We Shall Overcome!

1/20/2020

Daily Literary Quote
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Journal Prompt
Explain the above quote. Why are "sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" so dangerous? If Dr. King were alive today, what do you think he would say about the state of racism and human rights in the United States?

58 Comments

Cody

1/20/2020 10:37:12 am

It’s because we mistreated people. It’s dangerous because people act like the have all the power. but they don’t and don’t treat people equal.

taelyn

1/20/2020 10:38:01 am

i agree

Sydnee

1/20/2020 10:39:36 am

Nice.

Kelton

1/20/2020 10:40:12 am

Very good

Paul

1/20/2020 10:41:13 am

People do tend to get mistreated.

Troy

1/20/2020 10:41:52 am

You are correct

Cheyenne

1/20/2020 10:43:30 am

I agree and great way of explaining it.

taelyn

1/20/2020 10:37:44 am

they are dangerous because people like that are the kind of people who don’t see any wrong in any of their actions. they also think that everything they do is right because their minds are set in the fact that they are right.

Cole

1/20/2020 10:39:14 am

I agree

Kelton

1/20/2020 10:40:33 am

I respect that

Paul

1/20/2020 10:40:48 am

I agree with what you had been to say.

Cody

1/20/2020 10:41:44 am

I agree with you

Jacob

1/20/2020 10:41:54 am

I agree with that.

Riley

1/20/2020 10:38:34 am

People being stupid and blind to problems only allows them to grow. Stupidity is also the source of many problems. He would probably be happy with how far things have come.

Loon

1/20/2020 10:41:02 am

I agree with this

Ryder

1/20/2020 10:41:35 am

Sounds about right

Dylan

1/20/2020 10:42:05 am

I agree with that

Brooke

1/20/2020 10:43:48 am

Stupidity can cause many problems.

Owen

1/20/2020 10:43:57 am

Very true

Cole

1/20/2020 10:38:55 am

I think he would not be happy with where it is but it is a good start from what he started with. The quote means that the world is full of dumb people who are just ignorant

Wylie

1/20/2020 10:40:28 am

I agree

Loon

1/20/2020 10:41:41 am

I like your translation of the quote

Jacob

1/20/2020 10:42:30 am

I agree

Sydnee

1/20/2020 10:39:01 am

It’s because come no longer have a conscience. I feel like in some I would believe he would be proud but in others he would have a different say.

Cheyenne

1/20/2020 10:45:08 am

I agree and some people can be worse at thinking about things like that and they stop caring.

Troy

1/20/2020 10:39:06 am

I think he would see that it would have improved but it still isn’t where he would like it to be.

Cole

1/20/2020 10:39:41 am

Great response

Tamryn

1/20/2020 10:39:16 am

If I’m being honest, I don’t know much about the state of racism in the United States. I do know that it still happens every day all day, but I believe he would have been happy with how far we have come since then.

Wylie

1/20/2020 10:40:54 am

It’s always good to be honest

Cody

1/20/2020 10:42:11 am

True be told

taelyn

1/20/2020 10:42:29 am

really great response

Dakota

1/20/2020 10:44:02 am

I feel like there’s not as much racism in the world.

Brayden

1/20/2020 10:45:02 am

Yes we have came along ways with racism.

Kelton

1/20/2020 10:39:29 am

Because it makes people blind to the real problems this society faces. Even though human rights and racism has made huge steps towards equality, there is still a huge hill to climb to eliminate it. Mr. King would talk about how the only way we can truly become a great country is to come together rather then still trying to further divide each other.

Troy

1/20/2020 10:42:14 am

Nice thinking

Paul

1/20/2020 10:39:41 am

It’s dangerous because people don’t see many important things that happen in life. If Dr. king was alive he would probably be disappointed in the world in someways and happy in others.

Wylie

1/20/2020 10:39:46 am

He would say that it has gotten better but still not good it still happens.

Owen

1/20/2020 10:44:12 am

Yes he would

Abi

1/20/2020 10:40:19 am

People like this have no idea how their actions can hurt people and don’t usually make the right decisions when it comes to having to make one. Much like people in this school.

Destiny

1/20/2020 10:42:49 am

That's very true. Some people really don’t think or care about other people’s opinions.

Loon

1/20/2020 10:40:28 am

If Dr. King was alive today I think he would say that the state of racism has greatly improved from the time he was alive in. With this said I think he would still see the need for improvement.

Riley

1/20/2020 10:42:19 am

Wise words.

Dylan

1/20/2020 10:40:38 am

Is says that known stupidity and honesty ignorance is the most dangerous. I believe that he would think that the state of racism has change but not how he invisioned. For human rights I would think they are the same.

Destiny

1/20/2020 10:40:43 am

The reason for ignorance and stupidity being so dangerous is because some people don’t think through the true outcomes of some decisions. I believe that racism would stay the same human rights would be a struggle like it is now.

Brooke

1/20/2020 10:44:22 am

I agree with your statement.

Ryder

1/20/2020 10:41:07 am

If people are just stupid they won’t care about who or what gets affected in their path. MLK would be disappointing on how the change hasn’t been as drastic as he would’ve hoped.

Dakota

1/20/2020 10:43:00 am

Very good.

Jacob

1/20/2020 10:41:25 am

People who are blind to the stupidity and their stupid actions do not know they are wrong. They are dangerous because they are hard to stop. Dr. King would still be disappointed because of what is still happening but happy because those things have improved.

Dylan

1/20/2020 10:42:37 am

I agree that

Dakota

1/20/2020 10:41:30 am

I feel like he would be happy. I say this because there is less racism today then in his days. The black and white people arent forced to go to different schools and people are more accepting.

Kaleb

1/20/2020 10:42:00 am

It is horrible when people act like they don’t admit to it because they are gaining form being ignorant and ignoring what’s clearing happening.

Brooke

1/20/2020 10:42:32 am

The reason he mentions all of these things is because it clouds are judgement and consideration for people. I think that he would say that it has gotten better in some aspects.

Destiny

1/20/2020 10:43:22 am

That’s very true

Cheyenne Ward

1/20/2020 10:42:42 am

They are dangerous because being ignorant or having conscientious stupidity results in mistakes and hurting people in other ways we might not think is hurting them. I don’t think he would prove because it has gotten a bit out of hand and most of everyone does it or says something offensive towards it.

Riley

1/20/2020 10:43:09 am

I agree.

Owen

1/20/2020 10:43:36 am

When you do something wrong you learn from it. He would enjoy what is happening. We have grown a lot from our wrongs.

Brayden

1/20/2020 10:43:42 am

I’m not sure how this is dangerous I would say it come from undesiplined kids.

Tyrell Wortley

1/20/2020 10:55:01 am

The quote above is talking about how dangerous intending good but probably not and intentionally making poor decisions are very dangerous things. They’re both dangerous because of what effects they can have on people. Like trying to give other groups more rights but unintentionally you become enslaved to the ones you try to free by giving them a passes that you yourself don’t have. This isn’t so for all groups, but there are very few people like this. The opposite of this can also occur and is more common. With this in mind, I would think MLK would say, “When I said that I had a dream of equal rights, I meant that to be for EVERYBODY to follow the same laws of freedom America stands for.”

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