Almost 30 years ago one of the most powerful speeches towards the progression of freedom was given. It took place in west Berlin when former president Ronald Reagan made his famous “Tear Down This Wall” speech. The speech, though not hostile, was a speech directed towards the leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan wanted freedom and good to prosper in a country in which it was not allowed. Thus the message of his speech was that even in the worst of situations freedom and equality will continue to push through until they prosper. This message though not still valid for the Soviet Union connects to other things currently going on inside of the United States borders, such as inequality.
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But in our current states of affairs we are seeing light being shed on issues within ourselves, and our country. Over recent years there has been many protests, some peaceful, some not. These protests have mainly been in the form of marches. The two things we see most in these protests is female inequality and and African American inequality. The major groups related to these two are Black Lives Matter, and the Women’s Marches. These groups are made up with massive amounts of support, with “roughly four-in-ten Americans supporting the Black Lives Matter movement” (Horowitz, Livingston, 2016) and the Women’s March on Washington having “roughly three times the size of the audience at Trumps inauguration” (Wallace, Parlapiano, 2017). The message of these two is to raise awareness to the fact that both groups are currently being mistreated, African Americans are racially profiled , and Women are disrespected due to their gender. As William Faulkner (1951) stated “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” The major counterclaim to these groups is the fact that many people view them as hate groups due to some of their violent actions.These actions go against the reason for the protest as Martin Luther King (1964)
The message Reagan delivers of freedom, equality, …show more content…
But in our current states of affairs we are seeing light being shed on issues within ourselves, and our country. Over recent years there has been many protests, some peaceful, some not. These protests have mainly been in the form of marches. The two things we see most in these protests is female inequality and and African American inequality. The major groups related to these two are Black Lives Matter, and the Women’s Marches. These groups are made up with massive amounts of support, with “roughly four-in-ten Americans supporting the Black Lives Matter movement” (Horowitz, Livingston, 2016) and the Women’s March on Washington having “roughly three times the size of the audience at Trumps inauguration” (Wallace, Parlapiano, 2017). The message of these two is to raise awareness to the fact that both groups are currently being mistreated, African Americans are racially profiled , and Women are disrespected due to their gender. As William Faulkner (1951) stated “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” The major counterclaim to these groups is the fact that many people view them as hate groups due to some of their violent actions.These actions go against the reason for the protest as Martin Luther King (1964)