Why We Cant Wait

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"Why We Can't Wait," by Luther King, Jr.

"WHY WE CAN'T WAIT"

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I was reluctant to read this book that was originally assigned as a part of my African American

Studies, but I am very glad that I did. As a black female born in 1981 who grew up in a

neighborhood that did not have the black only signs or white only signs that were talked about in

the book, I had a hard time understanding why race seems to be such a big issue in this country.

As I saw it, slavery happened a long time ago and bigots were idiots to be ignored until they all

died off. Why all this talk of discrimination and affirmative action? Why all the pleas for

acceptance and peace? I heard my parents talk about the things that they and my grandparents

had to face. The injustice, the unfairness, and the down right prejudice they had to deal with. But,

to be honest it seemed like so long ago. I felt disconnected from those stories they shared with

me. Now I sit with the book in my hand, unwillingly I open it. I am startled by the stabbing of

children, and see them begin to distort their little personality by unconsciously developing a

present of educational opportunity and moral freedom. However deliberate speed changed for

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