Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

Tue Apr 8, 2013

Editor: The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines (SVG), Ralph Gonsalves, is coming to Chicago, Illinois and will be the keynote speaker on April 19th, 2014 at the forum for “Revitalizing the Reparations Movement,” held at Chicago State University.{{more}}

In SVG, not everyone is equal and some are more equal than others. I hope that while the Prime Minister is on stage making his keynote address, he reflects on where he is standing and the amends that he and his administration can choose to make to legally grant and protect equality for all citizens.

Coretta Scott King, in 1998, speaking four days before the 30th anniversary of her husband’s assassination said “I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.” She said “But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Sean Macleish

Director

Caribbean Alliance

for Equality