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“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race”, Kofi Annan asserts. Annan is proposing that even though we may be different from one another, we can coexist as “one human race.” I concur with him, but I believe this unison will obviously have some issues. Even so, I believe the race can prevail and survive. As long as we accept one another’s uniqueness and strive for a common goal, we’ll stay united.
To start off, in “A Quilt of a Country”, Anna Quindlen claims, “... vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live…” She helps illustrate that this “one …show more content…
Washington’s “three pillars” would seemingly establish a strong, diverse, and peaceful nation. In today’s society, however, we don’t normally show our assistance in the common good and sometimes discriminate one another. But one thing is for certain when we are in a crisis, we do band together. For instance, during the Civil War, Union soldiers banded with blacks to defeat the South. Another example is World War II, during this, the Allies, an alliance between several countries, fought to defeat the Axis Power, another alliance. No matter how we look at it, tragic times is what best unites us. Even so, it does bring us to overlook one another’s differences and treat them the …show more content…
I have to say this is valid. In truth, it will never go away and it’s wretched. In “Once Upon a Time”, the narrator states, “There were riots, but these were outside the city, where people of another color were quartered …”(Gordimer 67,68). The narrator’s statement alludes apartheid. It was an unjust policy. Thankfully, it’s now gone. Simply put, discrimination can create horrid times. But in these times, we can rise and band together. The Africans during apartheid banded and overthrew the unjust government. Things after that were more just and fair. Furthermore, it’s portraying that “one human race” is better than split groups. If the Southern were living among the whites like equals, deaths wouldn’t happen because of riots. Even though discrimination can hinder unity, it can sometimes evoke unity among
“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race”, Kofi Annan asserts. Annan is proposing that even though we may be different from one another, we can coexist as “one human race.” I concur with him, but I believe this unison will obviously have some issues. Even so, I believe the race can prevail and survive. As long as we accept one another’s uniqueness and strive for a common goal, we’ll stay united.
To start off, in “A Quilt of a Country”, Anna Quindlen claims, “... vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live…” She helps illustrate that this “one …show more content…
Washington’s “three pillars” would seemingly establish a strong, diverse, and peaceful nation. In today’s society, however, we don’t normally show our assistance in the common good and sometimes discriminate one another. But one thing is for certain when we are in a crisis, we do band together. For instance, during the Civil War, Union soldiers banded with blacks to defeat the South. Another example is World War II, during this, the Allies, an alliance between several countries, fought to defeat the Axis Power, another alliance. No matter how we look at it, tragic times is what best unites us. Even so, it does bring us to overlook one another’s differences and treat them the …show more content…
I have to say this is valid. In truth, it will never go away and it’s wretched. In “Once Upon a Time”, the narrator states, “There were riots, but these were outside the city, where people of another color were quartered …”(Gordimer 67,68). The narrator’s statement alludes apartheid. It was an unjust policy. Thankfully, it’s now gone. Simply put, discrimination can create horrid times. But in these times, we can rise and band together. The Africans during apartheid banded and overthrew the unjust government. Things after that were more just and fair. Furthermore, it’s portraying that “one human race” is better than split groups. If the Southern were living among the whites like equals, deaths wouldn’t happen because of riots. Even though discrimination can hinder unity, it can sometimes evoke unity among