Four Freedoms

helping it because the purpose of the song was to raise awareness about the possibility of what had taken place that fateful day. Shutting down the voice of those singers who just wanted to draw attention to a very real problem violated their right to freedom of speech and expression, not just of their views and opinions but about a political topic that could eventually lead to progression in the United…

media, Communist Party of China’s (CCP) extensive control stretches to traditional media as well. Although the Communist Party of China argues that censorship is necessary for China’s prosperity, the seclusion of Chinese citizens from essential news, freedom of expression, and objective education will create a barrier between China and the rest of the world. The most common justification of censorship mainly revolves around the protection of individuals from dangerous concepts such as…

The theory allows us to understand and change the social inequalities that exist in society. In the film, Freedom Writers, it shows the journey of a young teacher as she attempts to inspire a group of students who are considered to be "at-risk" students who come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. Each of them is dealing with discrimination from their peers…

The Internet: A Soapbox Free For All. The internet is an incredible tool to have in this modern age, anything from reconnecting with old friends, communicating with others around the world, discovering new things and the ability to search anything at any time all at a click of a button. The internet also provides many ways to express peoples opinion, however, the power of free speech comes at a cost as it has been a controversial issue for decades. The issue of which if some opinions shouldn’t…

“Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech” is the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Does this amendment state that I can say anything, without restriction, and not have consequences from the government? The language the first amendment uses indicates that government cannot restrain any speech; but, there is speech that is constitutionally protected and there is speech that is not constitutionally protected. I believe the wording of the amendment is broad and we do have…

Throughout a child’s development, it has been shown that stimulating creativity and individuality produces well rounded adults. Part of creativity is expressing you through personal appearance. Uniforms are being used widely in private and public schools around the world. Experts claim they are used to take the competition out of the way one dresses, keeps the focus on learning, and bring safety back to the school halls. But in all reality they tend to make things worse. They take away a…

both Nafisi and Nelson’s works demonstrate that art has many ideas attached to it. Therefore, art is naturally ideological because every unique piece has a multiplicity of meanings, and spreads new ideas into the minds of the observers, creating freedom of thought, cultural ideas, and imaginary…

important amendment to the US people. The authors also agree on the fact that millennials do exist and are out in the world affecting many different things and affecting the way the world works. Finally, the authors all can agree that millennials and freedom of speech go hand in hand. Although, the authors have varying viewpoints on how they go hand in hand, they can certainly agree that the two are synonymous with each…

its people. However, the government and the media see censorship as a suppression of communication which they consider harmful. The problem with censorship arises when trying to draw the thin line between what is considered harmful and what is freedom of expression, as defined by the government or media. On the one hand, censorship is very important in certain specific cases; the main goal of censorship today is to protect children from seeing inappropriate content, profanity, and to an…

Facebook and Government censorship Dear American public, as some of you may know the New York Times has reported that we, Facebook have developed a software that would allow us to suppress posts from appearing in people’s new feeds depending on different geographic areas. It has not been yet made available yet because of concerns from many people. There are many moral reasons why people, including us think that this new technology should and should not be used. As one of the largest companies…