Global Connections: A theory, and practice?

Last semester, I used Plato's allegory of the cave in order to illustrate the concept of becoming enlightened. Specifically, I wanted to illustrate power of enlightenment, because once you become enlightened, you cannot become unenlightened.  Over the course of the entire year, we have been enlightened and had our eyes opened to the issues that haunt our society. Now that we have been educated on the subjects of racism, bigotry, and the myriad of other social injustices that plague our society, it is our duty to be up-standers and to take a firm stand against the injustice. This reminds me of a quote from Thomas Jefferson; "... in matter of principle, stand like a rock." We must resist the flow of the general population and act as we are, enlightened.