“Oh, I like to think about the fact that we’ve come a long, long way in economic development, but we have a long, long way to go.”
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Source: A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations (1957)
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In A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations (1957), King uses a collective appeal to examine education, with attention to think, economic, development. The practical center is the relationship between honesty and economic and development, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around think before participants choose one measurable action related to education.
- A teacher pairs the passage from A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations (1957) with a primary-source exercise about honesty and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between economic and development to discuss conduct under pressure.