King vs. Obama

Right off the bat I feel Kings strong points were his personal experiences.  How he talks about his little girl wanting to go to the theme park and him having to explain to her that its whites only. No matter how he puts it he knows there is hate building inside her towards whites.  Also I feel him writing this letter in response to a statement made and from jail is a strong point.  It certainly captured my attention.  What I see as a week point is how long the letter got, eventually I started to loose interest and had to take a break.  The strong points Obama had were also his personal experiences his family back ground and how he can relate. I liked that he also talked about his family and heritage and how race effects him directly.  I did not think there were any real weak points except for the face that it was so long. 

Of coarse there are still racial issues.  Race will always be somewhat of an issue.  Some of the things that king talked about are still prevalent in today’s society.  Most of the issues he spoke of are more sever of serious or sever like lynching, and the whole sign issue not being able to enter certain buildings or bathrooms.  Today we still have sit ins, walks and protests, not so much the violent issues.

They are both amazing statements and arguments but to me I feel Obama’s is more effective because I understand it more and it is also more related to me today.  Kings was great but again it’s the issues that were talked about and Obama is easier to relate to. 

I think they both approached the racial issues in somewhat similar ways like involving their families and personal stories.  I feel King took the more spiritual root where Obama kind of took the moral approach.