This week's readings, a chapter from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Stride Toward Freedom, and one of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's speeches regarding the annihilation of the caste system in India, dealt with social justice.
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Prompt: Ambedkar and King are two advocates for social justice in their own contexts. Compare/contrast their political arguments and/or rhetoric. Does the concept of conversion shed light on their arguments or experiences? Is becoming a nonviolent activist a form of conversion? Is an entire caste group rejecting Hinduism a form of conversion?