Frederick Douglass once said, “where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” We spend most of our lives reading or watching all the unfortunate things happening around us. We are so quick to judge and believe everything we hear or see. Life was the same back in the1960’s. People were more gullible and that’s because they believed what the wealthy or more influential people had to say. In “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” Rod Sterling utilizes racism and political issues to grasp what was happening in society in the 1960’s. In 1955, a 14-year-old African
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He believed there was a sizable number of Communist and Soviet spies that were a part of the U.S. government. He had no proof of there being any spies or Communist but everyone believe was he had to say. Communism at the time was not something you played around with. The U.S. took it very serious. Because of it “prudent folk avoided [political activities]” that could get them in trouble (Schrecker). The whole term for McCarthyism is making accusations of treason without evidence. What was happening in Serling’s episode of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street “is what you would call McCarthyism. The folks living on Maple Street were so quick to point fingers at each other without finding out the truth. Because of it Pete Van Horn was killed and a few homes were trashed. The folks were so gullible into believing one young boy which was similar to the people of the United States when they believed Senator McCarthy and his accusations of spies and Communist. It’s similar to what is happening now. We see one thing with the police brutality and right away believe the police are the problem. We hear Donald Trump talk trash about Hillary Clinton and people are so quick to believe him because he has power and wealth. McCarthyism is still happening as we
He believed there was a sizable number of Communist and Soviet spies that were a part of the U.S. government. He had no proof of there being any spies or Communist but everyone believe was he had to say. Communism at the time was not something you played around with. The U.S. took it very serious. Because of it “prudent folk avoided [political activities]” that could get them in trouble (Schrecker). The whole term for McCarthyism is making accusations of treason without evidence. What was happening in Serling’s episode of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street “is what you would call McCarthyism. The folks living on Maple Street were so quick to point fingers at each other without finding out the truth. Because of it Pete Van Horn was killed and a few homes were trashed. The folks were so gullible into believing one young boy which was similar to the people of the United States when they believed Senator McCarthy and his accusations of spies and Communist. It’s similar to what is happening now. We see one thing with the police brutality and right away believe the police are the problem. We hear Donald Trump talk trash about Hillary Clinton and people are so quick to believe him because he has power and wealth. McCarthyism is still happening as we