Marsh, Daly: Diversity

After reading A Call For Unity, written by eight clergymen from Birmingham, Alabama, and A Letter From Birmingham Jail, written in return by Martin Luther king Jr, I Acknowledge the struggles between Blacks and Whites. The conflicts between two completely opposite communities living in the city.
  
In the two letters, there are two completely different stories being told. The clergymen claim that African Americans should stop protesting. The letter says that the protesting is not helping anyone, but only causing more trouble to the society. Also, the letter states that African Americans are not protesting because they need to, but because outside opinions are influencing them to respond.
   
In my opinion, this is an untrue and unfair statement to make against African Americans. If they would not have protested, there would not be any tension between the two races. Tension, is what makes people change or notice what is wrong. Without the community standing up for themselves, nothing would have happened. Clergymen argued that the fight doesn't need to be fought through demonstrations, but handled in court if they thought something was unfair. In contrast, the society was not completely 'equal.' Even churches were segregated, even though in the eyes of God everyome is created equal. Discrimination was supported because no one stood up against it.
   
Martin Luther King Jr. and his well written response, A Letter From Birmingham Jail, stood up for the wrongs in discrimination. The demonstrations that Mr. king and his community conducted are what changed the way discrimination is depicted. Every time someone stood up, they were told to 'wait' by higher powers. Mr. King announced that he was tired of waiting. The 'wait' turned into 'never,' and something had to be done. He created tension with his nonviolent demonstrations that forced a bigger community to notice what needed to be changed.
   
In conclusion, discrimination is wrong, and should not be practiced. Racism is still a problem today, but because of Mr. King and his demonstrations racism is decreasing every generation. Without someone standing up for what they believe in, nothing would be as it is today.