Injustice
Injustice In Society
Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist in Birmingham, AL. In his essay, “Letter to Birmingham Jail” he talks about injustice. His injustice is somewhat similar to Thich Nhat Hanh’s essay, “In Search of the Enemy Man”. Thich Nhat Hanh was a Buddhist monk. He was a human’s rights activist, who believed that through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. Dwelling in the present moment is, according to Thich Nhat Hanh, the only way to truly develop peace, both in one’s self and in the world. Hanh was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. Injustice is something that violates the rights of others, unfair treatment, or something that is morally wrong. Today’s injustice involves the George Zimmerman case, where George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American student. The injustice in the case is that George Zimmerman didn’t get charged for the killing of him, even though he did. Therefore there is injustice in Martin Luther King’s letter, Thich Nhat Hanh’s, and especially the George Zimmerman case.
Martin Luther King wrote the Clergymen who have written him a letter, claiming that the demonstrations that were being held were “unwise and untimely.” In Martin Luther King’s “Letter to Birmingham Jail”, the injustice is that African Americans were not treated equally to white people. God created each and every person equally, and it certainly didn’t seem that way back then. In his essay he says that he came to Birmingham only because injustice was there, in hope that someone would acknowledge it. Protesting landed Martin Luther King Jr. into a Birmingham jail cell. He says in his essay, “…when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?"; when you take a cross county drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your
Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist in Birmingham, AL. In his essay, “Letter to Birmingham Jail” he talks about injustice. His injustice is somewhat similar to Thich Nhat Hanh’s essay, “In Search of the Enemy Man”. Thich Nhat Hanh was a Buddhist monk. He was a human’s rights activist, who believed that through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. Dwelling in the present moment is, according to Thich Nhat Hanh, the only way to truly develop peace, both in one’s self and in the world. Hanh was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. Injustice is something that violates the rights of others, unfair treatment, or something that is morally wrong. Today’s injustice involves the George Zimmerman case, where George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American student. The injustice in the case is that George Zimmerman didn’t get charged for the killing of him, even though he did. Therefore there is injustice in Martin Luther King’s letter, Thich Nhat Hanh’s, and especially the George Zimmerman case.
Martin Luther King wrote the Clergymen who have written him a letter, claiming that the demonstrations that were being held were “unwise and untimely.” In Martin Luther King’s “Letter to Birmingham Jail”, the injustice is that African Americans were not treated equally to white people. God created each and every person equally, and it certainly didn’t seem that way back then. In his essay he says that he came to Birmingham only because injustice was there, in hope that someone would acknowledge it. Protesting landed Martin Luther King Jr. into a Birmingham jail cell. He says in his essay, “…when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?"; when you take a cross county drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your