Not everyone will like you, in fact many will hate you for no reason because they know nothing about you other than your appearance. This is the case with many stories such as Maya Angelou's Graduation, Judith Cofer's The Myth of a Latina Woman, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. To any reasonable person these stories would seem very depressing because of the way in which these people are treated. and most of the time they receive this treatment because they are too afraid to speak out. Although some people are unfairly treated as inferior, knowing this does not help stop it, only action can eliminate the prejudice and discrimination faced by these people. Maya Angelou's graduation really touches on the fact that discrimination against blacks over the last hundred years or so After the end of the Civil War there was endless and relentless torture that had to be endured even at such an innocent and momentous event as the eighth grade diploma. Hearing the superintendent go to the front of the school and talk about the successes of white people made Maya feel insignificant even though she had no n...