Greg Johnson’s Prompt Questions
Essay Title: Lack of Democracy, Lack of Pacification
- Prompt: Does location have an influence on protest?
Location will most definitely have a large impact on how a person reacts and protests. And there is absolutely a difference in the term choice of react rather than act. The 12 men that started the movement in George Yard acted upon the situation. They recognized a problem, not one that had a negative impact on them and they acted to resolve the problem. The slaves in the Caribbean reacted to the mistreatment, with revolts and various rebellions. A slave was worked to death, literally, and wasn’t about to sit back and take care of the situation democratically. The slaves had to act boldly and quickly; thusly they would violently protest.
- Where does slavery exist today, why?
Slavery is still all around the world; almost 20 million people are still in bondage. This is because groups of people in undeveloped areas are exploited by those world powers. People are taken from their homes, just as the British press did two hundred years ago. Slavery will continue to exist because the people in bondage are to weak to fight back and no outside source is aiding them democratically. It is difficult to win the fight for freedom with only a violent approach or only a non-violent approach. In “Bury the Chains” the emancipation would not have come to fruition with only Clarkson’s democratic efforts; and reciprocally the slaves in the West Indies could not sustain a war against the British. A similar situation occurred more recently in American History. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Both took opposite approaches towards civil rights, both very effective.
Together: Where slavery still exists today, what techniques are being implemented to achieve freedom and equality?
3 comments:
I think that you brought up great points of where you can go from where these questions brought you...if that made any sense. I think you will have a lot to write about and this paper you will do fine on because of how deep these questions go.
Seems like you are interested in two topics: 1) what techniques work to end slavery and achieve freedom and equality and 2) how are violent forms of protest often necessary to end injustices?
I think you'll have to pick.
Great to have you in class. Appreciate your verve, and the pandora music entries. Ha.
Keep in touch on this. Let me know how you are progressing: which topic you end up picking, etc.
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