| Interesting point. Martin Luther King Jr spoke quite a bit about addressing GUILT before he was killed. Unfortunately for all of us, he was incredibly unpopular before his death due to his position on the Vietnam War so his message on guilt is lost to transcripts. QUOTE: "The Negro needs the white man to save him from his fears, the white man needs the Negro to save him from his GUILT. We are tied together in so many ways, our language, our music, our cultural patterns, our material prosperity, and even our food are an amalgam of black and white." SOLUTIONS FOR GUILT AND FEAR:
Dr King mentioned in his speech that one can tackle guilt and fear through ACTION and COLLECTIVE EFFORT: 1. True integration - "Shared power, where black men and white men share power together, to build a new and a great nation" 2. White student generations of goodwill "who will stick with the cause of justice and the cause of civil rights and the cause of peace throughout the days ahead" The action of whites here tackles their guilt while providing hope and reducing fear for blacks. 3. "Coalitions of conscience" 4. Taking a long-view anchored in hope. SOURCE:
https://gphistorical.org/mlk/mlkspeech/mlk-gp-speech.pdf |