Malala Injustice

Although the human race has made many advances through history, it is still plagued by many injustices throughout all societies. In literature, two of the greatest books pertaining to the topic of social injustice are I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. If humans could avoid social injustices like the ones in these books, they would be able to advance and thrive at a much faster rate.
In the autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai a young Pakistani girl just has a dream of achieving an education. Unfortunately for her, the area in which she lives has strong Taliban presences, who are against women achieving an education. One day while heading home from school her bus was boarded by a few of these Taliban militants, who proceeded to shoot her at point blank range in the face. Luckily for Malala, she survived this ordeal and was able to receive treatment in the UK. Since this ordeal Malala has gone on to so much good for the world, including doing things like fighting for …show more content…
The setting for this book is South Africa in 1948, where it was determined that all people will be classified according to race. Racial profiling is one of the greatest social injustices in the world today. You can look at any nearly country in the world and you will almost always see stories of people being killed or being denied their basic human rights just because of their race. If the racists that are doing these awful things to people of different colors could just realize that the only difference is the color of their skin, it would change society forever. People would be able to live without the fear of being preyed upon by other races. If everyone from all races worked together, they could accomplish many great