Summary Of Desiree's Baby By Martin Luther King

In order to combat racism, I must not prejudge people by the color of their skin. The color of someone’s skin does not define who they are as a person. In the story “Desiree’s Baby” two people fell in love and when they had the baby it wasn’t white; therefore, the husband got very upset. In the end it turns out he was the one with African descent, but that didn’t stop them from being in love in the beginning. They fell in love from what they saw, and how they treated each other. Furthermore, Martian Luther King Jr. fought very hard to combat racism. One of the ways he did this was by doing the “I have a Dream” Speech. He stood up in front of hundreds of people and protested for what is right. Just like him, I need to stand up and fight against racism. Judging someone by the color of their skin is so disrespectful. To make a change, people are going to have to start believing something is wrong and want to make a change.

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Not only does racism not define someone, it could really hurt their feelings.
If someone starts bashing someone about things they can’t help, it offends them. Just like back in the days when people had slaves, it was all because of their skin color. I bet this hurt their feelings very much, they were just like the white people besides one thing, which had a major impact on their life. Additionally, I saw an article about the ‘Greensboro Sit-ins.’ This is where students from a nearby college decided to have a strike at a restaurant, and the waitresses did not take this well. To show their anger, they refused to serve them food. The people that came in did many terrible things to students at the diner. Through it all the students sat and took it and let people’s harsh words go right by them. You need to think about how you are making other people feel before you say anything. Sometimes words hurt more than
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Body Paragraph 3: Believing in stereotypes before you get to know a person should be avoided. We should get to know people for who they are before we judge them. One time my friend was telling me about another girl, and why she didn’t like her. A couple days later I had to talk to her for school, and she was actually really nice. By someone telling people false information about another it could hurt that person’s reputation. Just like judging because of skin color. Humans put each other into groups almost automatically and stereotype people. Stereotypes are very false and do not affect every single person in a certain ‘group’. From the parable “The Good Samaritan”, a man that was supposedly seen terrible because of being categorized by race, helped cure a injured traveler when others passed by. The Samaritan was kind; therefore, he decided to help the man who wouldn’t in turn help him. He wanted to treat everyone respectfully because no one else was going to help the traveler. This proves to show stereotypes are completely wrong. Everyone needs to get to know someone on their own before they have accusations in their head.

Introduction: Abraham Heschel a Polish-born American rabbi, once stated; “Racism is man’s gravest threat to man the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” This man said one of the trust things I’ve ever heard. The color of someone’s skin is not a reason to treat them any differently than anyone else. To prove racism wrong, you have to be willing to overcome obstacles that have been in the way for several years. Its up to you to make a change.