Men Will Rise from The Dark Depth Of Prejudice to the majestic Heights Of Brothe

rhood
Men will rise from the dark depths of prejudice... What is prejudice? Th
e Websters dictionary defines it as "a biased opinion based on emotion rather th
an reason." This is most certainly the case. Through out history groups of peopl
e of the same race, religion, color, etc. have had unspeakable acts committed ag
ainst them by others who think with their "...emotions[s] rather than reason." B
ecause one is a different color they think that that person is odd, or inferior.
Or they see some one of a different religion as a person who is rejected by God
. These are both examples of prejudice.
Many people have seen the effects of prejudice and sought to put an end
to it. one such person was Dr. Martian Luther King. By the time Dr. King became
involved in civil rights he was already an ordained minister. He had married and
he and his wife had four children. His civil rights activities began with the p
rotest of an incident that occurred on a public bus. Rosa parks had broken the l
aw by not getting out of her seat to allow a white person to sit in her seat or
row. An organization was formed to boycott the buses and Dr. Martian Luther king
was asked to be president of it. In his first, and in my opinion, most powerful
speeches Dr. Martian Luther King stated "First and foremost we are American cit
izens...We are not here advocating violence...the only weapon that we have...is
that of protest...The great glory of American democracy is the right to protest
for right." Dr. King and the organization succeeded. The Supreme Court ordered t
he city to have equal, integrated seating. This was only the first in many battl
es lead by Dr. Martian Luther King.
Dr. Martian Luther King had a dream. A dream to unite all mankind as one
. A dream to see an end to prejudice. A dream to reach the promise land. Althoug
h many of his goals as far as discrimination have been met, Dr. Martian Luther K
ing never got to see this. He was shot and killed on April 4, 1968. In 1983 cong
ress passed a national holiday in his honor. It celebrated on the third Monday i
n January. Dr. Martian Luther King Became the second person to have a national H
oliday, the first being George Washington, the countries first President. One of
his Ideals that has not yet been achieved nor properly addressed is that of bro
therhood.
The Majestic heights of brotherhood. Anyone who has ever experienced pre
judice can appreciate the significance of this idea. All men of all races, color
s, ethnicitys, religions united peacefully as a single world brotherhood. The on
e reason we can not come to peace with those who are different than us is that w
e, as humans, have a natural fear of the unknown. Some turn this fear into curio
sity and learn about others and come to have a respect for other cultures and th
eir respective peoples. On the contrary, some people take this fear and turn it
into something dark and evil, Prejudice. Prejudice is what denies us the chance
to truly be viewed, and view others, as brothers.