Last Speech
The link is to a speech done by Martin Luther King Jr. the day before he was assinated. What was the message? How can it relate to our lives now? Why was the government afraid of him?
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Script
Charles and Evan
Charles: How do I feel about television’s affect on its viewers?
Evan: It can be both positive and negative. It really depends on what you watch.
Charles: Do you think that certain shows can change how people think and act?
Evan: Of course. Just look at the show “Cops”. They always have some black man running from the cops in a “wife beater”. All other racial groups look at black men like they are criminals and you can see the affect when black men enter the store. They are always being followed by the owners of the store.
Charles: Do you think the ratings of television shows are affective?
Evan: Yes and no. It depends on whether or not the children are with their parents.
Charles: How long is too long to watch T.V.?
Evan: I think 2 hours is enough. Anything over 2 hours of watching television can become dangerous because it means you are not active enough in your life.
Charles: About how long do you watch T.V.?
Evan: I watch for 1 hour. I keep myself active all the time so I don’t have time to watch T.V.
Charles: Do some shows change your perspective on things?
Evan: Yes, they may inform me of something I don’t know and at the same time, I get the chance to learn something.
2 comments:
I feel that Dr. King message goes beyond our color of our skin. He saw a government that was not set up to benefit the people. He wanted blacks and whites people of all different creeds to become united to stand up and go against our country. The government if its wants to maintain the status quo, they have to divide the masses. Once divided, we lose focus of the big picture, and Dr. King was well on his way to reminding us. In today's society, we live in a time where corporations steal money from their employees, spend their pension and the CEO's make on average 440 times the amount of the average employee. Our government no longer serves our people and if we do not try to create change, the very freedoms we value will be taken from us, and like Rome, our country will fall apart.
"I've been to the mountain top" this speech is very interesting. I clicked the link on your blog and read the whole thing and it is trully good. Your blog is very gratifying.
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