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    that are necessary to improve race and ethnic relations in the U.S society. To better understand and improve race relations in the U.S society‚ there needs to be an understanding of what race is and how it affects individuals. Omi and Wynant’s article “Racial Formation‚” argues that race is a social concept. I agree that race is a social concept and not a biological concept. Race plays a major role in everyday life.

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    essay will be about Nelson Mandela. It is about Nelson Mandela nelson. why Nelson Mandela is so important. What is Nelson educational background. How did Nelson mandela get sent to jail. The reader will have reason for the question. There is a title. The reason will be about the questions. There is a good chance u may not know what u are reading.That is good just know it new information. What made Nelson Mandela so important?

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    skin or even your ethnicity define you? In today’s society the sensible human beings would answer ‘”no”‚ but we are still fighting for equality for all genders‚ ethnicities‚ and races. Fifty years ago it sparked movements and civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is actively refusing to commit to the unlawful laws‚ commands‚ or demands of the government‚ or the occupying power. Civil disobedience acts without the use of physical violence. “The Letters from Birmingham Jail” and “The Negro is Your Brother”

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    ways‚ as you have put them‚ are an effort to better improve the physical and emotional consequences of segregation. I am writing in hopes that you might reconsider the current stance you have taken up regarding the issues at hand. The letter you have received from Mr. King well informs you of his views and position on the subject of segregation. Seeing as Birmingham Alabama is by far one of the most segregated cities in the United States it only makes sense that Mr. King and his followers would stage

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    Letter from a birmingham jail and Thoreau’s essay are alike in similar ways because they both attempt to argue for rights . In the letter from birmingham jail the thing martin luther kind try to do was demonstrate that he was against segregation and racial terror. "Bombingham" was what they started to call this place because afrian americans were starting to stand up for there rights‚ Marin luther king got arrested while he was participating in a peaceful anti-segregation march. He was doing this

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    movie ¨It’s a wonderful life¨ showed that every life matters. My examples are when Mr.Gallagher would have went to jail if George wasn’t there to stop him from poisoning a child as well without George his brother would have died since their was no one to save him. Another reason is because is when george is not their Mr.Potter will obtain the town and would name it Potterville. Mr.Gallagher didn’t go to jail because George was there to stop him from poisoning a child. Mr.Gallagher almost poisoned a child

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    closely relates to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” considering that both works relay the authors underlying values of equality. King uses his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” to promote the efficacy of integration and address the tensions present between races in the United States. After the courts failed to appease King by restricting his ability to hold protests in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ he was sent to jail for conducting non-violent protests. While imprisoned‚ he mentioned

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    It can be difficult to give a definition for the word ‘good’ especially in the context of an individual’s behavior. Through the analysis of three readings entitled “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ “Civil Disobedience” by Thoreau‚ and “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” by King‚ the reader can conclude that the main idea of the nature of good revolves around personal morals and open-mindedness rather than civil law or majority rule in the face of justice. In “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ the nature

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    “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” Martin Luther King effectively presented his arguments by using Pathos. King pathos is effective throughout his letter because he makes strong emotional connection with the reader. In the words of St. Thomas‚ Martin Luther King quotes‚ from a jail cell in Birmingham‚ “An unjust law is no law at all” (King). After an affiliate from Birmingham invited MLK into a non-violent action program‚ he and along with several members of a staff were put into jail when asked‚ why MLK

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    the first amendment. While in jail‚ a statement was published by eight white members of the clergy who criticized King’s actions as “unwise and untimely” and that the battle for segregation was supposed to be fought in the courts but never in the streets. In response to their statement‚ King wrote a multipage letter‚ “Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚” directed towards those men and America. King wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” because he stood for what he believed in and strongly felt

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