Do people always get what they want? Are people given what they want or do they have to demand it? The answer to the first question is no because life is not fair. The answer to the second question is that people have to demand what they want whether it is by body language, verbally saying it, or physically fighting for it. Human history is full of the injustices of racism, sexism, and socialism. As a human race, then, our goal is to free ourselves of these injustices and the only way to do so is to demand freedom for all.
Racism is in the world because of the deficiency in freedom being given. In the speech entitled I Have A Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it states “ This note was the promise that all men, yes, black men as well as …show more content…
Benjamin Banneker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson states “Sir, I freely and cheerfully acknowledge that I am of the African race. Unlike so many of my luckless brethren, I am fortunate enough not be a slave. I have abundantly tasted the fruits of that free and unequaled liberty which you too possess”. This shows that he is grateful that he was not a slave and that he was lucky enough to experience freedom. Since Benjamin Banneker was not a slave, he was given a higher social status than the slaves would have gotten. The letter also states “Further, I trust you believe that he hath given us all the same feelings and abilities, so that however different we are in situation or color, we are all of the same family” (Banneker). Thus, everyone should be equal and people are even discriminated against because of their social standing. In the short story by Luisa Valenzuela entitled The Censors it states “This was Juan’s sound plan when he, like many others, applied for a censor’s job- not because he had a calling or needed a job: no, he applied to intercept his own letter, a consoling but unoriginal idea”. Juan basically went from being just an average person to someone who works for the government and they are treated very different because of their positions in society. Therefore, socialism does depend on freedom and it would not exist if it was given to
Racism is in the world because of the deficiency in freedom being given. In the speech entitled I Have A Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it states “ This note was the promise that all men, yes, black men as well as …show more content…
Benjamin Banneker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson states “Sir, I freely and cheerfully acknowledge that I am of the African race. Unlike so many of my luckless brethren, I am fortunate enough not be a slave. I have abundantly tasted the fruits of that free and unequaled liberty which you too possess”. This shows that he is grateful that he was not a slave and that he was lucky enough to experience freedom. Since Benjamin Banneker was not a slave, he was given a higher social status than the slaves would have gotten. The letter also states “Further, I trust you believe that he hath given us all the same feelings and abilities, so that however different we are in situation or color, we are all of the same family” (Banneker). Thus, everyone should be equal and people are even discriminated against because of their social standing. In the short story by Luisa Valenzuela entitled The Censors it states “This was Juan’s sound plan when he, like many others, applied for a censor’s job- not because he had a calling or needed a job: no, he applied to intercept his own letter, a consoling but unoriginal idea”. Juan basically went from being just an average person to someone who works for the government and they are treated very different because of their positions in society. Therefore, socialism does depend on freedom and it would not exist if it was given to