A More Perfect Union Analysis

Are You Protecting Your Rights? “Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don’t like as well as those we do,” were words once said by Trevor Phillips. These words couldn’t be more true and relate more to the world today. It is so crazy to think that the U.S. has been fighting for civil rights for so many years and though it has come a long way they are still fighting for full equality. In the speech,”A More Perfect Union” by Barack Obama, he talks about human rights, and how we protect our rights to try and stay equal. He mentions that he is able to recognise the union is not perfect, but it will continue to grow and get better as the generations go on. He also knows some different ways to fight for equality from personal experience. This connects him with the audience more because they know he has an experience with the issue and will continue to fight for it. The text states,”That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems. “ This shows how he knows how to fight for rights and knows …show more content…
It is very hard to believe that the U.S is still fighting for equality towards everyone for so long. In the Speech by Obama, he notices that the union isn’t perfect, but it will continue to grow by working together. In the poem, Democracy, by Langston Hughes he also notices that many fear the world because people doesn’t accept them as a equal, but he knows they know they are just as important as everyone else. This is and important topic because people all over the world are being discriminated and racially profiled for things as little as race or even gender when we should be living as equal people in the