The fight for civil rights
The fight for equal rights has been a very important
issue for African American citizens. It started in the 1960’s and it hasn’t
stop since then. The image shows Selma and Ferguson, the first is a protest for
the African American civil rights movement and the second one is a protest for
the boys that have been killed by police officers since last year. Even though
the protests started over five decades ago the conflicts are still present in
the US.
Since the 60’s African American people have
accomplished many things, they have almost the same rights and benefits that
white people do but racism and discrimination is still an issue and he US
doesn’t have a law to stop all forms of discrimination. Yesterday a business
owner said that he wasn’t going to help gay people because being homosexual is
wrong and the law says that he can deny his service to anyone he wants no
matter the reason. If people don’t have law on their side what do they
have? A few weeks ago a shocking video was all over the internet. The
video shows a police officer shooting an unarmed African American man in the
back. This acts are not something we should get used to but something that we
should try to change. Not because we don’t see it means that it’s not happening
it only proves that the fight for civil rights and against discrimination is
hardly over.
I had no idea that the law says he could deny his service to anyone he wants no matter the reason, how can that be even real these days? The law is meant to protect citizens, or at least that's what I thought before reading that.
ResponderEliminarIn relation to Ferguson, I've read that there are still protests against racism. They have this #StopDontShoot and #BlackLivesMatter campaigns because African American people still suffer from discrimination. Maybe they have almost the same rights as white people, but they are definitely not looked at the same way yet... as normal people whom lives are as valuable as any other.
I think the entire world is really far from make this situation better, unfortunately as long as there is diversity there is going to be discrimination. It's really a shame all the murdering that is happening just for ask for equality, to ask for something that to me sounds like the minimum to live, to obvious like ask for a job and be discriminate (in a good way) for my capability and not the colour of my skin. Like Constanza I thought those troubles where more likely to happen on the 60'
ResponderEliminarTo end, I think the fight for the civil rights will last for a very long time, if is't not for the colour will be for the ethnic or the sex.
It's a never ending battle :/