final blog

In this blog I’m going to be concentrating on Dr. King’s ideas about nonviolence and how it connects to Human Rights.  The idea of protesting and speaking against the segregation nonviolently was one of his main ideas of his theory.  He took his actions against the injustice through marching and especially his speeches which were so powerful that people just listened to it and followed without raising any questions or doubts.  He used the language of Human Rights and it worked because there were truths in it like what people deserve to have as their basic rights regardless of race, gender or ethnicity e.t.c.  In the article 1 it says that all human beings are born free and equal under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and this is what Dr. King was trying to prove that every human being deserve this right and it even says so in our Bill of Rights that every citizen of U.S has the right to freedom and speech.  Everyone should take the course of Human Rights or should know about them because many of us are unaware of our rights.  If everyone gets the knowledge of human rights we can shape our lives for the betterment.  The language of Human Rights can be a tool to express our ideas of or have a say against inequality. 

Even today many people’s rights are being taken away in U.S and all over the world.  In the class the Introduction to Language we learned that when we grow up as a child we begin to learn language without any hesitation and as we grow up we master in that language but hesitate to use it against injustice and many of us wear veil of ignorance.  There was also a case where a in U.S where a child was kept in a room without any connection to the outside world even the parents so in result when they discover her she couldn’t speak a word but that’s just one case in a million but majority of us know our languages our rights but do not have any intentions to use it.  This was Dr. Kings purpose to remove the veil of ignorance because he said those who knows something is not right in the community and still decide to keep their mouth close and do not raise their voice are more dangerous to the community than the KKK the most racist group during that time.  The language can be vastly effective for good and also bad.  For example Dr. King was successful by doing so through his theory, writings and let’s not forgets his speeches where we witness in his videos where people are laughing and following his theory even though they were the result they want won’t be that easy and it wasn’t.  However, in today’s society many politicians and religious leaders who are good speakers tend to manipulate their communities and its people so there are limits too.  Dr. King’s idea was not to manipulate people but to open their eyes for something great like equality for all mankind.  In my Human Rights class I read an article about this guy who was beaten and thrown in jail because he raised a flag in a peaceful protest.  Because of the media and internet many people were known about this case and all of us are deciding to write a persuasive letter to the minister of that country to release or at least treat him as a prisoner in the jail but not as a rebellious because he has been harshly treated.  So let’s see now how powerful our language is can it convince those politicians who are constantly violating his Human Rights.  If we succeed this will be a victory for all of us and we will definitely know that the language of Human Rights can motivate people because we have seen in past many great leaders have accomplished it and change the wrong system of their countries.  Dr. King was one them but he was something special because he did it nonviolently.

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Human rights are fundamental rights which every human should know about.  We should all have the access to the human rights its our basic right.  It is our job to inform those who are unaware of it.  I was also unaware of my rights until I took this course now that i think about it i would've just live my life without knowing about them.  I'm from a 'third world' country where there is no such thing as human rights.  Pakistan is a country of corruption, many people are dying physically and mentally everyday because of those corrupted people that are in authority.  If I ever get a chance I wold definitely speak up against the corruption.  This is a huge problem when people don't speak up they do not know the power of language.  It is a powerful tool which could be used for good and bad.  In Pakistan those who are in power knew how to speak so they know how to control people.  This could go on forever unless someone take a step forward and speak up about righteousness.  Pakistan was created with good intentions and a great leader but unfortunately he died immediately and those who were rich took over the politics and began to take decisions without consulting with people.  You see the country is divided into four states that are enriched with different cultures and languages.  when I was in fourth grade i needed just one class to pass however i did not because the class that I was supposed to pass was a language class.  This was imposed by the government on schools.  The government that was in power at that time was from Sindh one of the state of Pakistan.  So there goal was to teach the entire country to learn their language.  For a brief period of moment it was great because I was learning a whole new language however the course became very difficult and i failed the course along with many other students.  The problem was not the course, the problem was that they made it mandatory which resulted in failing of many students.  There was no one that went to the board of education and speak about the issue because the board was controlled by the sindhi people.  Ironically I still remember the first sentence that I learned which goes like this, "tunjo nalo chaye", don't expect the meaning of it Because honestly I don't know.  After four years when the new government came to the power many issues rose up.  The new government consisted of punjabi people because they were from Punjab, one of the other states of Pakistan.  The issue was somewhat similar here because they made the punjabi language mandatory at work.  Last month when my friend went for an interview for a job after a while his dreams were shattered because the very first question they asked him whether he speaks punjabi or not.  Obviously he didn't because he speaks Urdu which is the national language of Pakistan and therefore he was immediately denied..There were many other cases similar to this but no one ever spoke against it.  I would've faced the similar situation if I was still living but fortunately I came to America the land of opportunity.  However here we face different issues.  People can end or at least reduce their problems if they find out about their human rights.  Even after knowing my rights sometimes I wonder if I can turn my rights into reality or they would just be a dream!

blog five..Dr. King

In this blog I am going to talk about how Martin Luther King influenced thousands of people through his speech.  Most of the time in his speech he used many religious terms.  The King looked very confident and somewhat aggressive even though he promoted non violence theory.  He repeatedly asked questions to his audience that had very concrete answers.  He seemed more like a religious and socialist leader rather than a politician which did motivate people emotionally.

Blog Four: Cluster Reflection

When i first started this semester i was clueless but as students we have progressed a lot since we spend so much time together.  We got familiarize with our critical thinking thanks to the professors.  The common theme i noticed in this cluster was the violation of human rights through out history.  Couple of decades ago African American  attained their civil rights but before that life was not so easy for them and in some cases same for the women who were considered properties but even after the civil war we are still struggling with our rights.  Our class is like a little melting pot where we have students from different parts of the world comprising different cultures and backgrounds.  Sometimes we would encounter with each other in a good and professional way because this way we can interpret and understand our similarities and differences and come up with solutions and with all this we are moving forward.  LIB is a very unique class because in this not just students but also the professors work together among themselves and students.  We gather information from our other classes and then we put them all together to come up with our own thinking.

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