`As I was reading Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”  I couldn’t help but wonder why he was so upset with these men. Then of course I read “A Call for Unity” and it all became too clear. I have some serious problems with the content of this letter. First of all they start letter appealing for law and order and common sense, and properly peruse matters in legal courts. While in the meantime, peacefully obey their decisions. This same letter goes on to imply the unrest in Birmingham rest solely on the so called rabble rousers or outside influence. They urge black leaders to keep their negotiations in house. And last but not least this letter goes on to praise the Birmingham police department for handling the demonstration led in part by Dr. King, peacefully and calmly.

            This call for law and order and common sense is in reality a call for compliance, sit back and wait, be patient. This is all fine and dandy if you personally are not being discriminated against. The reality though is all black people in Alabama, not just Birmingham, but all of Alabama are being oppressed by segregation. Sadly the men that wrote this letter are the same white moderate Dr. King speaks of when he said in his letter “Over the passed few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice. What King is saying here is the white moderate promises help in the struggle, but when the time comes they retreat to the safe confines of the churches walls and stained glass windows.

            On another note these same men call for the black leaders of Birmingham to keep matters of their negotiations with in the community. They don’t want outside influence or rabble rousers to be involved. The hard facts are that Birmingham at the time was probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the U.S. The courts of Birmingham were grossly unjust to the black community. The black citizens of Birmingham endured horrible brutality in this southern city. When they did get an audience with the cities white leaders, promises were made by merchants to remove humiliating racial signs. As weeks and months went by it became apparent they were lied to. So all in all so called outsider, were a necessity, not a whim. The phrase outsider brings me King’s statement “Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial “outside agitator” idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never considered an outsider within its bounds.

            In their infinite wisdom these so called men of god found themselves obligated to praise the news media and the police department. I believe as does King they might not be so inclined to praise the police had they seen what he saw. Like old women and young girls being pushed, or the old men and young boys being slapped and kicked. I’m sure they would have no praise for police when they let their angry dogs sink their teeth into six unarmed, nonviolent Negroes. Of course that could be because the news media did such a fine job of editing the nightly news. I know myself the demonstrators were hit and knock back by high pressure water hoses. How peaceful is that? In closing I would like to mention that one of these men of god is Rabbi Milton L. Graffman, wouldn’t you think he might know a little something about hate and oppression?

marioonthehottopics:

jeremythc:

shaffnersroundtable:

Christopher told Vikus that he would be back for him in three years. What do you think will happen when he comes back?

 i think by the time Christopher comes back, it’ll have been awhile and Vikus would probably get used to it.

 I think he should come back because a promise is a promise, regardless if one is an alien and the other is a half breed.

crustyboy:

 

Media

Media targets everyone especially women . The media has a thousand tricks to get you to buy their vision.

First the media targets men and women’s home lives and finally they target women’s bodies themselves

Media targets men with these ridiculous beer ads which say…

Women, being half of the population, support this behavior through inaction. As the saying goes…..”Silence is Acceptance”  So my question is why is the Media demonized for presenting what is accepted. The person buying the cosmetics is supporting the marketing of cosmetic company

 You got that right but I sure wish drinking that beer would bring on the women

            In the letter “A Call for Unity” Written by eight white clergymen to Martin Luther King Jr. criticizing his demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama. I personally have some problems with a few points they make. They call for compliance, and they also praise the police for using restraint and non violence, and they also say there is no need for outside interference.

            These eight white clergymen call for compliance from their black counter parts. I personally believe if you are going to stand on the sidelines you have no right to tell others to comply with anything. These men are not enduring the same racial injustices that their counter parts are. It is easy to say comply with the laws in place when they don’t discriminate against you.

            These same eight white clergymen gave praise to the police department for using restraint and non violent measures to control the demonstrators. When in fact these demonstrators were beaten and viciously attacked by police dogs. If I’m not mistaken I also believe they were hosed down with fire hoses, which by the way will knock a full grown man back twenty feet,

            As far as these clergymen saying there is no need for outside influence, this is true had they helped in the negotiations with the city leaders of Birmingham. Which they did not so, Dr. King stepped in and organized a peaceful demonstration. Of course the peaceful part went right out the window when the police stepped in.

            I believe if the white clergymen had done what they said they would do there would have been no problem in Birmingham altogether. In fact if they had followed through with their promises there wouldn’t have been a demonstration nor would Dr. King have probably even come to Birmingham which would have eliminated the violence that ensued at the demonstration.