"People don't get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don't know each other. They don't know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other." - Martin Luther King Jr.
This quote means that it's difficult for people who differentiate to get along. MLK stated "They don't know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other.", meaning that two different people may see each other by enemies, yet they most likely haven't properly communicated. When two people are different, they tend to treat each other different than how they would treat somebody who's the same.
This quote relates to many things, but the biggest of all is obviously racism. There are countless racists in this world judging others by their outer features. I wonder, has a racist ever properly communicated with the race they have so much hatred for? Has a racist ever heard of the famous saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover."?
In the end, hatred between two different people is the definition of this world. I don't think it's something that can be "fixed", but this quote does really have a meaning. Try to think of the person you hate, and think "Have I ever actually talked to them?" Look at that person you dislike, and think of 10 things you know about that person. Do people actually know the people they hate, without knowing whether they might be going through hard times? Be kind, you don't know what somebody is truly going through.
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