The Benefits Of Nonviolent Resistance

As Martin Luther King Jr. said “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people”. Fighting oppression has been an ongoing fight for hundreds for people for over hundreds of years, and there has always been an dispute about the best way to fight it. Oppression is cruel or unjust treatment to a certain group over a period of time, and people wonder, should we accept this or fight against this with nonviolence or violence. Nonviolent resistance is the best way to fight oppression because it gets your point across in a way that doesn’t result in violence or compromising the safety of a person, it also can persuade the mindset of the oppressor, and fight oppression in a way that can be beneficial in the future because it doesn’t …show more content…
Just like Martin Luther King, there have been many other activists fighting against oppression nonviolently, with success like Jamila Raqib, who speaks out against oppression and promotes nonviolent resistance and gives hope to people who think violence is the last resort to solve their problems. Nonviolent resistance has been used a lot all over the world to solve problems. This kind of form of protest helps and preserves the safety of the people, also this can save the problem/ issue from making other problems arise. In the text it states, “At one point, the organizers delivered hundreds of eggs to various government buildings with a message: “If you don’t have the huevos”-- the balls-- “to stop corrupt candidates from running for office, you can borrow ours” (Raqib). This quote from the text helped express the point that without violence they accomplished a lot, they helped get their country on the right track from getting underneath their presidents