"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." MLK i need help with an interpretation please

Question

what does it mean to u?

Answer 1

break it down into sections--

injustice anywhere
threat to justice everywhere

if an injustice surfaces anywhere it is a threat to justice everywhere.

if injustice is allowed then justice will be broken down to injustice eventually.

Answer 2

Justice must be fair and impartial. Anytime an injustice happens, it violates one or both of these principles.

If we permit this injustice, we are not adhering to the priciples, and the integrity of the justice system is compromised.

Answer 3

It means that when punks in Jena get away with hanging nooses from a tree that young men of color had the NERVE to sit under...it's as if someone put a noose around MY neck.

If any of us can be singled out and turned into trash, then all of us are at risk. Even the biggest, meanest SOB can be turned into trash. In the extreme case, that biggest meanest sob can be trashed by a wimpy little geek with a death ray. There's always someone bigger and meaner and deadlier.

The only chance we have is if the law protects every one of us from the mob.

That's what it means to me.

Answer 4

Excellent question. What is your understanding that you would like help with?

After all this is an ethics forum, not a homework forum. It would hardly be ethical to use us for your homework here :)

But you do raise an interesting topic!

Answer 5

It means that Affirmative Action is a vile mockery of MLK's vision.