Civil Rights Blog Reflection

After learning about the course of the Civil Rights Movement have really effected my view of things I see wrong with society. One of the most important lessons I have learned is speaking up and pointing out the flaws in society. If you don't speak out and say what you have to say then you will never be heard and will always be getting stepped on and tht is not good. An example of someone who did this was MLK. He believed in something and he went out and spoke his mind about it. He took initiative of the situation and did something about it. He was not going to get stepped on because he was being a leader and not a follower. I think in our world today we need to realize that. If we believe in something speak out don't sit back and not say anything. You want to be that leader that speaks your mind and not the follower who just listens to everyone talk and does as they're told. If you have a dream you make it come true. There is always time for change in society and there are certain people who will make change. It takes you to fufill your dream an make it come true so you can make a change.

Equity and equality have a lot of different things that fall into play. An example is institutional racism, which fell into the system a while back but nobody realizes how big of an issue this is. Some people are not getting certain jobs just because they have a different skin color and the people that say they can't have the job dont like their color and are racist. This is wrong because nobody is getting treated fair or equally. It shouldn't matter on the color of your skin whether you get a certain job or not. If you are good and qualified to work and be a good worker you should get the job no matter what. This is a big issue in our society it is just a shame that nobody really realizes it and that it is not getting as much attention as it needs to. Another way is that you see way more African Americans in jail than whites. This is because if an African American gets arrested they face a worse punishment than a white person would. Even if it is the same crime such as murder. If an African did that it would probably be 25 to life for them but if a white did it the sentence would be a lot shorter. This is the way institutional racism is falling in play. We are abusing the rights of other people by doing this. It doesn't matter who you are or the color of your skin, everyone should be treated equally and the same. They always say treat people the way you would wanted to be treated.

The Civil Rights Movement connects to the present because all the Occupy Movements going on are ways of people speaking out and becoming involved and are trying to change the issue. The protestors are trying to peacefully protest, but the brutality from police makes it difficult for people to keep everything peaceful. Police brutality relates to the Civil Rights Movement because back then people would protest peacefully but they were getting beaten, arrested, and being treated bad for becoming involved. They were not doing anything Aron because it was non-violent protest but it always got out of control because the police beat them. All the protestors were doing was peacefully speaking there mind. I don't understand what the problem with that is, do you? Since when should you get beaten for speaking your mind and trying to make a change. There are anarchists who have gotten involved in both of these movements as well and have affected the media. The anarchists today aren’t going so far as killing people but they have caused riots and vandalized the cities these protests take place in. You should feel free to say what you have to say without feeling like you are going to be threatened. You want to be able to be safe while you are trying to fight for something. Especially if you are not doing anything to harm others you should not be penalized for that. The Civil Rights Movement really made a big change in America. Hopefully they bring change like the Civil Rights Movement and don't change in the worst way possible.