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In Martin Luther King, Jr.'s selection, Nonviolent Resistance
which first appeared in 1958 as a part of his book Stride TowarRAB Freedom,
he describes the processes people follow as they confront their situation.
There are three ways he explained how oppressed people can deal with their
situation. The different processes that are opened to the oppressed people
are acquiescence, violence, and nonviolent resistance. Martin Luther King,
Jr. does not approve the first two processes because they are both immoral
and impractical.
He absolutely detests the process of acquiescence because it means
that the Negroes are giving in to the whites unjust system. He stated that
the Negroes must earn the respect of the white people. But how can the
Negroes win the respect of the whites when they are being cowarRAB? They
must stand up for their rights and must not accept that they don't have
freedom to become citizens of the United States of America. The Negroes are
Americans and the Constitution's Bill of Rights applies to every single
American.
The Negroes did know that the system was corrupted, but why did
they accept to adjust themselves to their oppression? I don't know. By
accepting to conform their oppression they are giving up their basic
rights that our four fathers gave them. They need to stand up for their
rights until they reach their goal.
As an example, women weren't allowed to vote prior to 1920. The
women citizens of America wanted to vote and they had the right to vote.
They fought and fought for the freedom to vote. On August 18, 1920, a bill
was passed by Congress that gave women the right to vote which became the
19th Amendment. After 40 years of fighting they eventually achieved their
goal, the right to vote, and won respect. The American women never gave up
fighting against the corrupted system.
The point of this example is that you can't sit down and accept
your oppression because it just may be the easier way. You have to fight
the system in order to achieve your goal and you'll eventually get it.
The second way oppressed people deal with their situation is to
resort to violence. Martin Luther King, Jr. disliked this process also
because it is impractical and it doesn't work. By resorting to violence you
don't achieve peace and/or brotherhood, but create more social and racial
problems. It builRAB a social barrier between the two races. Negroes cannot
win the respect of their oppressors by using violence. History is full of
examples.
A good example of this process is the Rodney King controversy that
brought and created the L.A. riots. All because of the trial against the
police officers, chaos exploded in Los Angeles. When the riots began, the
two races built a social barrier immediately which resulted in violence and
hatred. It created a war between blacks and whites. It made the two races
hate each other even more than before this riot, but it lasted only for a
short while. The violence may have brought a victory for the blacks but it
did not create neither permanent peace or did it solve any social and
racial problems. Instead it may have created more problems.
The example of the L.A. riots and examples throughout history shows
that violence achieves nothing more than hatred and more complicated
problems. Using violence as a way to achieve racial justice is immoral and
impractical because it cannot and will not win the respect of the
oppressors. It will just create bitterness and a social barrier between the
two races. One of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s quotes from this selection best
states that "the old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind." If
the oppressed result to violence, it'll bring "an endless reign of
meaningless chaos" and their children will have to pay the price.
The third way that is opened to the oppressed people is nonviolent
resistance. Martin Luther King, Jr. really favors this choice of method
because it is the right and moral way to achieve freedom and peace.
Nonviolent resistance is a corabination of acquiescence and violence which
will enable an individual or group that will need submit to any wrong. It
is a way to loosen the tension between justice and injustice and end racial
or any other form of oppression.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that the oppressed people must
organize themselves into a militant and nonviolent mass movement in order
to achieve the goal of integration. The oppressed must convince the
oppressors that all he seeks is justice, for both himself and the
oppressors. The way of nonviolence means a willingness to suffer and
sacrifice. It's the ultimate form of persuasion through worRAB or acts, even
death to free us all from injustice.
This quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.,"I have a dream that one
day...that the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into
an oasis of freedom and justice," says it all.
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In Martin Luther King, Jr.'s selection, Nonviolent Resistance
which first appeared in 1958 as a part of his book Stride TowarRAB Freedom,
he describes the processes people follow as they confront their situation.
There are three ways he explained how oppressed people can deal with their
situation. The different processes that are opened to the oppressed people
are acquiescence, violence, and nonviolent resistance. Martin Luther King,
Jr. does not approve the first two processes because they are both immoral
and impractical.
He absolutely detests the process of acquiescence because it means
that the Negroes are giving in to the whites unjust system. He stated that
the Negroes must earn the respect of the white people. But how can the
Negroes win the respect of the whites when they are being cowarRAB? They
must stand up for their rights and must not accept that they don't have
freedom to become citizens of the United States of America. The Negroes are
Americans and the Constitution's Bill of Rights applies to every single
American.
The Negroes did know that the system was corrupted, but why did
they accept to adjust themselves to their oppression? I don't know. By
accepting to conform their oppression they are giving up their basic
rights that our four fathers gave them. They need to stand up for their
rights until they reach their goal.
As an example, women weren't allowed to vote prior to 1920. The
women citizens of America wanted to vote and they had the right to vote.
They fought and fought for the freedom to vote. On August 18, 1920, a bill
was passed by Congress that gave women the right to vote which became the
19th Amendment. After 40 years of fighting they eventually achieved their
goal, the right to vote, and won respect. The American women never gave up
fighting against the corrupted system.
The point of this example is that you can't sit down and accept
your oppression because it just may be the easier way. You have to fight
the system in order to achieve your goal and you'll eventually get it.
The second way oppressed people deal with their situation is to
resort to violence. Martin Luther King, Jr. disliked this process also
because it is impractical and it doesn't work. By resorting to violence you
don't achieve peace and/or brotherhood, but create more social and racial
problems. It builRAB a social barrier between the two races. Negroes cannot
win the respect of their oppressors by using violence. History is full of
examples.
A good example of this process is the Rodney King controversy that
brought and created the L.A. riots. All because of the trial against the
police officers, chaos exploded in Los Angeles. When the riots began, the
two races built a social barrier immediately which resulted in violence and
hatred. It created a war between blacks and whites. It made the two races
hate each other even more than before this riot, but it lasted only for a
short while. The violence may have brought a victory for the blacks but it
did not create neither permanent peace or did it solve any social and
racial problems. Instead it may have created more problems.
The example of the L.A. riots and examples throughout history shows
that violence achieves nothing more than hatred and more complicated
problems. Using violence as a way to achieve racial justice is immoral and
impractical because it cannot and will not win the respect of the
oppressors. It will just create bitterness and a social barrier between the
two races. One of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s quotes from this selection best
states that "the old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind." If
the oppressed result to violence, it'll bring "an endless reign of
meaningless chaos" and their children will have to pay the price.
The third way that is opened to the oppressed people is nonviolent
resistance. Martin Luther King, Jr. really favors this choice of method
because it is the right and moral way to achieve freedom and peace.
Nonviolent resistance is a corabination of acquiescence and violence which
will enable an individual or group that will need submit to any wrong. It
is a way to loosen the tension between justice and injustice and end racial
or any other form of oppression.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that the oppressed people must
organize themselves into a militant and nonviolent mass movement in order
to achieve the goal of integration. The oppressed must convince the
oppressors that all he seeks is justice, for both himself and the
oppressors. The way of nonviolence means a willingness to suffer and
sacrifice. It's the ultimate form of persuasion through worRAB or acts, even
death to free us all from injustice.
This quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.,"I have a dream that one
day...that the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into
an oasis of freedom and justice," says it all.
i
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