Birmingham Jail Letter

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” is a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. and is based on human rights and equality, specially for black people. My favorite part of this letter was when he wrote “Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stringing darts of segregation to say, “Wait.” After that, he gives a couple of examples of when it is hard to explain the segregation to other people, specially to little kids. This impacted me so much because when you think about it, it is really hard to try and explain innocent kids why they fill inferior to other people, or why they fill different or left out. Even though this problem was years ago, you can still see cases of racism in the streets. It is really hard to fit somewhere when you are not the same as them, or have a different perspective or culture. I can probably relate to that not because I am a victim of racism, but because I know how it feels to feel like an outsider or that you do not belong somewhere just because you do not look the same as them. If it is difficult to feel part of a group now days, after everything the civilization has grown up and developed, then imagine how hard it was to feel part of somewhere when you are constantly being criticized and humiliated. …show more content…
The author also stated that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. “An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law” he said, but not being moral does not mean being illegal. He then gave an example of Adam Hitler and his legal motives of extinguishing Jew people not caring if it was ethical or not. Having such strong and influential leaders, how can someone defend their civil rights? Their rights to be