Nationalism serves as a uniting force. The recent World Cup united each country, where people came together as aspirants for their team and, ultimately, their country. These fans were united in cheering for their players and equally united in recovering from defeat. This illustrates the spirit of national identity. By taking a strong sense of who we are, dishonor and fright become foreign concepts. We developed to be bold and confident, sometimes overly so. We become so occupied in our views that we drown in circumstances of opposition. We cross the boundaries to defame others in the name of unity. Unfortunately, that is where unity is no longer present, and the individual is singled out. Mistreating a national identity as superior is not appropriate. Although we are citizens of whatever country, everybody is a citizen of this one planet called Earth.
King’s dream of economic equality has been harder to achieve. Why? For one, he demanded that Americans restructure capitalism, both at home and abroad. But he also challenged a core part of the American Dream: the false assumption that those who work hard can move upward. King rejected the bootstrap myth, because he understood that many people, notably those of color, didn’t even have boots.
The choices for this question can be found elsewhere and as follows:
a. expanded to become the dominant religion in all of Asia. . .
b. declined in India but remained strong in other areas of Asia. . .
c. spread to Asia but did not take hold throughout the continent. . .
d. became obsolete when Hinduism spread into Asia.
The correct answer from the choices would be option option B. Buddhism was India’s dominant religion in 100 BCE, and then it declined in India but remained strong in other areas of Asia.
