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now you probably were hoping I would dwell on this passage

or you would dwell on it

Meaningful friendship is not just a feeling. It is not simply being able to share a beer. Real friendship is impossible without the ability to trust others, without knowing that your well-being is important to them. The desire to create, maintain or wield power over others destroys the possibility of friendship. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s famous dream of black and white children holding hands was a dream precisely because he realized that in Alabama, conditions of dominance made real friendship between white and black people impossible.

and I would agree

meaningful friendship is indeed that

however, that doesn't negate what he said before

he said

I will teach them to be cautious, I will teach them suspicion, and I will teach them distrust

there is a degree of trust you can give to a stranger

you would not expect a stranger to treat you like your best friend would

but that doesn't mean you should do what this man suggests to them

back to the store owner, a white man walks into his store and he isn't distrusting and cautious of him

does that mean he generally believes this white man would go out and protest for his well being? no
that he believes the white man would try to attack a man robbing his store? no

he just doesn't distrust the man
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