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Visiting MLK’s Museum

I went to Martin Luther King Jr’s Museum today in Atlanta Georgia as part of my winter writing “trip”. Although I am not black and I cannot dare claim to fully understand the harrowing experiences of African Americans during the civil rights movement, a movement in which King surrendered his life for, I believe that, as King put it, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” and that injustice still and will, probably, forever linger in this world from one form to another –think about all the injustices that are not even mentioned on news that we observe in our daily lives. Yet, this grim reality must not leave us hopeless, nor must we only wish that injustice doesn’t happen to me. We must stand up and fight for any sort of injustice we see because humanity, a concept that revitalizes all types of society, is not centered on one individual but an entire community. The harsh segregation and discrimination during King’s time were not barriers for King but a reason for his silent war. He fought no matter how hard his situation got and motivated others to grasp any opportunity for change concerning humanity. I don’t think King makes a great leader simply because he decided to actively oppose injustice since every individual with a proper mindset should, naturally, oppose inequality. However, what differentiates him from the rest of the fighters is that he practiced nonviolence during his activism.

In the theater, I saw a short documentary of King’s speech in which he refused to be “brought down” to the same level as his oppressors, meaning he would not engage in the same behavior that his very enemy displayed. I don’t know if I would be able to be so passive and peaceful if I were in his position: watching my siblings being beaten, my parents hanged, people refusing to serve my people because of my skin color, etc. To be quite honest, I am sort of a person with the ideology of “an eye for an eye”, but after admiring King’s peaceful protest, I may have to rethink that principle. Now, I am not saying that “an eye for an eye” is always wrong nor always right. I do think that its effects may be useful in some cases but not in all cases.

As I walked through the museum, observing numerous pictures on the wall, there were many scenes depicting heartbreaking occasions such as students pouring stuff on sit-in protestors at a school cafeteria, who did not react in any way towards their oppressors. That particular scene also reminded me of a bible verse: “love your enemies” (it’s one of the most famous and important commands God gave to the human race); if there were people in the world who actually obeyed in this command, except Jesus, those honorable protestors are definitely one of the clearest people who followed that law. If only everybody had a side like King in their hearts, the world would be so much better as people learn to treat others with kindness and love.