Challenges of Oppressed and Minority Groups

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The article “Exodus: God Takes Sides” tries to answer a very important question of whether God is aware of class struggles that people undergo and why does He sometimes remain silent before taking action. The primary themes in these reading are love, oppression, and justice. Does God favor or love some people more than others? From the biblical excerpt, Exodus 1:8-14, it is clear that as Pharaoh oppressed the Israelites, they continued to multiply and even extended to new territories. At this point, was God not redeeming these individuals from the oppression deliberately or was it His intention? Although God was aware of the struggles of the Israelites, why did he talk a long time before saving them? All these questions point to the theme of love.
The author points out four primary things that come out clearly in the biblical Israelites’ story. First, class struggles are present. Second, God knows about it. Third, God takes sides between the oppressors and oppressed. Fourth, He calls individuals to join the class struggles (Brown, 1984). Here, justice is delayed for the oppressed people. Indeed, it appears that God does not take action immediately. He is just and gives enough time for the oppressors to see whether they will realize that what they are doing is not right and repent. As such, although God is aware of class struggles, he is never too fast or too slow to act. When the wrath of God befall the oppressors, they regret their actions and understand that all people are equal in His eyes.
The primary themes present in the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. are racial discrimination, oppression of the Negro community, and segregation. Luther was an activist of human rights, and he was unhappy by how black people were treated in Birmingham. His letter reveals that African Americans had waited for an extended period believing that everything will change to their favor. However, as time...