Segregation is defined as legal or social practice of separating groups of people by custom or by law based on differences of race, religion, wealth, culture, or sexual orientation. A prominent type of segregation that continually affects the world every day is racial segregation. There have been many people that have stood up against racial segregation in the fight for equality. For example, Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist who helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus in the 1950s. The leaders of the local black community organized a bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating the segregation
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Malcom X on the other hand had a more violent approach compared to King. But, despite their differences they both had one thing in common: the eagerness to gain equality in the United States. Like the cliché quote states, “violence is never the answer.” Martin Luther King Jr. has a better argument because he shows to be more trustworthy than Malcolm X by supporting the claims that he makes using biblical and scholarly evidence. This essay will analyze the strategies used by both men according to Aristotle. Since King was a Christian, he used many biblical figures when pertaining to ethos to show authority in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Although, King grasps the clergymen’s attention at the very beginning of the letter when he says, “My Dear Fellow Clergymen” …show more content…
We must never forget Malcolm’s difficult childhood growing up. Malcolm X was effectively orphaned early in his life. His father was killed and his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was a child, after which he lived in a series of foster homes. When he was a young adult he went to prison for a few felonies he had committed. While in prison, Malcolm X educated himself on the Muslim religion and politics. Before Malcolm gave his speech at Oxford Union, his audience was very aware of his rough childhood. This is an important appeal to ethos because he experienced segregation and racism first hand it lets his audience know that he knows what he’s talking about. One of the very important things Malcom X mentioned in his speech was when he stated, “I am a Muslim, if there is something wrong with that then I stand condemned. My religion is Islam I believe in Allah, I believe in Mohammad as the apostle of Allah” (Avereos). Considering that the United States and the UK disliked Muslims during this time because of all the terrorist attacks there have been in these countries, Malcom showed to be even more credible and noble when he made this religious approach. He let his audience know that he was not going to keep anything from them which showed yet another ethos
Malcom X on the other hand had a more violent approach compared to King. But, despite their differences they both had one thing in common: the eagerness to gain equality in the United States. Like the cliché quote states, “violence is never the answer.” Martin Luther King Jr. has a better argument because he shows to be more trustworthy than Malcolm X by supporting the claims that he makes using biblical and scholarly evidence. This essay will analyze the strategies used by both men according to Aristotle. Since King was a Christian, he used many biblical figures when pertaining to ethos to show authority in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Although, King grasps the clergymen’s attention at the very beginning of the letter when he says, “My Dear Fellow Clergymen” …show more content…
We must never forget Malcolm’s difficult childhood growing up. Malcolm X was effectively orphaned early in his life. His father was killed and his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was a child, after which he lived in a series of foster homes. When he was a young adult he went to prison for a few felonies he had committed. While in prison, Malcolm X educated himself on the Muslim religion and politics. Before Malcolm gave his speech at Oxford Union, his audience was very aware of his rough childhood. This is an important appeal to ethos because he experienced segregation and racism first hand it lets his audience know that he knows what he’s talking about. One of the very important things Malcom X mentioned in his speech was when he stated, “I am a Muslim, if there is something wrong with that then I stand condemned. My religion is Islam I believe in Allah, I believe in Mohammad as the apostle of Allah” (Avereos). Considering that the United States and the UK disliked Muslims during this time because of all the terrorist attacks there have been in these countries, Malcom showed to be even more credible and noble when he made this religious approach. He let his audience know that he was not going to keep anything from them which showed yet another ethos