James Lawson

Economic exploitation, greed, sexism, violence, racism: we have not dismantled those forces yet in our midst. Obama represents that a change has come, but if you do not deal with the socioeconomic, political forces that inhibit people and create torture and cruelty, you can't make progress [toward] King's understanding of this society as [one] of liberty, equality and justice for all.

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