The Influence Of Racism

As humans, how often do we recognize the true meaning of things? It seems like everyone is always rushing around, trying to get this or that done. We tend to miss the good things in life while we are absorbed in the bad. Throughout my life, I’ve always had a quiet side to me, I used to just watch and listen, and sometimes I would rarely speak. My grandma would quite often tell me that I needed to speak up more. She would say that I need to try to make a difference in the world I live in; she believed that I should try to better not only myself, but everything around me. One thing I’ve stood by in the past that I believe in is speaking up and taking a stand. If you don’t speak up and take a stand, you will never make a difference. Think about …show more content…
Rewind thousands of years to when those historical events were history in the making, they all started somewhere. Someone spoke up or took a stand, and an idea was born. I feel like you should be proud of what you stand for. If you don’t have faith in something then why would anyone else want to put their faith into that something? One of the biggest problems we face today is racism. Although racism is still a problem, it is definitely less of a problem than it was a hundred years ago. Rosa Parks was one of the most widely noticed people to take a stand against Racism, and made a huge stepping stone for the Equality Movement. Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on the bus to a white person. She took a stand for what she believed in. She also spoke up, and backed her decision and spoke up in the name of equality. We need more people in our generation to be the Rosa Parks and to take a stand and speak …show more content…
Everyone’s opinions and beliefs are important, and everyone should speak up for what they stand for. Sometimes you only have one shot at things, and if you never take the chance you will never know if the shot paid off or not. It’s the same way with speaking up, if you don’t speak up or stand up, you may never know what would have come out of that. I remember hearing a story about a cancer researcher. He was so used to unsuccessful attempts at finding the cure for cancer that he stopped writing down any of his work. He gave up in himself; he didn’t feel like his work was important. Then he found the cure to cancer. The only problem was, he didn’t write it down. Don’t let something like that happen to you, I feel like you need to be proud of what you do, you need to be able to take a stand and speak for the work that you put in. Show the generations ahead of ours what or generation was made of, what we spoke for and stood