week 3 assignment.docx POLI-330N I Have a Dream That Black Lives Will Matter Chamberlai

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week 3 assignment.docx POLI-330N I Have a Dream That Black Lives Will Matter Chamberlain University POLI-330N I Have a Dream That Black Lives Will Matter “I have a dream” …What ... comes to mind when one hears that phrase? What comes to mind is a man named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On August 28th, 1963, Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of thousands of people. In the first part of his speech, he discusses the racial discrimination that African Americans go through even after slavery was abolished. He portrays not an idealized American dream but a picture of a seething American nightmare of racial injustice (Analysis of Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream Speech, n.d.). He then goes on to talk about how he dreams that one day blacks will be able to have the same equal rights and would be able to sit together in unity with white Americans. The crucial message in Martin Luther King's speech was that all races should be created equal, and even though it was not the case at time, he hoped that there would be a change. When it comes to Black Lives Matter, Alicia Garza is the cofounder of the movement. In her speech “Black Lives Matter”, Garza underlines the prejudices that black minorities go through every day. In her speech, she names people like Michael Brown and Jordan Davis who were murdered due to the color of their skin. She also gives different statistics of how black minorities are treated unfairly. An example being that out 2.9 million people in jail,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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