Haydel, Emily: Diversity

In A Letter From Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. wrote about nonviolent protest as opposed to violent protest in response to another letter, A Call for Unity. I agree with Martin Luther King Jr. in that I believe nonviolent protest is far superior to violent protest. If violent protest is used then violence will be used to battle the protestors which will cause more violence back from the protesters. This will cause a ladder of growing violence. Also, there may be many unnecessary deaths and injuries caused by the violence.

    
I believe that non-violent protest is more successful too. If violence is used against nonviolent protesters then most onlookers will feel either guilty or angered. This will, in effect, create more supporters of the cause that is being protested. In this case the controversy is racism. Racism still exists unfortunately, but thanks to the many nonviolent protests in the past, minorities of all cultures are protected by law and given the same rights as the White majority. Thanks to the protests, minorities such as Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, have the same rights as Whites. They no longer have to be separated because of their color or their culture. No more will they have to suffer the embarrassment of having to drink from separate fountains, work certain jobs while being denied others, or be forced to go to separate schools or churches.

    
I believe that the rights minorities of all races have today is all thanks to the nonviolent protesters of the Black culture and the White people who protested alongside them. Thanks to them, minorities today are legally protected from acts of hatred and racism. They are also protected from racial prejudice. Lastly they are protected from racial discrimination and from embarrassment due to being forced to be separate from the White American majority.