Gandhi saw that it wasn’t fair that Indian people had to carry around passes. That made him see that Indian people did not have equal rights like the other races did. He then encouraged all of the people that came to his protest to burn their passes. This then evolved into Gandhi getting hit by the policeman and he did absolutely nothing he just kept on throwing the passes into the fire. This applies to the Black Lives Matter movement because the only people being violent in the movement are the policemen. The protesters aren’t doing anything. They are just standing up for what they believe in and do not want to be violent. I think the Gandhi approach is a model that everyone uses now. Gandhi saw that if you fight back you are no better than the people attacking you. Even though when he was thrown into jail and beaten he said that you should just love the opposition. Mauna Kea is a good example of Gandhi’s model. People did not want the telescope to be built there so they set up their tents and protested. People were arrested but no one resisted. Eventually the project was postponed but when they come back again, all of the people will be there. Erickson, E., & Scechter, B. (n.d.).
Https://www.ccsf.edu/Resources/VOICE/instructorslessonplans/individualrights/gandhi/reading.pdf [PDF]. California Department of Education. Dyke, M. (2019, August 17). 'A new Hawaiian Renaissance': How a telescope protest became a movement. Retrieved June 25, 2020, from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/16/hawaii-telescope-protest-mauna-kea The Death of Mahatma Gandhi. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2020, from https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-mahatma-gandhi
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