America Needs Moral Leadership to Bring Justice to an Unjust World
Injustice is unavoidable and all over the world, justice is violated. Almost everywhere people are persecuted in their own countries, the innocent are sent to jail, and people are victims of violent crimes. These acts of injustice affect the global community and inhibit the spread of equality and righteousness. In “The Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King says that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . . . Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” (143). Everyone wants to be treated fairly but there are places in the world where atrocities take place which impact the entire world, such as the persecution of Tibetans in China, the threat of terrorism to Western countries and racism in America. However, often from turmoil rise great leaders, such as the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King, who help the spread of justice by unifying others, correcting the wrongs in society, and exposing the threat of injustice.
In fact, society has had many great leaders that promote equality and fair treatment. One example is the Dalai Lama. According to the website, “The Dalai Lama’s Biography,” during the Communist occupation in China, Tibetans were forced to abandon their religion and follow the government. Many Tibetan Buddhist monks were killed and hundreds of priceless artifacts and temples were destroyed. Eventually, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee Tibet and seek refuge in India. Today, he is a spokesman for the freedom of Tibet and he educates thousands of people about the atrocities that the Chinese commit against the Tibetans. According to this article, the Dalai Lama is a peaceful man and does not look towards...
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...refore, moral leaders represent hope to oppressed people and under the leadership of such great men and women, justice is not an impossible task to achieve.
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... and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" are very different in terms of literary technique and approach, the two works bear some uncanny similarities that yield some surprising likenesses in many aspects. The comparisons and contrasts drawn here highlight the most significant of those features with respect to the works of two men who are both revered for the virtues they espoused during their lifetimes.
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