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    This document discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for civil rights and equality. It argues that privileged groups are unlikely to voluntarily give up their privileges to promote equality. Instead, advancements in civil rights have only been achieved through the efforts of unprivileged groups applying force. As an example, the document discusses how Germans accepted injustice against Jews during Nazi rule in order to maintain their own economic and social privileges, and only relinquished power when forced after losing World War II.

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    This document discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for civil rights and equality. It argues that privileged groups are unlikely to voluntarily give up their privileges to promote equality. Instead, advancements in civil rights have only been achieved through the efforts of unprivileged groups applying force. As an example, the document discusses how Germans accepted injustice against Jews during Nazi rule in order to maintain their own economic and social privileges, and only relinquished power when forced after losing World War II.

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    This document discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for civil rights and equality. It argues that privileged groups are unlikely to voluntarily give up their privileges to promote equality. Instead, advancements in civil rights have only been achieved through the efforts of unprivileged groups applying force. As an example, the document discusses how Germans accepted injustice against Jews during Nazi rule in order to maintain their own economic and social privileges, and only relinquished power when forced after losing World War II.

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    Hamblett

    Madelyne Hamblett
    Mrs. Thompson
    AP Lang, Block 1, Skinny B
    24 March 2015
    MLK Argumentative Essay
    Imagine that everywhere you go, you are seen in higher status than those in
    your community. This status brings respect and a louder voice in your community.
    Now, you are asked to give this up; many people would not want to give up this
    status or the perks that come with it. People would not understand what is wrong or
    unjust about them holding this status. This is the exact conflict Martin Luther King
    Jr. faced when he was fighting for civil rights. However, instead of a person, or a few
    people, Martin Luther King was facing an entire race and asking them to give up
    their status for a just cause. While MLK did succeed in his cause for civil rights, it
    was not through the voluntary relinquishing of privileges by the privileged. I believe
    advancements in civil rights and equality throughout history have only been made
    through the effort and force of unprivileged peoples.

    Indeed, this does not mean that all people do not want equality and fairness;

    in fact, most individuals, privileged and unprivileged, want equality. The problem of
    inequality lies in large groups of privileged people because when people are part of
    a large group, they feel like a majority. So, the majority believes the injustices
    occurring are for the best of the majority, and they are supported in this feeling by
    the rest of the group.

    Hamblett 2

    One example of this is Nazi Germany. The Germans during the time of the

    Nazi Regime noticed the injustices being done to Jews and other groups of people;
    however, the country was doing the best it had since WW1, and the people who
    were in the governments favor were enjoying the privileges. So, the German people
    allowed the injustices done to the Jews in order to keep the benefits of a good
    economy and government for the rest of the German people. The German people
    only gave up their privileges when forced to after losing the war.

    In the end, I am not saying people are not capable of voluntarily relinquishing

    their privileges to provide equality for the unprivileged. However, history does not
    seem to support the idea that privileged people will do this to advance civil rights. It
    seems the only realistic way to advance civil rights, as MLK and his followers did is
    to use some type of force.

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