Jordan Persad
Blog
King/Ny Times
When
the constitution stated that all men were created equal, African Americans were
not included. From the excerpts chosen from King’s Chaos or Community he says “The
Negro was only 60 percent of a person" (6). King goes on to state that the
rate of infant mortality among African-Americans is double that of whites, that
twice as many African-Americans fought in Vietnam (and that twice as many
died), that black elementary schools lagged three years behind white schools,
and that 1/20 as many African-Americans attended college as white Americans.
King reports that 50% of white Americans would not want a "Negro as a
neighbor." In other words king is pointing out the inequalities and
injustices blacks faced in America.
The
information given clearly points out that in all facets of life African
Americans get the short end of the stick. King uses statistics such as infant
mortality rate being double for African Americans that white Americans or that
1/20 as many black American students attended college compared to white
students. In the New York Times article Whites account for under half of births
in the US” they state that “The United States has a spotty record educating
minority youth” which leads to the questions where educations will go from
here. Will minority education improve? If not will that lead to the down fall
of our nation because of an influx and majority of un-education people will the
majority. These are questions that arise and need to be addressed in the
immediate future. What hasn’t changed since 1967 is that African Americans
still get the short end of the stick in terms of basic necessities. Black
babies still die more than white babies and there are more blacks in jail than
whites and fewer blacks in college than whites. What has changed is that there
are more races facing similar problems as blacks in this country with the large
influx of Hispanics into America since 1967.
