The article "Martin Luther King's unfinished business" portrays MLK as this hero figure who wanted to gain the peace between all races. "In August 1963, under Kennedy's presidency, King led a multi-racial rally of 250,000 in Washington demanding economic justice... King held the crowd spellbound with his inspiring, momentous "I have a dream" speech about how "this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truth to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." (Page 1)I believe that this article has made people view MLK as this heroic person that has done his best to not only improve black society, but the whole world. He fought for equality; which is most important not only to Americans but also African Americans. MLK's accomplishments and achievements are awarded today through celebrating his death. We are supposed to honor this day with respect and thanks to him becuase he improved our country by changing the way people viewed others.
In my point of view, I believe that Martin Luther King is an important figure in the United States because we Americans are taught to believe that becuase of him, our society has changed and improved to be more peaceful. MLK fought for all races and their rights as humans. He states, "Many of our white brothers as evidenced by their presence here today have come to realise that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and they come to realise that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone." Martin Luther King was an inspiration and a positive influence to people who believed they had differences with other races, he wanted to open people's eyes to see that everyone is united; no matter the race, color, or ethnicity, we are all the connected. Personally, I believe that MLK's accomplishments made a big difference for our country. He improved the way we viewed one another and it made a big change.
Through Martin Luther King's achievements we have made him into a "plastic postage stamp saint". In our LDH2BM class we made a definition for this name as, the idea to make someone this perfect figure to society and how we cannot be like them. In other words we have made MLK into this plastic saint who did the right things in life and because of everything he has done for our country, he is now someone we all honor and appreciate. We have made believe that when someone has done a great deed in their life, they must be honored and we must celebrate their accomplishments.
When Martin Luther King stated, " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal", it had a big impact on how everyone viewed themselves and others. MLK has influenced everyone that we are all one. We are connected in every way. We were all born with different colors, races, etc but we are all equal. I agree with MLK becuase in my point of view color does not matter. I believe we are all equal and no matter the race or social class we should be treated the same. The difference between rich and poor really upsets me because our society has made us to believe that the rich are the higher class and becuase they are "rich" they have more power and respect while the poor are the lower class who don't have much power or respect and as they work their way up to the rich, the rich are only getting more money more power and more respect. Our government has gave the rich more options in life to succeed in life while the poor has to work hard to become successful. This to me is unfair and it contradicts what Martin Luther King has stated that "everyone is equal". As a middle class citizen I believe that there are many things in life that are unfair but I know that isn't up to me. Isn't that unfair?
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