Essay On Ignorance And Conscientious Stupidity

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Introduction Throughout history Europeans have conquered and claimed land as their own all while ignoring the original inhabitants of the land. The Europeans often enslaved the indigenous inhabitants forcing them to carry out hard labour for little or no pay. The aboriginal inhabitants had to fight for their freedom from their colonisers. Evidence of this struggle is seen in The USA South Africa and Australia –Amongst others- The “blacks” that inhabited these countries were initially enslaved, once released they were subjected to severe racial segregation. The segregation came as a result of a superiority complex held by the white of the respective countries. Martin Luther King Jr. once said ”Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” to some extent the statement is true as conscientious stupidity can be viewed as very dangerous as in most cases it is used to justify violent acts. Sincere ignorance on the other hand is just that a sincere lack of knowledge brought on …show more content…

This causes the uneducated masses to act in one off two ways, they either: 1. The uneducated will choose to remain uneducated but will not act with the negative party (Those who oppose the protest movement). These people do not possess the information that would cause them to view how the negative party acts as wrong and so they feel no need to correct the discrepancies. In most civil rights movements these people would be the uneducated youth and children. As well as generations who grew up with the segregation as part of their natural society Or 2. The uneducated will choose to remain uneducated but still act with the negative party. These are the people who deliberately deny themselves enrichment regarding the subject. They openly ignore the obvious flaws in the cause they support and support it anyways. They act ignorantly out of their own

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