How Disasters Bring Out Our Kindness Essay

In Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech he says“ I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality...I believe that unarmed truth and uncondtional love will have the final word.” he does not believe that Man is forced to be involved in racism and war, also society cannot come together and the only way the community can come together is to start respecting each other. In the picture provided, he is not just with african american but also white americans showing how they can be apart of the movement. Mark Twain is wrong, man is not born cruel they choose to be.

At birth mankind is not cruel or evil. In the article “Are we naturally good or bad?” Tom Stafford article showed

In the article “How Disasters Bring Out Our Kindness” by Maia Szalavitz, she describes “Across the affected region, people have been checking in on sick or elderly neighbors, sharing food and information, driving carefully through intersections without working traffic lights and otherwise supporting each other. While there have been some reports of looting in parts of Brooklyn, overall, the picture is one of cooperation.” Even in the worst of times people will come together to help one another, and there are people who will take advantage of the situation to do wrong. People are willing to do good for the right reason and some people who just don’t care to do the right thing . “They describe hotels taking in homeless families, people of all races holding hands and praying together— even a talent show, with flashlights as spotlights, held at New Orleans Charity Hospital to boost morale.”(Szalavitz) people made a bad situation into a good one by having a talent show and didn 't let what happen get to them. When the right people who choose to come together it can result in wonderful