Persuasive Speech On Racial Equality

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Fifty four years after this speech was made, sadly, equality is still a problem we face. People being judged or treated differently based on their looks. Stereotypes being used to tell what men and women can and can’t do. How can we prevent inequality? How can we spread the idea that everyone is equal despite of their race or gender? Ending racial inequality in school is the best solution for having equality in the world. One way to having equality in the world is ending gender inequality. Many people don’t realize it, but we believe in the stereotypes

There’s still people who are being treated differently based on their race and also believe in the stereotypes for their race. Gregory Streich said, “Nonviolent marches, sit-ins and freedom rides were tactics used both to pressure private companies to end segregation but also to pressure the federal government to enforce civil rights laws in Southern States” (Streich, 2005, p.707). Many people rebelled to end segregation because they knew that every race is equal to their own. They knew that if they keep on fighting for what they want, the government will finally give them what they want and that was racial equality. This quote is important because it tells that back in the day, people fought for what they knew was wrong yet today, we’re still doing that. It shows that we have not progressed from the past. As a matter of fact, the government finally gave them what they wanted. Gregory Streich said, “Fourteenth Amendment established standards of due process and equal treatment under the law for all citizens, and the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied due to race, color, or previous servitude” (Streich, 2005, p.706). After all the efforts the people fought for, they finally got an amendment that even is still affected today. This quote is important because knowing that many years ago, the fourteenth amendment is still in effect and we’re using our right to make aware of all the wrong in our