Ø The first person made very clear and accurate statements. I agree with the statement on how being a citizen, a fine one or not, should give you the same rights as all of the other citizens, regardless of race. The fact of the matter is, it should never be ok to assume that just because of you race you have a certain seat arrangement on a bus, a train, or a plane. It was never a law that everybody had to follow, it was more so that white community setting their own laws to where the African Americans had to follow. Rosa Parks was and will always be a legend to African Americans because that one day she finally stood up to a white person, and saying NO! Also another main point that was made was when she said, “to gain justice on the buses of their community, they are not going against any laws or breaking down any barriers”. This statement is something I’m sure made all citizens of the African American community feel at ease. To gain back their justice of having rights to sit where they please will help people heal and come to realization that it wasn’t a law or will it ever be a law to where you decide to sit.
Ø The second person made a good point that blacks had a clear right to protest. As much as people might have been afraid to protest, because of the possibility of getting arrested. They already had a huge target on their backs, because of the skin color, but also now because they had a very clear reasoning of why they where protesting, and that was because of the day Rosa Parks decided not to move out of her seat. This person also made good observations from the article and used them to prove her point with was she was saying. Also the attached links provided good information also backing up her opinions.
Ø Person three, I feel had the best observations from the article. He uses both the laws of the Constitution and religion as a base where MLK practiced from. One of the things I liked that he posted was, “This is a nation that had betrayed him and his people, treated them like no human being should ever be treated. Even with all this he still praised our government, saying that it only needs to be corrected, and that is the beauty of our system. We have the ability to protest and make changes in our own system, a right that few other places in the world have.” And lastly he made a very interesting and questionable statement, “it makes me wonder if this revolution were to happen today if it would actually work now that there is not a primary uniting religion on both sides.
Ø Person four made good observations from all three people. She mentioned a part made by MLK, that if it was wrong for the African Americans to try to gain justice in the busing system, then the Supreme Court is wrong, the United States is wrong, and God is wrong—because all three claim that people should be treated equally. This saying will forever be a bold statement everybody will live by, or should live by. All MLK wanted was for everybody to be free, to be able to live their lives without fear of what will happen to them or what someone will say. The freedom of being able to walk around town, holding their head held high, and not feel like it’s a crime to be out and about and what seats they are or aren’t allowed to sit in. That’s all he ever wanted, for people to feel just like everybody else. I feel with out MLK making his infamous speech and never giving up this might be very different in today’s society.
- Jenna Harrington
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