What would be now considered the highest point of racial tension in that era, Kennedy knew that it had to be addressed or things would have gotten much worse. “Some looks for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear; violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleaning of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.” He explains in his speech that only(get rid of “only”) violence and repression will continue the cycle the country has been in for years unless they begin a cleansing from the inside-out of the American culture. He even(get rid of “even”) goes on to talk about the slow destruction of discrimination against blacks in schools, housing, and even hunger that they had faced during that point in time as well. Along with this, he shows us the idea that when hate is taught, people only see each other as enemies and not fellow
What would be now considered the highest point of racial tension in that era, Kennedy knew that it had to be addressed or things would have gotten much worse. “Some looks for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear; violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleaning of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.” He explains in his speech that only(get rid of “only”) violence and repression will continue the cycle the country has been in for years unless they begin a cleansing from the inside-out of the American culture. He even(get rid of “even”) goes on to talk about the slow destruction of discrimination against blacks in schools, housing, and even hunger that they had faced during that point in time as well. Along with this, he shows us the idea that when hate is taught, people only see each other as enemies and not fellow