On the other hand, Martin L King believed in non-violence and integration. MLK organized “sit-ins” which consisted on black people to go into shops where colored people weren’t welcome and just sit there as a peaceful protest. Malcolm criticized Martin on this because he believed that these actions weren’t making any successful impact. These events are what differenced Martin L. King from Malcolm X. I approach more to MLK’s cause because he wanted integration between different races without any usage of violence from their part. He wanted to achieve this by peacefully breaking the unjust laws, which was a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
Baldwin doesn’t agree the white man is the devil, but “according to Elijah, that [he] failed to realize that the white man was a devil was that [he] had been too long exposed to white teaching and had never received true instruction” (Baldwin, 66). Baldwin was given the opportunity to become an influential part of this Islamic movement, but Baldwin does not agree with what they preach and believe. Upon leaving Baldwin “wished to be able to love and honor [Muhammad] as a witness, an ally, and a father” (Baldwin, 78), but “…would be strangers, and possibly, one day, enemies” (Baldwin, 79). Because he was so opposing to the movement’s principles to be best friends with the leader of the movement would be seen as contradictory. Being friends with Muhammad would be like Martin Luther King, Jr. befriending Malcolm X.
When Tom said that he felt sorry for Mayella it was wrong in their minds because he is an African American who should not feel bad for a white person whose class is higher. After Tom said this the trial went down hill from there because he said he felt sorry for a white woman, which shows white supremacy in the town. In conclusion, this proves Tom Robinson to be a victim of racial discrimination and white
Dolphus Raymond is objected to this discrimination because of his choice to have relations with an African American woman. The people in Maycomb judge Dolphus Raymond for having children with the African American woman and think poorly of his decisions. To avoid confrontation with anyone as to why he chooses to live his life like that, he walks around drinking a beverage from a brown paper bag and sways when he walks. Scout, Jem, and Dill have a conversation with him and realize that he is not an alcoholic, he just pretends to be to avoid people from questioning his actions. Aunt Alexandria too shows this behavior when Scout asks if Walter Cunningham can come over for lunch.
For example, while the white narrator is at the “Party” of lynching a black man, “I wanted to leave, but the folks were yelling and I couldn’t move except to look around and see that statue” (Ellison 3). This clearly shows that is no were near violent it was forced upon him to go to this “Party.” He wanted to leave because he wasn’t raised to be this way towards others. “The Invisible Man” disproves the statement of born violent also it is the environment that the person is in. For instance, the Invisible man states, “You ache with the need to convince yourself that you do exist in the real world, that you’re a part of all the sounds and anguish, and you strike out with your fists, you curse and swear to make them recognize you” (Ellison 3). This quote defiantly shows that people are not born violent.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee In To Kill a Mockingbird, the oppressed and misunderstood are portrayed in the characters Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Though the lives of the two characters are very different, they both share many common experiences and who do nothing but try to live their lives as good people, Tom is killed and Boo is almost destroyed by the ignorant people that live in Maycomb. The book is set in the South of America in the 1930’s. Racial discrimination against black people was not against the law in the south. Black slaves were not entitled to the education and laws that their white masters had and to put up with brutality because of this.
If he missed Tim Johnson the shot would have gone right into the Radley’s house that is why the sheriff Heck Tate did not want to shoot Tim Johnson. It would have taken courage from Atticus to shoot the gone even though he could have missed and killed someone. Later in the story at the trial Scout over hears a conversation of a group of old men and one of them in the group says ‘“You know the court appointed him to defend the n*****.”’ Another says “‘Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him. That’s what I don’t like about it”’ (Lee 163). During this time people that defended African Americans did not try very hard to win, but Atticus tried to the best of his abilities which is wrong in the minds of most people.
This shows that even thought Mr. Radley had no proof he assumed that it was an African American only because of his racist opinions towards blacks. In essence the plot of this novel demonstrates how the negative opinions of people can change others lives
Unlike the Native Americans, they were viewed more as a tool rather than an individual since the beginning of the African slave trade. Their lives were devastated as families were split apart and their freedom was stripped away from them. Those who were enslaved soon used freedom petitions to rally to the cause of abolishing slavery, one in which revealed how they had “with other men a natural and unalienable right to that freedom which the great parent of the universe hath bestowed equally on all mankind” as they argued that it was unjust to judge people by their appearance. They believed, like white women, that every individual was given such rights as a human being as well. They believed that they were fellow brothers, but were instead ignored and harassed by white men for their own benefit.
Dolphis Raymond is talking to Dill and Scout, “I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (202). Some people believe that there is only one real way to live and anyone who isn’t like that won’t be accepted. People are prejudice and that was okay with Dolphis Raymond, he just wanted to live life his way and didn’t care what others thought. Dolphis was an outcast who taught that in order to fully know someone, there’s always a way to get to know