Sunday, June 10, 2012
final blog
In conclusion, in MLK Chaos or Community
(1967), King offers some data to make several points about Civil Rights. When
the constitution was written, he repeats “the negro was only 60 percent of a person”
(6). Meaning that Black Americans were not counted as a whole person, just as a
piece of the entire pie since they were not represented equally if compared to
White Americans. King even 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 die) Sadly, even today those
statistics have not changed much since the mortality rates of African American
infants have not changed much. The
infant mortality rate of African American is 13.3 per 1,000 born in 2007
according to (CDC 2011). African Americans has the highest infant mortality
compared with non-Hispanic white. Meaning that African Americans had 2.4 times
the infant mortality rate as non-Hispanic white one of the main causes of it
are low-birth weight and maternal complications, among others. On the other
hand, recent statitistics show that white births are not longer a majority in
the United States. On -Hispanic Whites accounted for 49.6 percent while
minorities reached 50.4 percent New York Times. This means that minorities are
about to become the new majority in the United States history
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