That is an incredibly disempowering opinion. Is there any practical value to leading one's life in accordance with such a philosophy? >The answer: Get incredib

That is an incredibly disempowering opinion. Is there any practical value to leading one's life in accordance with such a philosophy? >The answer: Get incredibly lucky; Does a human have no agency in which to improve their odds? >Douglass learned to read with help from his master's wife when such was significantly frowned on and (IIRC) illegal. Indeed today educating oneself is frowned upon by many in the black community, those who do are often referred to as "white" or "uncle toms". Does that mean one should refrain from it? >Respond to disagreeable situations violently ("After Douglass won a physical confrontation, Covey [a poor farmer who had a reputation as a "slave-breaker"] never tried to beat him again"). Commit crimes; Douglass attempted to escape repeatedly. "Disagreeable" is incredibly euphemistic and dishonest characterization of slave-breaking camps. Should human beings not rebel when being tortured and enslaved? "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all." -MLK