The Case Of Black Civil Rights - 843 Words

Dr. King argues that immediate action needs to be taken in the case of Black Civil Rights because Blacks have been told to wait and have waited for too long. His argument is highly persuasive because of his sophisticated use of parallelism, especially in paragraph 3, which is used to appeal to the sense of longing that blacks feel. â€Å"We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights...Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, ‘Wait.’ But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policeman curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you†¦show more content†¦3). Dr. King writes this to show how long Blacks have been waited in the hopes that they will be given their basic human rights. He also writes to explain why they are tired of waiting and have chose n to take their rights for themselves. Through his use of parallelism, King manages to appeal to the sense of longing and hopelessness that Blacks have felt, and turn it into a sense of urgency and encouragement. The â€Å"two opposing forces† in Black America that King discusses are â€Å"...a force of complacency, made up in part of Negroes who, as a result of long years of oppression, are so drained of self-respect and a sense of ‘somebodiness’ that they have adjusted to