Turning suffering to strength with motivation Many people have become activists because of past tribulations they’ve faced personally or are still experiencing. One issue that has led to their activism is abuse or mockery (in the form of racism) ;others have been targeted because of their background, ethnicity and/or gender. Activists like Malala Yousafzai, Ruby Bridges and Ayaan Ali Hirsi both suffered either because of racism or privileges lost due to their gender but the outcome of their trouble was motivation leading to their activism.
Abuse is the main issue for activists like Malala Yousafzai, Who became an activist because of being abused by the Taliban due to her gender. When the Taliban took control of Swat Valley (Malala’s homeland) …show more content…
One activist who was dedicated to stopping racism was Ruby Bridges, born on September eight, 1954 in Tylertown of Mississippi (Biography.com). Ruby was a black child who struggled with racial segregation at a time when whites and blacks attended different schools. As Ruby Bridges continued attending school she changed the view of others about segregation and racism towards black people started to cease, Ruby took a test that allowed her to enroll in a white school if she passed. She took the test and passed but had problems with her community; parents even threatened to leave the school. Her family was also banned from shopping at local stores (Biography.com). The idea of a black child enrolling in an all white school made the white parents protest and threaten Ruby and her family. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the president at the time, even had to hire four federal marshals to guard her for a year (Ducksters.com). All the threats and privileges she lost motivated her to speak up; today she runs a foundation to stop racism towards blacks. Ruby’s skin color made white parents furious and held their children away from education, the foundation Ruby created was made to end racism so children could go back to school and become educated at the time …show more content…
An activist who fought to end this type of abuse was Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She is a Muslim fighting to stop the abuse of Muslim women who are forced to endure painful customs that are part of their country’s culture. An example is she had to go through the Islamic tradition of having a body part cut. She also was forced into marrying her cousin (Britannica.com). When her parents bought her an airplane ticket to Canada to marry her cousin she went to the Netherlands instead and changed her birthdate and name so her family could not find her. Ayaan Hirsi Ali tried to address this issue, the abuse towards Muslim women, by talking on the show Think Tank, which aired a documentary called “Submission” featuring her with Van Gogh she also wrote her book titled “The Caged Virgin” (Britannica.com). In 2006 she went to the United States and wrote two more books; one called Infidel published in 2007 (FamousAfricanAmerican.com), and the other called Nomad published in 2010 (Biography.com). Her activism was because of the abuse towards her and other Muslim women due to their ethnic background and
Abuse is the main issue for activists like Malala Yousafzai, Who became an activist because of being abused by the Taliban due to her gender. When the Taliban took control of Swat Valley (Malala’s homeland) …show more content…
One activist who was dedicated to stopping racism was Ruby Bridges, born on September eight, 1954 in Tylertown of Mississippi (Biography.com). Ruby was a black child who struggled with racial segregation at a time when whites and blacks attended different schools. As Ruby Bridges continued attending school she changed the view of others about segregation and racism towards black people started to cease, Ruby took a test that allowed her to enroll in a white school if she passed. She took the test and passed but had problems with her community; parents even threatened to leave the school. Her family was also banned from shopping at local stores (Biography.com). The idea of a black child enrolling in an all white school made the white parents protest and threaten Ruby and her family. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the president at the time, even had to hire four federal marshals to guard her for a year (Ducksters.com). All the threats and privileges she lost motivated her to speak up; today she runs a foundation to stop racism towards blacks. Ruby’s skin color made white parents furious and held their children away from education, the foundation Ruby created was made to end racism so children could go back to school and become educated at the time …show more content…
An activist who fought to end this type of abuse was Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She is a Muslim fighting to stop the abuse of Muslim women who are forced to endure painful customs that are part of their country’s culture. An example is she had to go through the Islamic tradition of having a body part cut. She also was forced into marrying her cousin (Britannica.com). When her parents bought her an airplane ticket to Canada to marry her cousin she went to the Netherlands instead and changed her birthdate and name so her family could not find her. Ayaan Hirsi Ali tried to address this issue, the abuse towards Muslim women, by talking on the show Think Tank, which aired a documentary called “Submission” featuring her with Van Gogh she also wrote her book titled “The Caged Virgin” (Britannica.com). In 2006 she went to the United States and wrote two more books; one called Infidel published in 2007 (FamousAfricanAmerican.com), and the other called Nomad published in 2010 (Biography.com). Her activism was because of the abuse towards her and other Muslim women due to their ethnic background and