Racial Injustice Everywhere Analysis

History always repeats itself. The pursuit of justice can date back to ancient times, when Socrates persisted in his unswerving commitment to truth and philosophical beliefs. Nonetheless, throughout human history, the elimination of injustice somewhere must mean the new birth of injustice somewhere else. Sometimes just as people set the superficial justice on their land, they sow the seeds of injustice in the land simultaneously. Injustice derives from the dark side of human nature, which humans could never exterminate. The ideal of an entirely egalitarian society is too good to be true. Because injustice is inextinguishable by its nature, the mentally harmful stigma of racial discrimination remains in the minds of those who have experienced it until now. The essays, …show more content…
In addition, they also examine the struggle various people make and energy they devote in fighting for social justice. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, by stating the remark “Injustice anywhere is threat to justice everywhere” (264), Martin Luther King explained the reason why African Americans should take direct action immediately rather than wait for the justice “to come.” As he suggests in the essay: “Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue” (266). When living in a confortable environment, people tend to maintain the status quo rather than break the habits. It is always the iconoclastic actions that bring a sense of crisis to the authority. Only when experiencing a constant sense of danger is the authority willing to confront the demand for innovation. This reason he held becomes even more clear and understandable when he later describes the miserable living conditions of African