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Martin Luther King Jr.

Moving Beyond King's Dream

Prof. Nave takes a moment on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to encourage people to challenge the "giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism," King addressed during his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech.

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Guy Nave, Luther College professor of religion

De-romanticizing oppression

Professor Nave uses modern day references (a statement from Betsy DeVos and the film "Hidden Figures") to challenge us to dismantle racist practices and wipe away the romanticized delusion of the past to make America and the world great.

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Guy Nave, Luther College professor of religion

Justice is not a zero-sum game

Guy Nave explains the "zero-sum fallacy"—the belief that all resources are fixed and limited, therefore, one person's gain is always another person's loss, and how when it comes to justice... more justice for one, is more justice for all.

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Guy Nave, Luther College professor of religion

Make America Great AGAIN?

In response to Donald Trump's presidential campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again," Professor Guy Nave asks at what point during America's 250-year history of slavery, lynching, Jim Crow, segregation, anti-Civil Rights violence and other sundry forms of racialized violence and discrimination was America "great."

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