A Teacher’s Story: The Meaning of Transformative Compassion
by - Kokayi Nosakhere (@RoyalStarMastery) Because of the national holiday celebrated in his name, millions associate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the undisputed symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. The “I Have a Dream” speech is a standard bearer. He is a shining example that human ideals are not meant to remain abstract ideas on paper. You and I have the capacity to learn about a social ill and organize our communities for change. In this way, he is extremely inspirational. Historian, Vincent Harding, calls Dr. King, the United States’ national hero. Part of the reason Dr. King is inspirational is because his story fits the frame of “American exceptionalism.” Under our Constitution, the individual is supreme. By sheer force of will, a skillful personality can make something happen that previous generations could not. The barrier is not is not the community or society. The barrier is all within. If the individual is able to withstand the resistance to their i...