The Ways of Meeting Oppression

The Ways of Meeting Oppression


In “The Ways of Meeting Oppression” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; King addresses three methods of meeting oppression, acquiescence, physical violence, and nonviolent resistance.
Acquiescence is when the oppressed are resigned to whatever will happen to them, they accept it. They become conditioned to it. In their minds it will cost more physically and emotionally to stand up for themselves then it would just to accept their f...