Tuesday, April 3, 2012

They Say/ I Say, King and Carmichael


In Chaos and Community by Martin Luther King and Stokely Speaks by Carmicheal Stokely, they are both black activist discussing what is nonviolent acts that may be considered violent in the eye of the superior being and or opposite race. King discusses how Negros are not engaging in any form of criminal or violent activity, but when they are channeling their energy as a march under control and civilized on public streets due to lack of legislative halls. It is considered being disobedient and out of controlled. Carmicheal discusses how everything is black and white, and there is definitely a double standard when it comes to black African American people on how violence is perceived. While African Americans are constantly abused from whites for no legitimate reason, when they even try to defend themselves all guns are pointing to them ready to shoot.  Both King and Carmicheal make valid points, I agree with both of them, although both authors are using different approaches while King is more subliminal and Stokely is more get to the direct idea and point.

2 comments:

  1. Hello my name is Constantinos and i just finished reading your blog. I like the way you introduce the reader right away to the subject. King's and Carmichael's ideas are clearly showed. You summarized the passages well but you didn't say in detail what their ideas have in common although you mentioned how they divide. I wanted to hear more of what you say. Why don’t you try using more templates from the book? You need to put more instead of just say that you agree with both of them. In general terms i think your blog meets the requirements. Thank you.

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  2. Hello, My name is Steaven and I am one of Professors Rogers English 101 students. I thought you did a great job with competing the assignment. You clearly stated the authors of the text and explained their thoughts about the use of nonviolence. I think you should have gotten into more detail about the similarities between King and Carmichael.I believe you need a "yes/but" template before inducing and contracting King's views to Carmichael's views. The templates can ease the translation between King's views and Carmichael's. I also thought you could had added more of your thoughts about King's and Carmichael's views, maybe using some more additional "I say" templates. Thank You for o your great blog.

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