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A 4 page paper which discusses how non-violent approaches have helped solve racial issues in the past, and how non-violent approaches could help with the war on terrorism today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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or decades, his work and ideals, along with ideals of others, have influenced people such as Gandhi Cesar Chavez, and Martin Luther King Jr. in their quest for equality and
peace. Chavez once noted that, "In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence" and thus is not a simple approach to social problems (Wikiquote, 2006). The following paper examines
how non-violent approaches have been beneficial in the struggle for racial or social justice and then examines how non-violent approaches would work in cases such as terrorism. Non-Violence
and the Past As mentioned, three of the biggest figures who utilized non-violent approaches to change, and change that often involved racial problems, were Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, and
Cesar Chavez. While King and Chavez were obviously of a minority race in their nation, and Gandhi was struggling for fellow Indians in India, Gandhi was also struggling for the
particular race of Indians, the impoverished, who were very much like another race in the nation. As such Gandhis situation can also be seen as racial. Much of his approach
was also aimed at British rule, so again, it was a racial condition. Gandhi was successful in awakening a great deal of people to the needs of his people, the
impoverished and trodden on people. His struggles led to perhaps minor improvements, but also to a national and global focus on the injustice. He was ultimately a man who would
hold political positions, and thus proved that changes, if only in attitudes and perspectives, could be obtained through non-violence (Mahatma Gandhi, 2006). In the case of Martin Luther King Jr.
one may well argue that the fact he is a historical figure, reverrreed and respected today, indicates that his non-violent struggles were noble and altered the societys perspectives about race.
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