Question

How does this quotation from MLK demonstrate the power that social narratives of identity have on a sense of self? A sense, that is, of who we are? Answer, cite examples, and explain. Write at least a paragraph .

Answer 1

Martin Luther King, Jr., who delivered what became the most famous speech of the entire civil rights era, the “I Have a Dream” speech, which envisioned a world in which people were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Step-by-step explanation:

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of slaves, who had been seared in the flames of whithering injustice.