African Americans have struggled over the years to finally be treated equal and Martin Luther King, wanted to help every African American to achieve that goal. Martin Luther King’s Speech “ I Have A Dream” talks about racial issues that to this day is relevant. He talks about inequality between white and black men during the time period and demands a change. Dr. King explains how African Americans as a race have been oppressed and put down. King wishes for the times that the nation can finally unite and be one. Dr. King discusses how only one hundred years ago, the black race was finally released from the horrible terrors of slavery but are still not free. “But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact the negro is still not free”
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“We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of unspeakable horrors of police brutality” (King 360). This statement is one of the most relatable things said in his essay because even now in 2016, this is one of the biggest issues that the African Americans have been dealing with. So many African Americans are being abused or shot and killed by the police. Things have escalated so much, so very quickly with the death of so many people, that it led to the creation of “#BlackLivesMatter”. It was made to show that the African American race means just as much as anyone else and that other people should understand that and should support that. “We cannot be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities”(King pg. 360). In many places, Blacks and other people of color will be turned away not only from hotels but many other spots because they don’t appreciate “their …show more content…
We still fight racism everyday, when we shouldn’t. We work just as hard if not harder than anyone else and we don 't get the recognition that we deserve. We try to defend ourselves on social media or just in life and we get pushed down back into oppression because thats all we seemed to talk about. The African Americans of today will not accept gradualism. Like Martin said and believed, and that millions of people believe know as well, African Americans deserves to be equal just like everyone else. This needs to be dealt with now, before many other people have to lose their
“We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of unspeakable horrors of police brutality” (King 360). This statement is one of the most relatable things said in his essay because even now in 2016, this is one of the biggest issues that the African Americans have been dealing with. So many African Americans are being abused or shot and killed by the police. Things have escalated so much, so very quickly with the death of so many people, that it led to the creation of “#BlackLivesMatter”. It was made to show that the African American race means just as much as anyone else and that other people should understand that and should support that. “We cannot be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities”(King pg. 360). In many places, Blacks and other people of color will be turned away not only from hotels but many other spots because they don’t appreciate “their …show more content…
We still fight racism everyday, when we shouldn’t. We work just as hard if not harder than anyone else and we don 't get the recognition that we deserve. We try to defend ourselves on social media or just in life and we get pushed down back into oppression because thats all we seemed to talk about. The African Americans of today will not accept gradualism. Like Martin said and believed, and that millions of people believe know as well, African Americans deserves to be equal just like everyone else. This needs to be dealt with now, before many other people have to lose their