"We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization. Blacks amongst blacks, and whites amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that state of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love." Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word polarization as it is used in this speech. Write your definition here and explain how you used context clues to figure out its meaning.