In 1692 Salem Massachusetts, a group of girls went dancing in the forest. While dancing they get caught by their minister, reverend Parris. During 1692, the Puritans did not believe in dancing being a good thing or running to be a normal occurrence. They see these actions to be considered witch craft or of the devil. This witch hunt was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. Arthur Miller used “The Crucible” to show how McCarthyism occurring in the United States at the time, causing great fear and hysteria, was similar to the Salem Witch trials. Though, even the witch hunt in 1952 has not been much different compared to today’s witch hunts.
Witch hunts have been occurring for several years. After 911 people who seemed to be of the same ethnicity …show more content…
On planes people of color, if looked to be African, you were not permitted to travel. If claimed to have Ebola you were kicked off of the plane. Though the first person to have Ebola in the United States was a man named Thomas Eric Duncan. And American man. He was allowed in planes to travel with his wife to find a cure. Why? Because he was not held accountable to the African stereotypes.
When Ebola first came to the attention of people my age they would say if you were sick you had Ebola. “Symptoms of Ebola Virus typically induce: weakness, fever, aches, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain.”(Ebola Fast Facts 2015, July 31). This symptoms usually show up after 8-10 days. People all over the world have took the real severity of the epidemic as a joke. Unprotected health care workers were usually susceptible to infection because of their close contact with patients during treatment (Ebola Fast Facts 2015, July …show more content…
If we as citizens took the time to ask questions and knew facts not rumors than witch hunts would not occur. People don’t always take into consideration how others feel. There are victims who are very sick and cannot help themselves. Some are born into a sickness. Also some people have been diagnosed through breast milk because their mother did not know. There are so many ways for people to get sick. Yet they allow The Ebola outbreak to change their way of life. They even start to act hysterical over something they cannot change. Even victims cannot change. Ebola has not been identified. Scientist believe it to be in the air. Once someone is to get it the only ways someone else can is through body
Witch hunts have been occurring for several years. After 911 people who seemed to be of the same ethnicity …show more content…
On planes people of color, if looked to be African, you were not permitted to travel. If claimed to have Ebola you were kicked off of the plane. Though the first person to have Ebola in the United States was a man named Thomas Eric Duncan. And American man. He was allowed in planes to travel with his wife to find a cure. Why? Because he was not held accountable to the African stereotypes.
When Ebola first came to the attention of people my age they would say if you were sick you had Ebola. “Symptoms of Ebola Virus typically induce: weakness, fever, aches, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain.”(Ebola Fast Facts 2015, July 31). This symptoms usually show up after 8-10 days. People all over the world have took the real severity of the epidemic as a joke. Unprotected health care workers were usually susceptible to infection because of their close contact with patients during treatment (Ebola Fast Facts 2015, July …show more content…
If we as citizens took the time to ask questions and knew facts not rumors than witch hunts would not occur. People don’t always take into consideration how others feel. There are victims who are very sick and cannot help themselves. Some are born into a sickness. Also some people have been diagnosed through breast milk because their mother did not know. There are so many ways for people to get sick. Yet they allow The Ebola outbreak to change their way of life. They even start to act hysterical over something they cannot change. Even victims cannot change. Ebola has not been identified. Scientist believe it to be in the air. Once someone is to get it the only ways someone else can is through body