Martin Luther King Jr Letter From Birmingham Jail Summary
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Freedom is a Birthright not a Privilege: King’s View of Roles in Inequality
Most people agree that bullying is unethical, hurtful, damaging and that schools should not condone it. Furthermore, some concede that schools should educate students about bullying, and the psychological harm bullying has on victims. For instance, according to stopbulling.gov kids who are bullied are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. Bullies should not be allowed to define what bullying is, nor should they determine how a victim should feel about being bullied. In the same way an oppressor is someone who gains from other people’s suffering or misfortune. Which poses the question, should the oppressor have a say on how the oppressed should feel about inequality?
In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr, responded to a letter by clergymen that were claiming Dr. King’s movement was untimely, extreme, and violent. In King’s response, he addresses their commentaries by quoting known religious figures to appeal to the clergymen's religious ties. He mentions that many talk about how this nonviolent movement is “untimely’, and that that has been the case for centuries. Dr. King alluded that for many years African Americans have been told to wait for their rights. White moderates being the greatest “stumbling block” for African Americans stride to freedom; not because they reject the idea of equality, but on the account that they believe they “can set the timetable for …show more content…
I believe that they are blind to the justice of the protest because in a way they are much like the white moderates Dr.King wrote about. “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your method of direct action” (King 9). The white moderates apprehend that there is inequality in their town, however they want justice to happen on their own terms, when they are ready for
Freedom is a Birthright not a Privilege: King’s View of Roles in Inequality
Most people agree that bullying is unethical, hurtful, damaging and that schools should not condone it. Furthermore, some concede that schools should educate students about bullying, and the psychological harm bullying has on victims. For instance, according to stopbulling.gov kids who are bullied are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. Bullies should not be allowed to define what bullying is, nor should they determine how a victim should feel about being bullied. In the same way an oppressor is someone who gains from other people’s suffering or misfortune. Which poses the question, should the oppressor have a say on how the oppressed should feel about inequality?
In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr, responded to a letter by clergymen that were claiming Dr. King’s movement was untimely, extreme, and violent. In King’s response, he addresses their commentaries by quoting known religious figures to appeal to the clergymen's religious ties. He mentions that many talk about how this nonviolent movement is “untimely’, and that that has been the case for centuries. Dr. King alluded that for many years African Americans have been told to wait for their rights. White moderates being the greatest “stumbling block” for African Americans stride to freedom; not because they reject the idea of equality, but on the account that they believe they “can set the timetable for …show more content…
I believe that they are blind to the justice of the protest because in a way they are much like the white moderates Dr.King wrote about. “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your method of direct action” (King 9). The white moderates apprehend that there is inequality in their town, however they want justice to happen on their own terms, when they are ready for