Blog/ RJ week 3

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's. speech not only inspired change, but eventually it brought the union in between races. The white and the blacks. After the given speech of Dr. King Jr. many people began to fight for their rights, civil rights that is, they were tired of the suppression in society. His speech changed the life of tons of people. This "I have a dream" speech eventually led to new laws that would end the segregation between the blacks and whites. No more "separate but equal", with his perserverance and strong leadership and a "wanting" to change the way society was set at the time, perspectives and systems began to change.  His power of speech, his courage, his generosity, and his genuinity brought him many followers, black people as well as white people. People that were ready for a change, people that were ready to put an end to such non-sence as the segregation was, as the "separate but equal" law was, they were still segregated and there was no equality between the both of them. His speech was letting people know how unfairly blacks were treated. His speech or speeches were definitely inspirational and life changing. If it weren't for his perserverance and strong speeches like "I have a dream" society wouldn't be what it is today.
   Considering that he was at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., it was a perfect venue to have this speech,  Abraham Lincoln was a man that fought for justice too, he freed the slaves. He wrote what is known as the Emancipation Proclamation. With that being said, Dr. King Jr. could not have chosen a better venue, that had such significance and symbolism to to the black people, if t weren't for Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, perhaps slaves would have still existed at the time of Dr. King Jrs. time. It connects to the level that, here is the statue of a man that had freed the slaves and that fought for the freeing of the slaves. Yet there was still racism and segregation, all they wanted was to be equal to everyone else, to have the rights that whites had, to go to the same school and not have to be separated from classes, not have different water fountains, buses, to drink from to ride from, equality was all they wanted. The venue gave out that significance to the people that were present as well as Dr. King Jr. that was giving the speech.
  People began revolt against the unfair treatments, that were given to them, the unfair and lack of equality. They began to fight for Civil Rights, just like Martin luther King Jr. had been doing for the past years. In the south there were many people that were against Black people wanting to gain Civil Rights. There was also people that approached the Civil rights liberty with such class, tranquility, and peacefulness. They were not ready to be satisfied with the way they were treated and in the words of Mr.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs. speech " I have a Dream",
   "There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We     can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Blog reading/ journal 1

    I remember when I was in my high school English class, it was a Honors class. We had to do plenty of reading and write essays on the readings. It was difficult for me to read and understand the meaning behind the stories. Thinking critically became an important part in my life at the time, to be able to pass that class, I would need to go above and beyond, think outside of the box. It took a couple of C's on my essays before I got better and writing and becoming a better critical thinker.

    Not too long ago I took an English course on Literature and Poetry, that class was the best english course I have taken in my college career. The essays were on Poetry and the student had to some way link their life and the poem together. I can honestly say that writing those essays was better than drinking hot chocolate at a local coffee shop listening to jazz music.

   A personal habit of mine to reading and thinking critically, is to have some of my favorite music in the background and while reading I like to imagine what I read, so I am both reading and thinking at the same time. Well ofcourse, I apply to all areas of my life whether it's reading, thinking of my future, or while listening or reading the news. Most stituations in life require for me to think critically. Politics is one of my favorite subject to analyze, and the media too, sometimes I sit and think if having all this media is necessary, I mean back in the 1920's they only had newspapers and radios, perhaps wealthier people were able to buy televisions. Now days we have internet, social networks such as facebook, twitter, and other blog pages, there is also television, news casts. If we really think about it, we are surrounded by media. I also forgot magazines, we have all these choices, yet do we know that all the information given to us is 100 percent true.

   I hope that by the end of this semester, this class will have helped me become a better analyzer, I always think that there will always be room for learning and I am willing to do what it takes to become a better critical thinker to the point where, when I read I will not have difficulty grasping what the story, article, etc. is trying to tell me. I want to be able to think more in depth. Hopefully I will have more of an open mind and it will definitely help me in any situation. Who knows maybe I can be on a game show and my critically thinking skills will help me be the ultimate winner of the game show. right?