Exam 2

Question 1

Positive force, confronting injustice, attacking injustice

Answer 1

Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people

Question 2

World where relationships are elevated to where justice prevails

Answer 2

Beloved community is the framework for the future

Question 3

Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people

Attacking people escalates conflict

Answer 3

Attack forces of evil not persons doing evil

Question 4

Suffering can be redemptive
Shows seriousness
What are you willing to sacrifice?

Answer 4

Accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the cause to achieve a goal

Question 5

Violence is not just a physical act

How we react matters

We can do violence to ourselves

Answer 5

Avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence

Question 6

God is on the side of justice

Answer 6

The universe is on the side of justice

Question 7

5 charges

Answer 7

MLK was an outsider to Birmingham

Used the courts, untimely/unwise

Said MLK was extremist

Said he was causing trouble/violence

Civil disobedience is wrong

Question 8

Injustice everywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

Was invited to Birmingham

Interconnectedness of all people

Answer 8

response to being an outsider

Question 9

Need to cause trouble/tension nonviolently for growth/progress

Racial injustice causes violence

Black community left no choice by white power structure

Answer 9

Response to causing trouble

Question 10

Justice delayed is justice denied

While we wait, people are being killed

Been waiting 340 years

Answer 10

Response to being untimely

Question 11

Moral duty to break unjust laws

Historical precedent (Jesus, founding fathers)

Legality doesn’t make a law good

Answer 11

Response to negative views of civil disobedience

Question 12

6 steps of nonviolent social change

Answer 12

1. ) information gathering
2. ) education
3. ) personal commitment
4. ) negotiation
5. ) direct action
6. ) reconciliation

Question 13

Finding the root cause

Answer 13

1.) information gathering

Question 14

Informing adversaries, supporters, moderates, people with stake in cause, decision makers

Answer 14

2.) education

Question 15

Investment in cause, sacrifice and suffering

Answer 15

3.) personal commitment

Question 16

If I get what I want, you’ll get what you want

Answer 16

4.) negotiation

Question 17

Ex: blocking highways, occupying public space

Part of negotiation

Answer 17

5.) direct action

Question 18

Want all parties to feel positive and friendly in the end

Don’t be an asshole in the process

Answer 18

6.) reconciliation