While reading MLK's letter from jail, the two main quotes I found that stood out to me in relation to the previous material we studied were actually very short. “A few signs, briefly removed, returned; the others remained” and “Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, ‘Wait’” both caught my eye. The first one is talking about how throughout the history of African Americans, blacks will have obtained some ground toward total equality in comparison to whites, but that ground is always shaken and broken down to what was there before. The second quote, in my opinion is very important because it brings the concept of fighting for civil rights to a more relate-able view, showing people how it easy it can be for the people not being afflicted to hold the rights from others. If one person has an ample amount of money, but one person does not, the wealthy man will have a much easier time denying the other man money because he has no experience being the one in need. The concept of not having the experience the blacks have, to me seems like a very good point, but does not really carry much weight in the argument for civil rights; although its true, it can not be used as evidence for support.
Very good post. As I have said in class, King's actions have amazed me for a long time. I don't know if I could have been non-violent in the face of the incidents that kept on and on in the South. I usually consider a statement that I have read: What do we as a race do to those who challenge us to be better? We kill them.
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