Inequalities of Today Shape Tomorrow

Martin Luther King Jr.’s life story is very compelling but his family history also explains the roots of King’s motivations and actions. King’s grandparents were complete opposites, as in: his mother’s parents were oriented around Christianity to the extent that they were a living example for even whites to follow, while King’s father’s parents were not feminists in nature and dealt with the problems they faced through aggression which was a product of the harsh environment the Kings lived in. Peggy L. Chinn’s “Peace and Power” tells of feminism and its origins as this is very misconstrued within the contemporary.
Peace and Reconciliation Studies is a product of feminism and this may be why the stereotypical, brute, Caucasian, American male refers to peace activists as “tree-huggers.” Carrying on, Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist that was referred to as “Nigger” and he could have taken drastic measures like his father’s parents may have or members of his race, like Malcolm X in an eye for an eye, sordid mentality. “An eye for an eye makes the world go blind,” is an expression originating from Gandhi that was often heard and seen regurgitated through King’s many lectures and peaceful protests. Gandhi’s philosophies helped transform King’s negative impressions of white society that had been passed down through his family for generations. This aspect alone is a transformation from how the many generations of enslaved African Americans sacrificed their lives through the use of violence while challenging their oppressions.
We have seen this evolutionary process in many forms of life and within the human race, from the marching American revolutionaries battling the solid standing formations of “Lobster-Backs” to Japan’s ancient samurais that wore all white in battle to symbolize their willingness to die for their freedoms and beliefs. Martin Luther King Jr. adopted feminism like many other evolutionists and through this feminism he created a psychological dominance for the black race during their struggles in the civil rights period. King, similarly to Gandhi proved that the use of brute-force wrecked the African American image and took away from the unification of all races. Acts of masculinity could be described as actions carried out through impulsive tendencies. As in, they are not thought out and have more of a physical embodiment as opposed to carrying a spiritual or philosophical meaning. This point still hasn’t made its effect on all governments and rebellions but it has made progress.
Analytical writers, Zillah Eisenstein and Barbara Ehrenreich have mapped out instances throughout history where mankind has acted on impulse during moments that require forbearance and poor results have yielded. Within these writers’ analyses the concepts of feminism appear to be similar to the “invisible hand” that pushes society. Feminism in itself has been present in all instances of peaceful compromise but people often confuse it as a sex orientation when really it is a guide to create an agile response in some of life’s worst moments. “Peace and Power” mentions how females take on females are limited and enslaved throughout different parts of the world (even North America) but with these limitations females have developed a much more stable complexity as opposed to the brute mentality of the human race’s counter-part.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “power of love” attitude was a product of feminism and without this ideology, the African American would probably still be enslaved or slowly gaining rights while segregation would still be present. “The Singing Revolution” comes to mind right now, where natives of Estonia gathered in the hundreds of thousands to not riot, but sing about their once free land (close to a hundred years earlier). The crowd turnout in these protests gave the country buzz throughout the global community and eventually other nations teamed up to free Estonia of its occupation by the USSR. In the past centuries, Estonia’s people fought against different countries that tried to occupy them but the most powerful use of force was the influence of community among the indigenous that gathered to sing for freedom. King, Gandhi and the Estonians are modern proof that those oppressed have the power “to be” and “to do” without the use of violent force that so many consider using within the contemporary.

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Obervational Dualism: Relation To Universal Needs

I have been in this position before except I could contain myself then.
My mind is racing faster than the speed of sound. I have been saying my thoughts out loud and it is just now that I am realizing this. The eighty some odd students and professor that I am presenting my media analysis paper to appear saddened and confused by my demeanor as am I. I cannot think straight but my mouth wants to move during this awkward tension. My arguments and points that I wrote earlier seem to be forgotten. I am getting frustrated with myself as my ears start to hear what I interpret as snickers and chuckles around the lecture hall. I act on this insecurity and give every person spectating a cold glare as my awkward presentation turns into a philosophical monologue challenging religion.
I have been in this position before except I could contain myself then.
All of the aggression within the presences around has consumed me. His body language and dialogue is completely different from other times that we have visited. I note this but that revelation soon diminishes when I perceive him invading my personal space both, physically and mentally. I instantly react without thinking and give this fellow a mean gaze. I tell him in not very nice words to get out of my face as his nose is pressed right up against mine similarly to an axe resting in its splitting log. I pull my head back and notice his mouth start to move. I interpret it as laughing within the first upward and downward movement of his jaw. Similarly to the mechanical movements of a swinging axe, I pull my head back and snap my neck down forward.
I have been in this position except I could contain myself then.
I grab a hold of the two with each hand on the others’ shoulders. The clinch is enough to defuse the tension between the two while it has brought the attention on me. We are all friends but right now we have seemed to forget. The oldest of us three shakes it off while the youngest of us three has decided to hold his fists up. She, my significant other, jumps in and grabs me as my mother is yelling for us to stop in the background. I grab my love and tell her: “You need to get back. You might get hurt, either by him or me pushing you away.” She listens and he charges me with his fists in the air. I thought my hands were at their sides but one formed a fist and within a hook motion collided with his right temple.
The students and the professor’s eyes froze as their bodies seemed forced motionless while the two gentlemen’s eyes rolled back when they lost consciousness as gravity pulled their bodies to the ground. My mind is so confused within the moments that follow after. Sorrow then rage, rage then sorrow and eventually the rage is over while all I feel is sadness, alone and fear. “The protagonist never feels this way,” I use to say. The protagonist within a dualistic setting is no different from the antagonist while the words used to describe them are considered antonyms. The idea of “victory” within a physically combative setting is staling similarly to cat piss on a hot sunny day. Nobody wins but everybody is hurt. The dualistic reactions plague the body and mind while an inner seed of suffering grows like lotus.

I have been in this position before but now know that the feelings and emotions I am experiencing root from the beautiful, universal needs of, acceptance, self-respect, to see and be seen, integrity, harmony, order, celebration of life, challenge, clarity, mourning and freedom.

So pa

Patience is an element that every individual from all walks of life possesses or more commonly lacks. Forbearance is a necessity amongst interactions with other people and during the complex processes of reconstructing the self. Descriptions of people with impatient traits generally paint a negative image of the person; descriptions like: “he’s type A” and “she acts just like a bull in a china closet.” It is very evident that patience is a needed ingredient in creating a warm and loving community.
I picture the New Jersey turnpike whenever I hear the word “impatient” because there seems to always be a moment where there is a motorist among the many in one of the four lanes that is sounding off their horn like there is no tomorrow. Within this same moment there are vehicles zooming past at high speeds of up to a hundred miles per hour. In no time, there is an accident and every motorist has to stop but there are some that will try to cut through the miles of traffic through riding within the break-down lane and zigzagging in and out of the four lanes. In this short instance of three sentences we can already see how detrimental a lack of patience can be to those around the impatient. That individual who has decided to engage in beeping their horn has probably put fear in the law abiding driver in front of them. There should be no discomfort for a driver that is following the rules on the road but so commonly this is the case.
At any moment, the speeding vehicles could collide with cars of lower speeds that are changing lanes. During these instances, serious fatalities could occur from just one impatient motorist. Those drivers that decide to create a “shortcut” (more commonly motorcyclists) make it very hard for the rescue crews that have to use the break-down lane to get to the accident scene. This lack of patience could cause the seriously injured death. We see too commonly, serious accidents that occur because there was an impatient individual. This impatience deters a community especially when there are are fatalities to the extent that the impatient person is punished legally while also alienated by the community. All of this is a chain reaction of impatience, the members of the community that decide to say they will not forgive that person who made a mistake out of impatience will live suffering more than the individual that decides to use forbearance to later gain resolution and a general acceptance of the one who caused the accident.
We tend to encounter distressed people that we can visibly see their mind is racing and they are looking for a solution but don’t have the patience to narrow it down correctly. This is a natural thing for every sentient being but when I am amongst this with other people, I say: “Just breathe.” I can think of vast instances where this two-word liner has been so comforting. “So pa,” an eastern terminology describing patience, is applied globally but inhabitants of sub-cultures that are not poverty stricken must learn to possess patience. In that same instance at the gas station, where we are at the back of the line and frustrated with that cashier whom is talking to every patron like there is no tomorrow- we need to keep in mind that there are people of all ages in third world countries that stand and wait for hours, even days to receive food rations and medical treatment in some of the harshest forms of inclement weather.
- Just Breathe -