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Is It Justice Or Injustice

If i allow a mother to steal food, in order to feed her babies. Does that make me an angel or criminal? How do we as people not take responsibilty to change our own destiny? For justice is the right of everyone! If i don't take the time to teach this mother to stand, to be self reliant, to have faith, to face her fears. If i don't teach her compassion and self respect. Does that make me part of the problem or the solution? For any injustice hurts everyone! If i don't register to vote because i believe the system is broke. How then can i sit on this mother's jury, with 11 others to deceide if she committed a crime? For justice is the right of everyone! If i allow the truth to be silenced by her economics or her up bringing. Am I giving her an excuse to keep on? For any injustice hurts everyone! If i check hispanic as my race because my other choices demand that i deny my mother. Does that mean that i disrespect my own people?Does that mean i don't believer in Dr. King's dream? For justice is the right of everyone! If i allow the disrespect of another's faith, from one coming of my own. Does that mean I have no faith in my own beliefs? For any injustice hurts everyone! If i adopt a child from a a foreign country. Does that make me heartless to the needs of the here? For justice is the right of everyone! If am a solider supporting my family and I must go to war. Does that mean I support the reasons behind the war? For any injustice hurts everyone! If am a hard working law abiding citixen . Does that mean that it is none of my concern how the system punishes criminals of differnt races? For justice is the right of everyone! If my child is on life support and my insurance won't cover no more treatment . Who then has the right to deceide if my child lives or dies? For any injustice hurts everyone! If i justify my wrong doings with excuses of what was done to me and my people. Will you tell me what that makes me? For justice is the right of everyone! Justice is everyone's freedom to think, feel, love, have no limits in what one can do. Justice is to receive the respect of everyone. Not to be judged for sex,race or faith. To have equal opportunities for you and I! To quote Dr. King's words, " Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere!" end quote. For any injustice hurts everyone!

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