Keller's Analysis

Keller’s statement on page seven, “It stands to reason that injustice is easier to perform against people without the money or social status to defend themselves” (Keller, 2012). People who are poor or lack social status tend to be victims of injustice more than people who are rich and have social leverage. People who are more vulnerable, less money or social pull, are the lower class and are treated as such. If you can’t afford a legal bills or you don’t have any connections than people take advantage of you. Lower class can be treated as if they are less of a person or don’t matter as much. I agree with Keller’s stamen on page seven. Although, I don’t think it is right, it is what happens every day. “Any neglect shown to the needs of the members of this quarter is …show more content…
I work in Akron, OH. I work in a poverty stricken area. The homeless and hungry flock to the building I work in every day. Some have asked me how I feel with all ‘those’ kind of people lurking around, my response to them is simply. Do they not deserve love? Dot hey not deserve for you to know their name or shake their hand? What makes them less? Wouldn’t you think that because of the need they are in they actually need love, affection, kindness, money, food, mercy, and grace more than I? It is simply and easy for me, I stop my car and I block traffic, to ask their name, their need, and have a meaningful conversation. They are people too, not less than me. I ask how your day is or tell them about mine. I give them human contract, just as they deserve. I hope that if ever a day that I am down on my luck that someone is kind enough to reach out to me and pull me back in to love and comfort. Proverbs 31:8-9 gives us a great example of what God asks of us, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy”