Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous and respectable man when he was alive. He was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He gave many sermons and speeches in his day. On one very important day, 4 February 1968, he gave a sermon called “The Drum Major Instinct;” it was based off an adaptation of J. Wallace Hamilton’s “Drum-Major Instinct.” In King’s sermon, he explains what the drum major instinct is and why you need to be cautious with it. King believed that you shouldn’t use too much of it, or too little, because it changes who you are and how you live your life. Now you might think that this isn’t a problem or that you don’t need to be concerned with this, but that is simply untrue. The drum major instinct effects everyone
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He said that some people have a “need.” A “need that some people have to feel superior. A need that some people have to feel that they are first, and to feel that their white skin ordained them to be first. And they have said over and over again in ways that we see with our own eyes.” King is talking about bullying and race prejudice. In a recent study, Wen-Chi Wu and others wrote an article that is currently available to the public at BMC Public Health, and it’s called “Defending behaviors, bullying roles, and their associations with mental health in junior high school students: a population-based study.” Wu’s study was based upon bullying in teenagers. These bullies would pick on others because they believed themselves to be better than others and they wanted to feel good about themselves. Wu found that when peers intervened against the bullying 57% of the bullying episodes would stop within ten seconds. Just a little help could end they bullying. If we could apply this same idea to racism, it might help reduce racism in our country. Jennifer Jee-Lyn Garcia had this same idea. In August of 2015, Jennifer Jee-Lyn Garcia, and Mienah Zulfacar Sharif wrote an article called “Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health.” One of their main topics is to “confront racism as a public health concern.” They say that all public health professionals should help confront racism. This idea, just like when peers intervened against bullying, should help people become more peaceful. We should confront the drum major instinct, so everyone can understand each other and not live in a hateful
He said that some people have a “need.” A “need that some people have to feel superior. A need that some people have to feel that they are first, and to feel that their white skin ordained them to be first. And they have said over and over again in ways that we see with our own eyes.” King is talking about bullying and race prejudice. In a recent study, Wen-Chi Wu and others wrote an article that is currently available to the public at BMC Public Health, and it’s called “Defending behaviors, bullying roles, and their associations with mental health in junior high school students: a population-based study.” Wu’s study was based upon bullying in teenagers. These bullies would pick on others because they believed themselves to be better than others and they wanted to feel good about themselves. Wu found that when peers intervened against the bullying 57% of the bullying episodes would stop within ten seconds. Just a little help could end they bullying. If we could apply this same idea to racism, it might help reduce racism in our country. Jennifer Jee-Lyn Garcia had this same idea. In August of 2015, Jennifer Jee-Lyn Garcia, and Mienah Zulfacar Sharif wrote an article called “Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health.” One of their main topics is to “confront racism as a public health concern.” They say that all public health professionals should help confront racism. This idea, just like when peers intervened against bullying, should help people become more peaceful. We should confront the drum major instinct, so everyone can understand each other and not live in a hateful