Woodson also stressed that society did not make a valid effort in trying to domesticate the African-American after the oppression of slavery ended. Instead of having shackles around their wrists and ankles, African-Americans now had to deal with an industrialized world which purposely got a head start and left them behind. However, it was also stated by Woodson that African-Americans should forgive but never forget how they were placed in such an economical, physical, emotional, and social deficit, but use it as a tool of hope and determination for the
Martin Luther King, one of the most well known civil rights leaders in America, believed that some laws during his lifetime were unjust in nature and were acceptable to ignore based on ones conscience. Henry David Thoreau also believed that unjust laws were to be resisted or ignored. While Thoreau was the first American to define and use civil disobedience as a means of protest, King expanded upon it in his letter from Birmingham jail, implementing nonviolence and practical application into the traditional American protest. Henry David Thoreau believed that, “That government is best, which governs least.” Also, while Thoreau had wished for no government, he acknowledged the fact that it was logically impossible and that the government only exists because the people allow it to exist; Thoreau states, “The government does not keep the country free. It does not settle the west.
On the other hand Lincoln shared some Southern attitudes towards slaves as he agreed with the Dred Scott decision that slaves could not be citizens and refused to support the Fugitive Slave Law as well. Although he had no opposition against slavery, he also took a stand against it by regarding it as an evil and stated that in due time it would be abolished.
Martin Luther King, Jr. An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. Martin Luther King, Jr. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Galt communicates that the evil of the world is made possible only by the sanction of the victim, and that individuals must withdraw their sanction. People must understand that they are enslaved and they must be able to identify their enemies. Galt states that the individual has sole control over his or her own happiness, with no one else to blame problems on, “No one’s happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or destroy” (786). This philosophy completely rules out the popular looter slogans of, “I couldn’t help it!” (523), and “They made me do it!”
Critical Analysis of “The Three ways of Meeting Oppression” Martin Luther King Jr., in the article, “Three Ways of Meeting Oppression,” believes that there are three ways to deal with oppression, which are acquiescence, physical violence and non-violent resistance. He disagrees with the first two ways, and opines that the blatant injustice against the black population in the United States of America, needed to be challenged by a series of non-violent steps. While I agree with King that accepting oppression silently or fighting it with violence is inhumane, it cannot be denied that no social movement has ever acted in a totally homogenous manner. Most non-violent groups have either shared their struggle with others, wishing to achieve the same or similar ends by different means, or have become radicalised by increasing oppression, eventually resorting to more extreme tactics. Mahatma Gandhi and King got success through non-violent methods because the oppressors they were dealing with were democratic in nature; however, the non-violent campaign led by the Dalai Lama concerning Tibet has had scant effect in the Communist China.
The overarching point here is that none of the "underdogs" know their own strength. Just as Dr. King and others in the Civil Rights movement pointed out, one day the people will "rise up" and defeat the oppressors. No one really likes Curley, not even his own wife. The working man has the power, but without coherence in revolution, the masses are doomed to failure, just as Lennie, George and
He provided no insight to the enemies of Rome even though they were pretty spectacular in their ability to organize armies even after so many defeats. He would also make insults to the enemies of Rome, insults that a true historian would never dream of making. Even when he did dig deeper into the societies of Rome’s enemies, such as the Campanians, he was never too positive, always shinning a negative light on them. It finally to the resolve of the Samnites to draw any praise for Roman foes out of Livy. To me, Livy was a great patriot, but a terrible historian.
There should be no exception to the rule! If it is wrong for one person to kill another, then why is it justifiable for innocent men, women, and children to die at the hand of our government because the president of this country says it is the right thing to do? Many nations, including our own, have won their independence in battle, but these victories are only temporary (ML King Jr., 2003). Violence can never bring permanent peace or solve any social problems; it only creates new and more complicated ones (ML King Jr., 2003). .
I protested because the “Stand Your Ground Law” made it possible for a man to walk away from his mistake without consequence and another man isn’t even privileged to see the light of another day. You see it disgusts the very pit of me to see my time lines filled with IGNORANCE in regards to this situation. The Trayvon Martin story is much bigger than you and I. It is much darker than any shade of skin color. And my skin cringes at the very thought that half of you don’t even know what you protest for.