Black Panther and MLK
I just saw the movie Black Panther a few days ago and was blown away.
I’m not going to spoil anything, but it was an awesome superhero movie that also so beautifully blended African culture and history. Beyond that, it shows us a world of what might have been if a part of Africa had never been colonized.
It’s sad to think of what has actually happened and visualize this alternate history, but we march on.
Watching the movie also made me think about my visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta earlier this month.
It was humbling to walk around the neighborhood where MLK grew up and see pictures and read more about the Civil Rights Movement. That fight for equality rights and equal opportunity remains today. We aren’t there yet, and some would say we aren’t even close.
But something that Dr. King preached was to continuously fight for progress. “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
We stand on the shoulders of giants who came before us and must keep that dream and that progress moving forward.
Wakanda forever.
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