If everyone in the US sat down and really read "the letter from a Birmingham Jail" (and watched these excellent explainer videos) I think the knowledge and empathy gained would go a long way towards improving race relations in our country. It really explains the psychology of racism on both the Black and White individual and society in a way I found easy to understand and relate to half a century after it was written. How important non-violent reform is and how its an ongoing movement that we all need to take to heart, black and white, every day. Failure to do so results in more violence, more fear, more bitterness and more anger. Strong emotions that can easily corrupt individuals and society and are all to common in the summer of 2020. We have made some progress since Kings day, he could sleep in any motel he wanted to today, and that little girl could go to any amusement park she wanted to visit. But voter suppression, police brutality, violent protests, wage inequality and neighborhood segregation are all still unfortunately common issues that would do us all a world of good to finally solve. Its been 60 years and as Dr. King points out time alone isn't going to get the job done.
What I would be interested Professor Sadler is if you can see parallels between the fight against racism back then and feminism now. Are those two comparable, since we can see that the theme has both strong advocates for and against it? Can we judge already if feminism as we see it nowadays in the west is still relevant for our society or has it already fullfilled its duty by securing women suffrage among other rights? I would be interested in your opinon on this.
There's parallels that can be drawn in terms of any arbitrary form of inequality, I think. But why anti-racism then and feminism now? Why not racism then and feminism then, since they were both there, and they're both in some respects new projects today -- where we can distinguish between e.g. the attempt to gain and protect equality, on the one hand, and identity politics on the other?
Here's the second of five lectures on central themes of two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s works, from my online World Views and Values class
If everyone in the US sat down and really read "the letter from a Birmingham Jail" (and watched these excellent explainer videos) I think the knowledge and empathy gained would go a long way towards improving race relations in our country. It really explains the psychology of racism on both the Black and White individual and society in a way I found easy to understand and relate to half a century after it was written. How important non-violent reform is and how its an ongoing movement that we all need to take to heart, black and white, every day. Failure to do so results in more violence, more fear, more bitterness and more anger. Strong emotions that can easily corrupt individuals and society and are all to common in the summer of 2020. We have made some progress since Kings day, he could sleep in any motel he wanted to today, and that little girl could go to any amusement park she wanted to visit. But voter suppression, police brutality, violent protests, wage inequality and neighborhood segregation are all still unfortunately common issues that would do us all a world of good to finally solve. Its been 60 years and as Dr. King points out time alone isn't going to get the job done.
Yes, it certainly deserves to be taught widely
What I would be interested Professor Sadler is if you can see parallels between the fight against racism back then and feminism now. Are those two comparable, since we can see that the theme has both strong advocates for and against it? Can we judge already if feminism as we see it nowadays in the west is still relevant for our society or has it already fullfilled its duty by securing women suffrage among other rights? I would be interested in your opinon on this.
There's parallels that can be drawn in terms of any arbitrary form of inequality, I think. But why anti-racism then and feminism now? Why not racism then and feminism then, since they were both there, and they're both in some respects new projects today -- where we can distinguish between e.g. the attempt to gain and protect equality, on the one hand, and identity politics on the other?
thank you
You're welcome