Please pick one of the prompts below to write a humanities essay. Using the materials I send you only, NO OUTSIDE SOURCES
5 full pages – you must cite texts/quotes from the readings to support your points….. As you see in the Prompts, you must use three authors to write this essay. I will post lecture slides for you later.
Your response should have a thesis and draw on specific references from the relevant texts.
Write an essay on one the following prompts:
- How should we use the traditions that have been handed to us, and why?
In your response, think broadly about what tradition includes – history, art, literature, religion, social values, etc. – and use three of the following: Césaire, lorde, King, Malcolm X, and Butler.
2. What role, if any, should religion or spirituality play in the modern world, and why?
Use three of the following authors to respond to this question: Césaire, lorde, King, Malcolm X, and Butler.
3. How can we create meaningful change in the modern world?
Use three of the following authors to respond to this question: Césaire, lorde, King, Malcolm X, and Butler.
Answer preview
In the modern world, people can match to protest for freedom through nonviolent campaign steps that King used together with his African Americans. The steps in the campaigns were the collection of facts, negotiation, self-purification, and taking direct action, which, according to King, was creating nonviolent tension (Schulke, 85-87). In Malcolm X’s view, however, he believed that the only way to get freedom was through self-defense mechanisms, but he did not directly call for violent action. However, an important message from the two influential African American leaders is that achieving the vision of freedom can only be possible if people stand firmly in protecting what they highly value.
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