“It makes me physically sick,” said the singer.
“I am sick of politicians trying to find an easy solution to a 400-year problem.”
“Dear Dr. King, I met you when I was 14 years of age.
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You were a true hero and you became an inspiration,” the 70-year-old singer began.
“It is painful to know that needle has not moved one iota,” he said.
It makes me physically sick.
I am sick of politicians trying to find an easy solution to a 400-year problem.
I am sick of some people using God as a convenience rather than a commitment.
I am sick of lies and deceit that dominate our reality.
I am sick that truth is struggling to be heard and defended.
Until what we say is what we do, there is no truth," he added.
“It is just repeating and rewriting history just as we have for the last 400 years.
We must define the truth in the facts that support them and declare them absolute.
Those who promote lies and false truth must be held accountable.”
This truth will validate the history and this commission will recommend reconciliation.
Without truth, we cannot have accountability.
Without accountability, we cannot have forgiveness.
Without forgiveness, we cannot heal."
Dr. King, these times require courage, as they did when you lived and paid the ultimate price.
As he mentioned in his video, Wonder has long been an admirer of King’s work.
