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.