Equality is important! ONE LOVE!

When you think of great and inspirational speeches throughout history what type or which ones come to mind first? For me there are a few some are older than others and some are of different topics and issues. There are the ones that people and history consider the greats and the most memorable. And then there are the most heartfelt and meaningful ones. But all were amazing and powerful in their own way. But when I narrow it down there are two that rise above the rest. One is Doctor Martin Luther King Junior’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the other is Ms. Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Women?” even though they were about different things, slightly but still similar they were both important in what they were fighting for. When looking Martin Luther King Junior’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Women?” they are both very inspiring for different yet similar things. One thing that both Mr. King Junior’s speech and Ms. Truth’s speech share is that they both use repetition. Which I have always heard that repetition leads to retention. They both repeated a line that they felt significant for their own reason. Both had a similar look of equality but one was for blacks to be equal with whites and the other was equality across the genders. Both were speaking to show that discrimination was not good. Women are just as capable as men; we can work the same jobs and do the same chores because we were made the same. And we should also not be bothered because of the color of our skin. It does not matter if you are white, black, brown, purple, yellow or poka-dotted you’re a person and should be treated the same as the next person because you were made the same. You were just kept out in the sin more than the other person. And nobody should be isolated because of his or her race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or anything that makes you different. Different is what makes us great and diversity helps us to adapt and advance. These speeches were very moving and very appropriate for the time they were given. I believe that if both of these speakers had heard the other one’s speech they would agree and be as impressed as we are today. Mainly because they both speak for equality, they are freedom fighters in a way. One may have fought or spoke for colored rights while the other spoke for women and how we are the same. We are strong, can fend for ourselves and do not need to be taken care of even though it is nice to have at times. So whether we are light in skin color or a bit on the darker side, a man, women, or child we are all people and should NO MATTER WHAT be considered and treated the SAME as the next person. Do not treat others badly or differently. We all need to follow the golden rule that we must treat others the way we want to be treated not to be nice but so that we in turn get the same proper treatment.