Attending the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation‚ I realized that it was my first time attending an event aimed at diversity since being on campus. I think that it was a good way to reintroduce myself to this issue and how the Otterbein campus is taking steps towards working to a more accepting stance. The only problem I had with the event was the way the speaker classified American families into four categories: Bigoted‚ Color-blind‚ Patronizing‚ and Racially Educated. I think that her
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hero will make differences in their own and others lives. For instance Martin Luther King Jr. might pop into your head for his heroic actions. He helped millions by stopping segregation between whites and african americans by having bus boycotts. He has even inspired many with his “I have a dream” speech telling how he dreamed for a better and brighter future and to eliminate hatred between everyone. Not to mention Martin was influenced by Gandhi‚ henceforth a hero was inspired by another hero
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr. gave us many examples of how to handle conflict without physically hurting someone. There are ways I handle conflicts without being violent. I will tell you about them. When my friends are fighting I tell them many things‚ but one of the most important things I tell them is to treat others the way they want to be treated. When my friends don’t agree‚ I try to get them to talk about the problem and how we can fix it. For example‚ if two friends are fighting over another
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At the time of the “I Have a Dream” speech 50 years had gone by since the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Unfortunately‚ black Americans were still being segregated up to this point. Martin Luther King Jr was one of the greatest proponents of ending segregation and he fought to change the way that things were. It is one thing to declare all men equal by law‚ but another to individually change the minds of people. After years and years of hate it is very hard to change the perceptions of a whole
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succumb to the temptation to use violence in our struggle for freedom‚ unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness‚ and our chief legacy to them will be never-ending reign of chaos”. This quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr reminds me of current events that are happening in America today. The people of Ferguson‚ Missouri is as an example of this problem. The people have turned to violence because there was no justice for the killing of an unarmed teen by a police
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Alex Luu “A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.‚ The Autobiography of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. A Baptist minister….. A civil-rights activist? He was many things. We all know him. Family? Textbooks? The internet? Whatever it was‚ we knew him. It wasn’t because of his job. It wasn’t because of his role. It wasn’t because of his color. It was how he was as a person. Out of many‚ he impacted the United States greatly. He brought us understanding
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Dreaming makes me think of the steps I have to do to make it to my dream so I work my hardest to complete each step. Now look at what Martin Luther King Jr. did to achieve his dream. M.L.K. had steps for his dream like protesting and not using the bus as transportation for a year. He worked hard to complete those steps and even though he wasn’t there to get his dream‚ he effected a lot of people
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King Jr. The first step to any journey is always the hardest. Whether if it is for a completely new beginning or just a slight change within yourself‚ you struggle to not only have faith from within but also in your future. As a child raised in a Seventh-day Adventist household‚ faith has not only become a substantial part of my life but has morphed itself into my being. Erecting this stronghold of faith did
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“ Luther was both a revolutionary and a conservative.” Evaluate this statement with respect to Luther’s response to the political and social questions of his day. This statement is dealing with Martin Luther‚ making changes and keeping some things the same‚ for his life with the Church and his practices in it. Luther had problems with corrupt Church practices‚ theological disputes‚ Christian Humanism‚ and Political Motives. Some examples of Martin Luther being revolutionary is the whole idea
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Kung on whether Martin Luther’s reform improved the lives of European Christians. Kolb agreed that martin Luther made a positive impact on European Christians and he concluded that Luther was a prophetic hero‚ teacher and that Luther brought change and hope to the people. Kung on the other hand believes that Luther was a great orchestrator of change in the Christian church but also an indirect instigator of the violence and oppression that erupted among the people. In other words Luther had some positive
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