I believe everyone should have the same rights and so when I read these two articles I was filled with emotion.
I grew up in an all white home with almost no contact with black people and yet I was raised to respect people as humans, I wasn't taught to look down on people because of there skin tone. Because of this upbringing I was angry at the tone of the clergy writing " A Call to Unity". They where lying right through there teeth. They acted like they cared and wanted to do right by the people when really they just wanted the embarrassing protests to stop. Also wight the protests going on businesses lost money. What town wants to have a bad economy?
When I read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" I was filled with passion and agreed wholeheartedly. King was right about so much. The Whites where making everything unfair but saying they would work with the Black community. The Black community tried to be polite, to talk, to negotiate, it just had no effect. So they decided to start protesting nonviolently. Even then they were being respectful. I know so far it seems I'm sticking up for the Black side so I'm going to pause and try to see it from the perspective of a White person then...
I can see why White people were upset because all their lives they grew up seeing Blacks as inferior. But, I believe I'd start seeing them as equal people when they stood up for themselves. If someone is going to fight for something that bad they deserve to get it.
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