Reverend Keller Speech Analysis

Unfortunately, tensions between the majority ethnic group and minority ethnic group have been prevalent since the beginning of this nation’s history. Dr. Whitlock and Reverend Tim Keller both give similar speeches on the inequalities/unbalance between races and systematic evil. Dr. Whitlock’s speech is speaking mainly to his goals for his university and racial tensions still present today. While Reverend Tim Keller’s speech speaks mainly of systematic evil and its effect on civilization as a whole. During Convocational Chapple Dr. Whitlock began his address in a way that I felt was very relatable. Speaking of his freshman year, more than likely keeping in mind that most of his audience were in fact freshman, while emphasizing similarities between his …show more content…
He talked about how systematic evil is influenced by our environment we grow up with. This includes environmental factors and family influences in our viewpoint towards others. Systematic Evil is a system that excludes and marginalizes people based off of their race even though most of the individuals involved are not intentionally trying to do it. The four steps to this are, firstly, happy to be actively participating and well aware of what is going on. Think of any elected government officials or head of organizations (CEO). Secondly, is the person who know the basics of what is going on but are just following orders. A good example of this is people who are in the inner circle of advisors for an elected official. Thirdly, there is the people who are kind of aware of what’s going on but choose to ignore it by turning a blind eye to the problem. Consider these to be civic leaders such as locally elected officials. Fourthly, there is the ordinary citizen who has no ideas what’s going on and does not care to or want to find