A Heated Argument

                The anger and passion in today’s society about social injustice is a hot topic. Although many misunderstand and interpret the message wrong, the opinion of all matters. We have had many speakers on the subject of black prejudice and injustice, but I’d like to take a look at how the black society is creating new talk in 2016 and compare it to older messages.

                Ta-Nehisi Coates does write a passionate article on the wrong doings against Freddie Gray and how the system covers up the law protectors instead of protecting the people.  If Dr. Martin Luther King sat down with Coates, I believe he would agree with him. That the people are supposed to be treated with ‘NO’ judgment but instead they are being wrongfully killed (morals out the window). Then the people in power calls for calm and peaceful environments. I believe Dr. King would, if having understanding the situation of minorities in 2016 and their ongoing fight to be seen racially equal, better yet racially just, he would agree with the retaliation of the people. As Dr. King says in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, “but I must confess that I am not afraid of the word “tension.” Dr. King was a peaceful man, history says, but he understood that measures had to be taken to prove a point. One common misconception is that Black people are always up in arms, but throughout history every big and successful civil rights movement was violent. Haiti, Cuba, South Africa, Mexican Moreno movement, including white America’s which was not even halfway about slavery was violent. With that said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr would agree with Mr. Coates and his claim that for the people to do “right” the government has to do “right” also.

                If I was in the conversation, I’d ask Dr. Martin Luther king for his autograph and a selfie. Yay. Secondly, I’d approach the conversation of letting Dr. King know how much of an inspiration he is, but then also say how much of a clutch he has been for the oppressors. I’d want to ask him how he felt about his words being used to oppress his people even more in a completely different racial environment and movement. Then I’d ask Coates about how he felt about what I just said, hopefully he’d agree that people say that black people are reversing all the good work Dr. King did without totally understanding the situation. That Dr. King wasn’t afraid of rising tension and creating social strain. His peaceful movement was not peaceful, smart, logically, precise yes, peaceful? No.