Equality In Martin Luther King

I believe that when Martin Luther King said “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps” he was implying that asking someone to build something out of nothing without supplying them with anything to build upon is unreasonable and unrealistic. At the time, African Americans in particular were not given the same opportunities as others, specifically Caucasians. So even though Martin Luther King spoke on behalf of all impoverished individuals it was primarily the blacks who lacked anything to build upon.

At the time the United States was considered the land of the free where and immigrant man could settle with his family and build himself a part of the American dream and provide for his family. However, that was not true for African Americans; equality did not pertain to blacks. Blacks did not have civil rights, opportunities did not come often, not from lack of desire but more so from lack of opportunity. I would think, Martin Luther King was implying opportunities need to be made available in order for them to be acted

The reality of it is that money supersedes just about every other obstacle in existence. If you are fortunate to be financially wealthy you find yourself able to overcome almost all obstacles regardless of your color, sexual orientation, gender etc. On the other hand, if you do not have the pleasure of be financially wealthy all other obstacles become reality based on your race, gender, and nationality and so on. There are four types of privilege, White Privilege, Male Privilege, Heterosexual Privilege, and Ableist Privilege which means “to be considered normal and without disability”. If you fall in all four of those categories then you are at the top of the pyramid, if not then you will have it harder than the