Essay Bias Response
The biases in these essays were not black and white for the reader to easily point out. Therefore, the author showed bias through the diction used. Bias appears in every text, and although it may not clearly be apparent, as shown in many of these texts, it is expressed through the diction. Some bias that I found interesting was the essay on The Nonviolent Way. “ He was a thoughtful man, and a Christian, and he decided to try another way. He called it the only true Christian way” (740). Martin Luther King is trying to tell the reader that Christian isn’t violent in anyway. He is convincing everyone else that “peace and decency” are the ways around violence (741). Although, most of the wars that have started were with Christians. Why is trying to prove that nonviolence is his answer he wants to seek, when all throughout his journey through racism there was violence? Does Martin Luther King believe everyone was Christian? Another bias that caught my eye was in the introduction of Martin Luther King. “He was a natural leader, American to the core. He combined the common sense of Booker T. Washington with the impatient visions of a Du Bois” (740). The author is saying he is straight American, but he is comprised of two people, that were not all that American themselves. This also combines with MLK saying he is Christian and everyone should follow the Christian ways of being nonviolent when not all Americans are Christians.
