Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter “A Letter From Birmingham Jail” is a beautifully written letter stating his grievances and blessings. King does an excellent job illustrating the types of scenarios that went on during the days in which segregation was at large. Obama’s speech and King’s letter both seemed to share the same sort of idea. They are both striving for racial equality. However, King had to deal with a more severe type of racial discrimination while Obama has to deal with a more passive type. Essentially, they are both asking for the same thing. Acceptance. Acceptance that the black man, white man, Latino man are all the same. There is absolutely nothing that separates them besides their skin color. As a nation, we should accept people for their differences whether it be racial, sexual, or physical differences. Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter laid out how our founding fathers had tried to liberate the African American people and succeeded.  However, I wouldn’t want to say either one of them had the stronger argument. While they both had the same sort of idea, they were decades apart and dealing with different times. Different times have different problems. Essentially, I would agree say that they both posed well thought out and well written arguments.