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Cry, the Beloved Country, on Race

Racial issues are abundant in all places throughout the world. South Africa, the United States, and many other places have dealt with problems pertaining to race, lifestyle, and/or religion. These problems still continue today. Inequality in human rights, lifestyles, and personal sanction based on racial and ethnic differences are unjust and eventually unbearable. The characters in Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country embody many traits of people because of their universal qualities.
John Kumalo has an amazing voice. His speeches draw a magnitude of people to listen and be persuaded by the words. His quality of speaking is similar to a variety of people. First, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. drew crowds of people to listen and caused him to be very influential during the civil rights movement in the United States. Second, Malcolm X was another very well spoken man who helped African-Americans during the civil rights movement. A third person with a talent in speech resembling tha...

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