The reason History is important, and its effect on humankind
Martin Luther King, one the leaders of the civil rights movement in America, once said; “We are not the makers of history. We are made by history.” (King, Martin Luther, 1963). His ideas on how slavery, and the civil rights of black people in America should be dealt with helped shape a nation. Many civil rights movements today look back on his teachings to fight battles on race and gender today. History has been described as “unnecessary to teach" predominantly because of the simple fact that smartphones, tablets, and various other forms of easy access to this category of knowledge along with other kinds of scientific developments. The reason we study history and are required to …show more content…
It's hard to look at history and not notice the very large hole when it comes to gender equality and race equality within all fields. The concept of gender and race equality is a fairly new one. Until the 19th century, women and people of colour were treated as the lesser and were excluded from activities such as politics, education, and various professions. Resistance to the idea of gender equality was reinforced by misogyny, which was justified by intellectual movements, as well as early Christianity; and resistance to race equality was reinforced by putting white men in areas of power and disregarding anybody of colour as worthy to be part of society. Early movements for gender equality and race equality may have even begun during the late 19th century and has continued through artists, writers, and various forms of marching and …show more content…
It's effect on the world has been beneficial to the improvement of the human race as a whole. Globalisation has allowed for people to connect on a large scale, and allowed for the improvement of medicine, education, relations between companies, countries, and families. Globalisation has allowed for the spread of ideas that has gotten us many of the products that we use today, and has also allowed for theories and scientific experiments to be performed. Without history to allow us to see how previous humans developed connections, crossed oceans, developed and spread ideas, or even traded; we would not be able to do many of the simple tasks we perform
Martin Luther King, one the leaders of the civil rights movement in America, once said; “We are not the makers of history. We are made by history.” (King, Martin Luther, 1963). His ideas on how slavery, and the civil rights of black people in America should be dealt with helped shape a nation. Many civil rights movements today look back on his teachings to fight battles on race and gender today. History has been described as “unnecessary to teach" predominantly because of the simple fact that smartphones, tablets, and various other forms of easy access to this category of knowledge along with other kinds of scientific developments. The reason we study history and are required to …show more content…
It's hard to look at history and not notice the very large hole when it comes to gender equality and race equality within all fields. The concept of gender and race equality is a fairly new one. Until the 19th century, women and people of colour were treated as the lesser and were excluded from activities such as politics, education, and various professions. Resistance to the idea of gender equality was reinforced by misogyny, which was justified by intellectual movements, as well as early Christianity; and resistance to race equality was reinforced by putting white men in areas of power and disregarding anybody of colour as worthy to be part of society. Early movements for gender equality and race equality may have even begun during the late 19th century and has continued through artists, writers, and various forms of marching and …show more content…
It's effect on the world has been beneficial to the improvement of the human race as a whole. Globalisation has allowed for people to connect on a large scale, and allowed for the improvement of medicine, education, relations between companies, countries, and families. Globalisation has allowed for the spread of ideas that has gotten us many of the products that we use today, and has also allowed for theories and scientific experiments to be performed. Without history to allow us to see how previous humans developed connections, crossed oceans, developed and spread ideas, or even traded; we would not be able to do many of the simple tasks we perform