Unfairness in Lights and Shadows
Racism is the biggest issue that exist in our current society, the blacks are treated awful in many ways back in the 1960s and it still continues today. It will never disappear in the future unless we all work hard and fight together. However, the situation has improved during the past 70 years as many famous civil rights movement heroes improved the civil right for individuals.
KAZUTO KOMATSU, QWEEKEND
J ohn Lewis, an African American released his third book in the ‘March’ trilogy. The book focuses on the civil right movements and the writer’s (John Lewis) cruel civil rights experiences. This has been given attention on the news because the trilogy has a great background history and influenced a …show more content…
In the novel, Atticus Finch shows great moral courage in defending Tom Robinson the black and vulnerable. Although Atticus realises that the chances of Tom being acquitted will never occur, he shows strong compassion by working overtime to strengthen the defence for Tom’s case in the court. Atticus also shows great moral courage through his children as he teaches them his great lessons. Take his daughter “Scout” as an example, she asks Atticus “what is Niger –lover” and Atticus teaches her that that doesn’t mean anything we should all be treated equally. From the valuable lessons, Atticus taught her that someone’s racial characteristics are meaningless and we should treat everyone equally and with …show more content…
Muhammad Ali tries to solve those problems by developing the civil right movements to get fair rights by speaking up for Negroes. In the movie, Ali persuades people that Negroes should have their own rights and should be treated equally to whites through humorous speeches. This is clearly shown in the movie when he is in a press interview for the heavyweight championship boxing title, Ali states that “Champions aren 't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” Through Ali’s physical and moral courage he persuades people to support the civil right
Racism is the biggest issue that exist in our current society, the blacks are treated awful in many ways back in the 1960s and it still continues today. It will never disappear in the future unless we all work hard and fight together. However, the situation has improved during the past 70 years as many famous civil rights movement heroes improved the civil right for individuals.
KAZUTO KOMATSU, QWEEKEND
J ohn Lewis, an African American released his third book in the ‘March’ trilogy. The book focuses on the civil right movements and the writer’s (John Lewis) cruel civil rights experiences. This has been given attention on the news because the trilogy has a great background history and influenced a …show more content…
In the novel, Atticus Finch shows great moral courage in defending Tom Robinson the black and vulnerable. Although Atticus realises that the chances of Tom being acquitted will never occur, he shows strong compassion by working overtime to strengthen the defence for Tom’s case in the court. Atticus also shows great moral courage through his children as he teaches them his great lessons. Take his daughter “Scout” as an example, she asks Atticus “what is Niger –lover” and Atticus teaches her that that doesn’t mean anything we should all be treated equally. From the valuable lessons, Atticus taught her that someone’s racial characteristics are meaningless and we should treat everyone equally and with …show more content…
Muhammad Ali tries to solve those problems by developing the civil right movements to get fair rights by speaking up for Negroes. In the movie, Ali persuades people that Negroes should have their own rights and should be treated equally to whites through humorous speeches. This is clearly shown in the movie when he is in a press interview for the heavyweight championship boxing title, Ali states that “Champions aren 't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” Through Ali’s physical and moral courage he persuades people to support the civil right