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