MLK+Writing

In today’s world there is no separation between skin colors or races. We’re aloud to talk to who we want to, whenever we want too. But there was a time when weren’t aloud to do that. There was a time when races were separated and treated differently. We take what we have for granted now, but if you were to sit down and think about it; would it change things? Would it change your family or your friendships? I know it would change at least my friendships dramatically. The idea that people were separated based on color or race is an idea that isn’t accepted anymore, but if it was it would change my friendships dramatically. Most of the friends that I have right now are not white, they are Hispanic, making them darker skinned. They would have been separated along with Africans and Natives. The fact that most of my friends are Hispanic means that I would have had to change who I hung out with or who I talked too. I wouldn’t be able to handle it I don’t think, because I’m so use to the idea of being around them and experiencing their culture.
 * Martin Luther King Prompt **

This world would not be like the one we live in now. I believe that this type of world would be filled` with a lot of hate towards people that don’t deserve to be hated or even talked about in a bad way. I also believe that if this existed in today’s society, there would be a lot more suicide or death among the minorities because people just wouldn’t want to live in a world of hate and separation. This new world wouldn’t have some of the best surgeons out there because more of the world renowned surgeons are of different races. This world also wouldn’t have half the stuff we have now because it was invented by people of color or of a different race. Sure we’d have more jobs available, but no one would want to step up to claim them. So this new world would basically take us right back to where we started from fifty some years ago. I wouldn’t like the idea of separation at all, because it isn’t right to separate someone from everyone else, just because of their skin color or race. I wouldn’t like the idea of not being able to talk to most of the people I talk to now, or not being able to see them at all. It wouldn’t be fair to separate the minorities from everyone. I wouldn’t be able to handle sitting in a classroom of only white children. School just wouldn’t be the same at all.

My response to this would probably be to rebel, or at least try to change it or try to help change it. “Would I be able to?” is the question I have to ask myself, because I may say that’s what I’d want to do, but if it came down to it I don’t think I’d be able to stand up against people I know and love, just to help someone else. I know that sounds bad, but I really think that that’s what would happen.

So all in all, living in a world that is separated by almost everything would not be a very good world to have or live in; or at least for me it wouldn’t be, because I would have to give up talking and hanging out with most of the people I do now. So even though this idea was once practiced and in use, I don’t think that it should come back anytime soon.