WWU 310 African American Literature Mash-up By Haley Zook
Slide 3
There will be no permanent solution to the, race problem until
oppressed men developthe capacity to lovetheir enemies. The
darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of
forgiving love.
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As a rule, not only did the members of my race entertain no
feelings of bitterness against the whites before and during the
war, but there are many instances of Negroes tenderly caring for
their former masters and mistresses
Slide 5
Then Peter approaching asked him, Lord, if my brother sins
against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?
Jesus answered, I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven
times.
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Whoever he was, I never heard of his taking the least interest
in me or providing in anyway for my rearing. But I do not find
especial fault with him. He was simply another unfortunate victim
of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it
at that time.
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What makes Washington and King so powerful is their forgiveness
to the oppressors, the white man. They look forward to the future
and the equality that will come rather than the painful and unjust
past.
Slide 8
I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness
against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of
my race.
Slide 9
There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who
hates you mostthere will come a time when you will have an
opportunity to defeat that person. That's the time you must not do
it. That is the meaning of love.
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I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel
wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man for nearly as much out of
slavery as the white man did. The hurtful influences of the
institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.
Slide 11
But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend
expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will
be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the
ungrateful and the wicked.
Slide 12
What Im able to take away from the oppressed black man is the
attribute to love all. To forgive any man. That the greatest
strength comes from those who do not find fault with the other, but
strives to find love and compassion within their enemy.
Slide 13
In later years, I confess that I do not envy the white boy as I
once did. I have learned that success is to be measured not so much
by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles
which he has overcome while trying to succeed he gets a strength, a
confidence, that one misses whose pathway is comparatively smooth
by reason of birth and race.
Slide 14
Haley, those who go without are actually those with the
greatest advantage.
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No man whose vision is bound by color can come into contact
with what is highest and best in the world.
Slide 16
Washington and King believed that the way to equality was
through love and to obtain love was to give forgiveness, because
more often than not, you cannot receive something without first
giving.
Slide 17
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your
enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power.
And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals
Because if you hate your enemies, you have no way to redeem and to
transform your enemies. But if you love your enemies, you will
discover that at the very root of love is the power of
redemption.
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Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, they know not what they
do.
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Attributions Text: Loving Your Enemies by Martin Luther King
Jr. Picture: http://comefillyourcup.com/2012/03/21/forgiveness/ Up
From Slavery by Booker T. Washington (Page 5) Mt. 18:21-22 Up From
Slavery (Page 1) My own response Picture:
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/photos/article/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-His-life-in-pictures-
956071.php Up From Slavery (Page 6) Picture:
http://epitemnein-epitomic.blogspot.com/2012/04/when-acceptance-aids-forgiveness.html
Loving Your Enemies Picture:
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/photos/article/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-His-life-in-pictures-
956071.php Up From Slavery (Page 6) Lk. 6:35-36 My own response
Picture:
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/photos/article/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-His-life-in-pictures-
956071.php Up From Slavery (Page 15) Patrice Lemoine (my mom) Up
From Slavery (Page 33) My own response Loving Your Enemies Lk 24:34
Wavin Flag performed by students from the University of
Rochester
Slide 20
Personal Statement The most important thing about really
understanding what you read is connecting to it. I was able to
connect with Washington the most because of what my mother said,
how having little gives you more. Both King and Washington were
able to gain from the pain they endured, which to me was the most
inspiring. The hardship and strife that the black man endured is
unimaginable to me, yet they still found the importance in
forgiving. The compassion and strength is what I wanted to portray
in my mash-up.