our society and some things in our world [for] which I’m proud to be maladjusted.
“I call upon all men of good-will to be maladjusted to these things until the good societies realize.
“I must honestly say to you that I never intend to adjust myself to racial segregation and discrimination. I never intend to adjust myself to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few and leave millions of god’s children smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society.”
* I found three transcripts online of this portion of his talk and all were slightly off so I re-transcribed it above.
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Happy Birthday Dr.King
Happy Birthday to a man who not only changed America, but revolutionized our country with all good intentions.
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.“ -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tell me, I’ll forget
Chinese Proverb (via quote-book)
Show me, I’ll remember
Involve me, I’ll understand
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Just one of dem days, y’all.
Had fun with this ask and figured I’d extend the fun since the current amount of fun right now is zero.
So! Spam me with doodle requests via ask or photo replies and this sparkly pink Keroppi pen will get to work.
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Artist Andy Gallardo is working on his last painting in The Strivers Row series! This is the painting he created for Miles Hodges. Check out the link to watch and listen in!
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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