King's critics wrote that he was "unwise and premature" in pursuing direct action and that he should "wait" for change, King explains that "This 'waiting' ha almost always meant 'Never.'” This short statement hits home especially when followed by a long paragraph detailing injustices committed against African Americans, including lynching and drowning. In his descriptions, King uses familiar terms such as "mother" and "father", which are words that typically elicit an emotional response from the audience, imagining one's family in such terrible situations would surely make one understand that the African American community can no longer "wait" for a freedom that will probably never be their date