Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” This quote is significant because of the continuous conflicts and tribulations that Dr. King faced throughout his life as an American Baptist minister, humanitarian, and African-American Civil Rights activist. He used his identity, race, and social location to show who he was as a middle-aged, African-American male from Atlanta, Georgia fighting for equality for the races other than the Caucasian people that have been deemed lesser because of the prominent history of slavery in the United States. Dr. King’s social location was significant for him because he
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These images are primarily shaped through the experiences that are encountered in daily life, including family life, educational systems, occupational experiences, and religious organizations. Evolutionary biologists have not discovered any significant variations between "races", rather that people make up misconceptions about people of different “color.” No one is born with the thought of discriminatory comments, rather they are taught through their experiences in life with influential people. According to Omi and Winant, they say that this dates back hundreds of years to the point that there were religious debates of the European explorers saying that "God made only one species of humanity.” Essentially saying that Caucasian people are the only race with redeemable souls. This example from Omi and Winant’s article can be seen as a foundational step towards the multitude of years to come of White superiority. This is exactly what Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to end and he did through the passing of numerous legislatures, but to his demise, racial discrimination did not end. After slavery was ended, there was a new discrimination set in place, and that was the economic placement of racial groups. Because of this new type of discrimination, African-American’s were continuously overlooked and began to give in to the common stereotype that most people attached to their race, thus making it more …show more content…
Who Are My People?”, social location determines the kind of power and privilege different people have in society based on their identity. There are many factors that go into someone’s social location, including the person’s current point in time and what the social norm is in this time period. Dr. King used his social location to in this time period to his advantage. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave the right for all women to be treated equal, as well as men of races other than White to be equally treated too. Although this is true, the social location of this time period did not exactly change the views of African-American’s or women because of the long history that has been engrained in the United States. According to Kirk and Okazawa-Rey the African-American race has been inferior to the White race for more than 200 years before this legislation, this made Dr. King’s speeches infinitely more significant in his efforts as an activist. The idea that the White race is superior still lingers around, but is not as much of a problem, but this is primarily a problem with the generation, Baby Boomers, and the early part of Generation X. The people that were born in this time period went through the phase that the White race was “superior” to all other races; therefore, this is why this problem is still evident today. Social location played a huge part in the media outlet for Dr. King and
These images are primarily shaped through the experiences that are encountered in daily life, including family life, educational systems, occupational experiences, and religious organizations. Evolutionary biologists have not discovered any significant variations between "races", rather that people make up misconceptions about people of different “color.” No one is born with the thought of discriminatory comments, rather they are taught through their experiences in life with influential people. According to Omi and Winant, they say that this dates back hundreds of years to the point that there were religious debates of the European explorers saying that "God made only one species of humanity.” Essentially saying that Caucasian people are the only race with redeemable souls. This example from Omi and Winant’s article can be seen as a foundational step towards the multitude of years to come of White superiority. This is exactly what Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to end and he did through the passing of numerous legislatures, but to his demise, racial discrimination did not end. After slavery was ended, there was a new discrimination set in place, and that was the economic placement of racial groups. Because of this new type of discrimination, African-American’s were continuously overlooked and began to give in to the common stereotype that most people attached to their race, thus making it more …show more content…
Who Are My People?”, social location determines the kind of power and privilege different people have in society based on their identity. There are many factors that go into someone’s social location, including the person’s current point in time and what the social norm is in this time period. Dr. King used his social location to in this time period to his advantage. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave the right for all women to be treated equal, as well as men of races other than White to be equally treated too. Although this is true, the social location of this time period did not exactly change the views of African-American’s or women because of the long history that has been engrained in the United States. According to Kirk and Okazawa-Rey the African-American race has been inferior to the White race for more than 200 years before this legislation, this made Dr. King’s speeches infinitely more significant in his efforts as an activist. The idea that the White race is superior still lingers around, but is not as much of a problem, but this is primarily a problem with the generation, Baby Boomers, and the early part of Generation X. The people that were born in this time period went through the phase that the White race was “superior” to all other races; therefore, this is why this problem is still evident today. Social location played a huge part in the media outlet for Dr. King and