Comparing Human Family And Barack Obama

Both the poem “Human Family” and Barack Obama’s speech on race both believe in several things. The first is that we have more in common than some think. The second is that even though our skin color differ we are all a family. Lastly they both believe that we DO have differences, but in the bigger picture we are the same.

To start things off, Maya Angelou displays her belief by using repetition to show that people, no matter their skin color are more alike than they are unalike. She says, “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” She repeats this statement two more times following just to emphasize the point that no matter race we are all very similar. Barack Obama on the other hand talks about America’s history to show that no matter the color or your skin both races at one point were in very similar situations. He says, “And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver slaves from bondage, or provide men and women of every color and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of the United States.” This shows how both races are more similar than originally thought. …show more content…
Barack Obama actually used a much more personal way to express this belief. He used his own family as his example. Barack says, “I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas.” Despite his family's difference in skin color they are still one single