Letters From Birmingham Jail

Letters From Birmingham Jail

...obstacle towards Negro community’s freedom; that follows an authoritative style of leadership and prefers negative peace. King hoped that the white moderate would realize that law and order be present for justice to be recognized, and tension in the South was a point of the shift to substantive and positive peace, in which people were treated equally regardless of their race and religion. Furthermore, King replied to Clergymen’s irrational argument that is, declaring actions of people that initiate violence whether or not unintentional, by referring to what the federal courts’ view regarding the basic constitutional rights of a US citizen. Moreover, King also criticizes the white moderate for concerning time in relation to the struggle of liberty which is based on an ancient myth. Time must be used in a lucrative way and that progress is achieved by the efforts of men willing to compromise with God. Surprisingly, the Clergymen regarded King’s peaceful activities as that of an extremist. However, he neither belonged to the dormant group who had adapted to the racial discrimination nor to the activist group who were reacted aggressively; he chose his own way of protesting in a peaceful method and proved to be successful through the influence of the Negro church. Oppression of the Negro community has encouraged them to fight for racial justice and they will try to achieve their goal peacefully; if not, then with cruelty. King should have realized that majority of the white community do not understand the sufferings our race has been through, but at the same time he appreciates the people of the white community who joined the effort of taking action. Best paragraphs I personally feel that the 27th and 28th paragraphs are the most attractive in which he describes his situation where he was considered as an extremist, though he was neither from the group of people...

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