This past week we started discussing Martin Luther King, Jr. and his fight for Black Rights. He challenged the status quos of his time on numerous occasions. Although he and his followers were violently attacked and subjected to torture on many levels, he never fought back with violence. He only fought back with words and support of his followers and the power of pointing out facts against the white population. He fights the status quo with words of wisdom and unity. He sees the injustice around him and he counter attacks with the thoughts and promises of justice to be served. All he wanted was for blacks to be considered equal to the whites. He was the engine to the change in the society and culture of that time.
A status quo is a normality or a norm of all cultures and societies. But as history has proven, they need to be challenged and broken in order to be a growing nation, culture, society and whatever else. Not only does it show many different perspectives on issues, but the breaking of the status quo helps push forward into new beginnings. When has change and/or a new beginning ever been a bad or negative thing? Martin Luther King, Jr. saw a status quo that he felt was unjust and wrong, and he needed to destroy it and prove another, correct possibility.
There are those people, however, who aren't very fond of change or 'abnormalities' in their lives. Like the whites for example, besides those people feeling as if the blacks were an abomination and every other harsh name that they threw up, deep down they were afraid of the change. They were used to being the higher race and having their lives be separated from the blacks so when all of this started, they turned a cold shoulder to the blacks. They felt like they were the superior race and no one should stand anywhere near them what so ever. At any cost, they would stay at the top. But King, Jr. decided to go against them and fight for what he truly believed in.
Although Martin Luther King, Jr. and the status quo fought against each other in most ways, one way made them fight next to each other. The status quo needs to be naturally challenged to remind people that nothing is infinite and if they truly believe in something that can change the world for the greater good, then go for it. Status quos may seem like they have a negative connotation, and for the most part, maybe they are negative. But in this situation, King, Jr. was fighting against it but somehow with it as well.
