It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination … - Carl T. Rowan - Quotesmemo.com

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Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.

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Carl T. Rowan

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

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