Throughout this entire unit of The Civil Rights movement, I have learned a lot of how history brings us to where we are at and standing currently today in America. A lot has inspired how modern day world would be like, such as Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Each leader had it's own way of leading their crowd. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. taught his crowd to love the enemies and people that go against them while Malcolm x did the opposite and said to fight back for their rights. If there was one thing that I learned in this course, it's the ability to speak up for what's right. Martin Luther King Jr fought with love, ended up in jail with thousands of other people, but STILL made a change. My point is that, the ability to speak up and to break the status quo will eventually make a difference. At the end of the day, they all fought for one thing- Equality which is something american's still fight for today.
America struggles on reaching their goal of equality through acceptance. People strive to be accepted and to feel accepted everyday. Institutional Racism and Gay marriage are prime examples of being accepted. For example, when applying for college, if a white girl had a 4.0 and had lots of extra curricular activities and an african american had the same ratio of activities a long with a 4.0, they would pick the colored. This is institutional racism because they are not intentionally picking out their actual personality within but through race. Although the school was just trying to be equal because they tried fitting more colored people into their colleges, it still looks bad upon who and what they're choosing.
Events and the ideas of the Civil Rights Movement are acted on everyday in today's world. For example, the Occupy Protest shows how thousands of protesters peacefully sit on a sidewalk to protest what they believe is right. The action that's going on reminds me of how Martin Luther King Jr peacefully protested and landed in jail whereas the protesters on the Occupy Movement were beat by the police and threatened to leave. They fought for what they believed was right but since the government was corrupted it led to their government fighting back with their own people. By just speaking out and voicing your thoughts and opinions on what you believe, clearly shows tracks of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Civil Rights Blog
Some lessons learned throughout 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 the importance of speaking up and pointing out the flaws in society. No matter how complicated the issue might be, if you don’t take initiative and get actively involved then that problem will always be there when you may have been able to make a change, even if it was a small one. A perfect example of taking initiative and making a change is Martin Luther King Jr. He strongly believed that our founding fathers ensured everyone is America equal access to rights, and sure enough that is what they promised us, it’s one major reason of why we have so many people all over the world coming to America. When MLK saw and actually experienced rights being taken he knew he had to do something about it, so he actively got involved and influenced others to join the movement. He had a dream, and made sure everyone knew about his dream, and his dream is what drove him to keep fighting and doing what he knew was right. He got involved with protests and made speeches and for that he has become an icon; it is people like him that we need to actively get involved to help make a change.
When it comes to equity and equality there are so many ways that America continues to struggle with. First there is institutional racism, that was somehow was engrained in the system as America developed and now we don’t realize that it is an issue but it really is. For example, when a person of African American descent kills someone it turns into this huge deal and he gets put in jail for life. Where as on the other hand a white person kills someone he gets put into jail for a certain amount of years, throughout the jail systems there are a way larger amount of African Americans than whites. Second we have the way that big business people make a large amount of money and that amount just keeps on adding up. Then you have the smaller business people who make a decent amount of money, and that amount stays the same no matter how hard they work. This shows that you have to find your own methods of working your way up to even try and become that big business man making lots of money, and you can try for as long as you want but you aren’t very likely to reach the top. Without reaching equity, which is a long ways away, we can never reach equality as a society.
The events and ideas of the Civil Rights Movement connect to the present because all the Occupy Movements going on are ways of people speaking out and becoming actively involved in changing the issue. These Occupy protestors are trying to peacefully protest, but the brutality from police makes it difficult for people to keep everything peaceful. That idea of police brutality relates to the Civil Rights Movement because back then people peacefully protesting were beaten, arrested, and just treated like dirt for becoming involved. There are also people such as anarchists who have gotten involved in both these movements. They have really affected the way the media portrays these events and they make things seem so much worse then they really are. Anarchists back then were like the KKK for example who hated the fact that people were speaking out so they killed people. 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. People should be able to feel free to fight for what they believe in and it should be able to be peaceful, the way people wanted to originally go about it. The Civil Rights Movement really made a drastic change in America, and now we have to wait and see what kind of change these Occupy Movements bring. Hopefully they bring change for better, like the Civil Rights Movement, and not a change in the wrong direction.
When it comes to equity and equality there are so many ways that America continues to struggle with. First there is institutional racism, that was somehow was engrained in the system as America developed and now we don’t realize that it is an issue but it really is. For example, when a person of African American descent kills someone it turns into this huge deal and he gets put in jail for life. Where as on the other hand a white person kills someone he gets put into jail for a certain amount of years, throughout the jail systems there are a way larger amount of African Americans than whites. Second we have the way that big business people make a large amount of money and that amount just keeps on adding up. Then you have the smaller business people who make a decent amount of money, and that amount stays the same no matter how hard they work. This shows that you have to find your own methods of working your way up to even try and become that big business man making lots of money, and you can try for as long as you want but you aren’t very likely to reach the top. Without reaching equity, which is a long ways away, we can never reach equality as a society.
The events and ideas of the Civil Rights Movement connect to the present because all the Occupy Movements going on are ways of people speaking out and becoming actively involved in changing the issue. These Occupy protestors are trying to peacefully protest, but the brutality from police makes it difficult for people to keep everything peaceful. That idea of police brutality relates to the Civil Rights Movement because back then people peacefully protesting were beaten, arrested, and just treated like dirt for becoming involved. There are also people such as anarchists who have gotten involved in both these movements. They have really affected the way the media portrays these events and they make things seem so much worse then they really are. Anarchists back then were like the KKK for example who hated the fact that people were speaking out so they killed people. 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. People should be able to feel free to fight for what they believe in and it should be able to be peaceful, the way people wanted to originally go about it. The Civil Rights Movement really made a drastic change in America, and now we have to wait and see what kind of change these Occupy Movements bring. Hopefully they bring change for better, like the Civil Rights Movement, and not a change in the wrong direction.
Civil Rights Movement Reflection
I’ve always pictured the Civil Rights Movement as African Americans fighting for the same equality as whites. It never occurred to me that not only did African Americans search for equality, but all kinds of people fought for equal rights, whether it was because of their gender, race, sexual orientation or disability differences. I learned that the African American Civil Rights movement sparked and encouraged other minorities and other groups who shared differences to fight for their equality as well. Something important I learned from this unit was, people won’t stop fighting for what they believe is right. Many of the Civil Rights Movements hold evidence that people won’t give up on their rights for equality. Without the great leadership of our activist and Civil Rights Movement leaders. I don’t believe it would have be easy for people with differences to get their points and main ideas across about their freedom and equality.
America today, still struggles with acceptance. Sure the laws have altered and changed, but I believe people are just the same as they’ve always been. For example, stereotypes have become an implanted or natural thought in our people’s minds. We were raised to think that certain minorities or people that have differences from us should act or behave a certain way.
People everyday are still getting discriminated against in America. Women are still getting paid far less then men are. Gays are still fighting for their rights to marry who they love. There are many examples of unequality in America and we are far from reaching equality in society. I believe our first steps should be acceptance.
Through the past weeks we have learned about the civil rights movement and how it was a constant struggle for most minority groups especially the African Americans to be treated equal like other Americans have. The blacks constantly struggled to have their rights and go against the injust laws that were discriminating them. Some violent acts and non violent acts were committed to help them achieve their equal rights, to be heard from other people that they do matter. Great leaders rised above from this movement like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, etc. who are some inspiring leaders and activists in history. They led marches, protests, non violent movements, etc. They led the civil rights movements in order to gain their rights, peace, and wrongful discrimination that lasted for years.The lessons we should learn from this is to stand up for what you believe in even if you have to challenge the laws the government put.
The civil rights movement has been an influence to society and minority groups but America still struggles today with equity and equality. We struggle to accept others as equal and acknowledge them from their true potential ,but instead people just judge you be the color of your skin or where your parents came from or your social class. Its a problem that we face and how some people have an advantage over others. Money is also a problem in our society and affects people in many ways like how the rich class can get health benefits and get paid more than the middle class or lower class gets.
The civil rights movement influenced our society today and follow the same peaceful techniques they used from back then. We see protests like every month that are modeling the techniques from the civil rights. It teach people to take a stand on what you believe in. The Occupy Oakland movement shows how their knowledge from the civl rights movement applied to the present.The connection between the civil rights movement and the present is that people still struggle to get the equality especially in their education. If the civil rights movement never existed their will still be segregated schools and injust laws will still be in our society.
The civil rights movement has been an influence to society and minority groups but America still struggles today with equity and equality. We struggle to accept others as equal and acknowledge them from their true potential ,but instead people just judge you be the color of your skin or where your parents came from or your social class. Its a problem that we face and how some people have an advantage over others. Money is also a problem in our society and affects people in many ways like how the rich class can get health benefits and get paid more than the middle class or lower class gets.
The civil rights movement influenced our society today and follow the same peaceful techniques they used from back then. We see protests like every month that are modeling the techniques from the civil rights. It teach people to take a stand on what you believe in. The Occupy Oakland movement shows how their knowledge from the civl rights movement applied to the present.The connection between the civil rights movement and the present is that people still struggle to get the equality especially in their education. If the civil rights movement never existed their will still be segregated schools and injust laws will still be in our society.
Civil Right Reflection
What I've learn this semester about civil rights is that there is plenty events that occurred in the process of fight for your rights. Some important people who help get the equal treatment in the society like, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks. They used similar methods, MLK used non-violent protest, marching in the street & making speeches. Malcolm X used violent protest, fighting back and going for what they should deserve. Rosa Parks, did a sit in. She didn't give up her seat to a white man because she felt that just because she was colored she had to get up. Which I strongly agree with. You shouldn't have to give up your rights because of your race, orientation, and the color of your skin.
Civil Rights Movement relates to events today with the protest going on like Occupy Oakland. People again fighting for what they believe in, and try to change the society because it's not a very nice society. Many of those who protest also were beat by high authority, or assaulted by those who were against what they were trying to fight for. Just like the Civil Rights Movement when the colored were beat down and houses were destroyed/trashed by those against what they were fighting for.
I think America still struggles to accept people for who they are. From race, to color, to sexual orientation, to religion, and age. No matter how hard it'll be to fight for what they think is right, some how they get the word out there and a big group of people form. Therefore, the more people are heard than just one, is sometimes better in some cases. It changes perspectives of those who thought opposite of it. Although there is also a negative side to these groups gathering together to help get what the people are fighting for. It all leads to actions that took place in the Civil Rights Moments. You could already guess what actions were taken, and I think society needs to start realizing that not only to the government and other branches have say, but so do we citizens who live in it have say too. It doesn't hurt to hear us out and give us a chance to make a change.
Civil Rights Movement
Throughout learning about civil rights, I learned a lot about the different situations going on. For example Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks all made a really big impact on the civil rights movement. They were standing up and fighting for what they believe in even though they were getting treated unfairly. So looking at their sitautions it seems like if you really believe in something you have to fight and stand up for yourself to get your voice out there about what you believe in. Without them the United States wouldnt be what it is today.
As long as theres a big diffrence in the rich and the poor there will never be equity and equality rich people look down on the poor and the poor want to blame the rich. It'll never be equity and equality with such a big difference in the way people are raised. With people raised with such diffrences they will never feel like they're equal with people being raised in a whole different way.
Now days people are still having to stand up for their rights and having to speak up, for example the occupy movement all across the United States. People believe that they can make changes by speaking up and everyone is allowed to vote now. Since the Civil Rights Movement has changed things such as allowing everyone to vote, women, blacks etc. now the United States has become a more fair place.
As long as theres a big diffrence in the rich and the poor there will never be equity and equality rich people look down on the poor and the poor want to blame the rich. It'll never be equity and equality with such a big difference in the way people are raised. With people raised with such diffrences they will never feel like they're equal with people being raised in a whole different way.
Now days people are still having to stand up for their rights and having to speak up, for example the occupy movement all across the United States. People believe that they can make changes by speaking up and everyone is allowed to vote now. Since the Civil Rights Movement has changed things such as allowing everyone to vote, women, blacks etc. now the United States has become a more fair place.
Civil Rights Reflection
The idea that history books often cover up what they don't want future generations to hear to make itself look better was one of the main things I took away from this unit. In third grade, I was told that Rosa Parks was a frail, tired old lady that just didn't want to get up, and I thought that was true up until now. When I learned that she actually set out to get arrested and start a protest and history books changed her story to make it seem like an accident, it made me wonder what else history glides over. The fact that not many people know that the Black Panther Party did more than just walk around with guns is another example of how history conveniently fails to mention some parts of a story. Before when I thought of the Black Panthers, I imagined them to be a violent group of protesters instead of a peaceful organization of people vying for their rights.
Today, America still struggles with the concepts of unconscious stereotyping and institutional racism. Throughout the media, stereotypes are nailed into peoples brains from a young age so it's difficult to be completely unbiased towards one particular race, religion, culture, or lifestyle. For America to really start in on goals of equity and equality, we need to either stop putting stereotypes in the media or work to stop believing them. These stereotypes are a factor in institutional racism. Because there are statistically more black males in prison than white males, it gives the media the idea to portray the black race as more thuggish , which spreads the stereotype around and causes people to see them in that way and be more suspicious of their actions--which can lead to more arrests and imprisonments.
The Civil Rights Movement of the 60's can be related to the Occupy protests going on across the nation today. Like some of the Civil Rights protests, Occupy is a sit-in attempt to stop unfair treatment. In both cases, protesters were faced with police brutality in response to peaceful protesting. The Occupy protests are an example of how history can repeat itself with the same actions, but different causes. If we are to keep making forward steps as a nation, America needs to learn from its past and refuse to repeat past mistakes.
Civil Rights Movement :D
After learning a unit about civil rights I came to realize that the life we are living right now is a gift from the courageous people who took part in the civil rights movement. Its a privilege for us to live this life we are living right now. To get the rights to which people fought over are being easily handed to us, to which we should thank them for. Activities from the civil right moments lost their life fighting this battle for equality and had to go through a lot of troubles and humiliation.
African Americans were discriminated and treated like they are some kind of a disease and people wouldn't want to be near them. After a long period of time with all these nonsense they finally stood up for themselves with the help of leaders like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King they began this movement. They did all they could marches, protest, boycotting.etc. to make this happen and they were successful.
Me myself being a brown skin think that if I was born during the civil right era my life would be a total misery because of all the discrimination and segregation. I feel like civil rights can be connected to this present because now people know how hard it was for their grandfathers,great grandfathers to live and they don't want no one to go through that. So, that's why they have stopped discrimination's. However, there are people who believe in segregation's and discrimination such as KKK. It would be best if we just ignore their ideas and do the right thing.
African Americans were discriminated and treated like they are some kind of a disease and people wouldn't want to be near them. After a long period of time with all these nonsense they finally stood up for themselves with the help of leaders like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King they began this movement. They did all they could marches, protest, boycotting.etc. to make this happen and they were successful.
Me myself being a brown skin think that if I was born during the civil right era my life would be a total misery because of all the discrimination and segregation. I feel like civil rights can be connected to this present because now people know how hard it was for their grandfathers,great grandfathers to live and they don't want no one to go through that. So, that's why they have stopped discrimination's. However, there are people who believe in segregation's and discrimination such as KKK. It would be best if we just ignore their ideas and do the right thing.
civlil rights, period 2
In this unit of civil rights we learned a lot of inspirational things. Also controversial things like peaceful protest vs non peaceful witch Malcolm x believed witch way we decided to do things in America and how the outcome became because of it. i believe America still struggles with protesting. we have the right to peaceful Assembly. when and how we use it are big factors as well. if we break down the occupy protesters even though they did there protesting peacefully its still the manner you do it in. if you come up and say hey we have the right to do this so were going to to make our point. it would have been alright until people started dedicating in near by bushes openly have sexual relations and smoking marijuana and do drugs in front of minors. then it becomes a problem.
After the revolution we the people protest in a non violent way. that's why people from all over this great land flocked by the thousands to see Martin Luther King speak and why he was so effective. we should not be so quick arm and kill American citizens "by any means necessary." Malcolm x was i believe a contradiction when he said "you can sing all you want" well that an important important part of Black history. it paved the way for civil rights in America and it should not be played off so lightly as Malcolm made it. M.L.K. showed the contrast between him self and white racist people and cops in the south by showing up and protesting and breaking a law that was unconstitutional and making people realize what they have become. Thats why Gandhi was so powerful.
Occupy protesters in Oakland and new york and all over the country have the write idea because the have a huge media coverage. But if the major comes and says you have to clean your area or stop protesting and you choose not to then claim police brutality when you are forcefully removed you cant be very smart. If you think about it from the cops point of very you are way outnumbered in a hostile zone with people screaming so you cant even hear your partner and you shoot some tear gas to disperse the crowd and someone gets hit now you might lose your job. This is a messed up situation. Was that man really breaking the law did he deserve it? Was the shooting of the tear gas justified? these are the questions one must ask when the rights of someone is being taken. Accidents happen of course and he most likely feels bad should that be justice enough. America will never be done with rights and equality because Equality is the goal Equity is how we get there.
After the revolution we the people protest in a non violent way. that's why people from all over this great land flocked by the thousands to see Martin Luther King speak and why he was so effective. we should not be so quick arm and kill American citizens "by any means necessary." Malcolm x was i believe a contradiction when he said "you can sing all you want" well that an important important part of Black history. it paved the way for civil rights in America and it should not be played off so lightly as Malcolm made it. M.L.K. showed the contrast between him self and white racist people and cops in the south by showing up and protesting and breaking a law that was unconstitutional and making people realize what they have become. Thats why Gandhi was so powerful.
Occupy protesters in Oakland and new york and all over the country have the write idea because the have a huge media coverage. But if the major comes and says you have to clean your area or stop protesting and you choose not to then claim police brutality when you are forcefully removed you cant be very smart. If you think about it from the cops point of very you are way outnumbered in a hostile zone with people screaming so you cant even hear your partner and you shoot some tear gas to disperse the crowd and someone gets hit now you might lose your job. This is a messed up situation. Was that man really breaking the law did he deserve it? Was the shooting of the tear gas justified? these are the questions one must ask when the rights of someone is being taken. Accidents happen of course and he most likely feels bad should that be justice enough. America will never be done with rights and equality because Equality is the goal Equity is how we get there.
Civil Rights Blog
During the civil rights unit I learned a lot. I learned that they were always struggles to get our rights. Also just to get our voices heard. Some of the lessons learned were that sometimes you have to do things such as break the law, to get the governments attention. Also that even way back then until now we still struggle to get equality. I learned that peaceful protesting is a very powerful way to fight back. Civil disobedience is also a strong way to get your voice heard.
America today struggles with actions such as racism, poverty, and steroetypes. Racism still goes on to this day. And poverty has to do with it. Because if your lower than someone because of money, then your automautically under them. Not the "same". Things like Sterotype also occurs, when you are judge just by the color of your skin. Or what you wear, or just the way you look. Luckily, equality and equity is what we have now. Where a black male or latino can go to college and have the same oppurtunity as a rich caucasian.
Well thanks to the acts that were done we have equal rights for everyone now. Such as Rosa Parks for refusing to give her seat to a white person and causing a boycott. Or with MLK and March on Washington and his peaceful disobedience With Malcom X and his fight back. We wouldnt be the way we are today without them. The boycotts, sit-ins, marches, protests. That stopped segregation from going even further than it had gone. Although that we still have some racism and sterotyping, never again will any race be discriminated because the color of their skin.
America today struggles with actions such as racism, poverty, and steroetypes. Racism still goes on to this day. And poverty has to do with it. Because if your lower than someone because of money, then your automautically under them. Not the "same". Things like Sterotype also occurs, when you are judge just by the color of your skin. Or what you wear, or just the way you look. Luckily, equality and equity is what we have now. Where a black male or latino can go to college and have the same oppurtunity as a rich caucasian.
Well thanks to the acts that were done we have equal rights for everyone now. Such as Rosa Parks for refusing to give her seat to a white person and causing a boycott. Or with MLK and March on Washington and his peaceful disobedience With Malcom X and his fight back. We wouldnt be the way we are today without them. The boycotts, sit-ins, marches, protests. That stopped segregation from going even further than it had gone. Although that we still have some racism and sterotyping, never again will any race be discriminated because the color of their skin.
Civil Rights Movement
There are many lessons that we have learned from the Civil Rights movement. All over the world there has been fighting for people's beliefs. The main reason for the fighting was because of discriminiation to people like Africans, Mexicans, Asians, Native Americans, and also all the women. There has been many different strategies that different groups used. Some were the same but some were the complete opposite. An example is Martin Luther King Jr. he was a civil rights activist that got his ideas from Ghandi, non-violent methods. He began to organize groups, and he would go to a place that had a high rate of discrimination. Unlike Malcolm X, he was also a civil rights activist but he had different ways to get his point across. But he didnt want to be integrated with the white people he just wanted to start his own society with just Africans. So i think the biggest lesson learned from the Civil Rights was that even though there was different methods used they all had the same goal in common, to have equal rights.
America struggles to come to a complete conclusion to reach equity and equality still to this day. America isnt perfect, there are many struggles that we go through everyday. Even though discrimination 'ended', it still exist till this day. Even though they dont mean it but institutional racism still plays a factor in everybodies life. We still struggle with racism, stereotypes, and also poverty. I think stereotypes is very important because many people think that just because of your skin tone you have to do certain things.
The events and ideas that occured during the Civil Rights movement really connects with the present. Because now just like before you hear everywhere that people are rising up and protesting for their beliefs. If you turn on the radio, or you turn on your tv, you can also hear it for yourself. An example is 'Occupy', there protesting that while 1% of people are making more than 99% of the people. How crazy is that? While most of the people are making minimum wage theres people that are making so much more than that and they dont work as hard as the 99% do. I dont think racism, social classes, or even stereotypes are ever going to end.
America struggles to come to a complete conclusion to reach equity and equality still to this day. America isnt perfect, there are many struggles that we go through everyday. Even though discrimination 'ended', it still exist till this day. Even though they dont mean it but institutional racism still plays a factor in everybodies life. We still struggle with racism, stereotypes, and also poverty. I think stereotypes is very important because many people think that just because of your skin tone you have to do certain things.
The events and ideas that occured during the Civil Rights movement really connects with the present. Because now just like before you hear everywhere that people are rising up and protesting for their beliefs. If you turn on the radio, or you turn on your tv, you can also hear it for yourself. An example is 'Occupy', there protesting that while 1% of people are making more than 99% of the people. How crazy is that? While most of the people are making minimum wage theres people that are making so much more than that and they dont work as hard as the 99% do. I dont think racism, social classes, or even stereotypes are ever going to end.
Civils Rights BLOG !
I believe the lessons learned throughout the Civil Rights Movement have to be discriminating and segregating gets you no where in life , no matter what the situation. In the end , it will always result in equity and equality. I hope people learned the lesson that people do lose their own lives to risk peace for others and that racism should never happen again because if history would repeat itself that would be horrible. I’ve also learned , through protesting peacefully or aggressively you can get what you are trying to achieve , patience and timing is all that it takes.
America’s equity and equality today struggles with poverty and racism. Money is a huge problem now-a-days in America’s society. People all over the U.S. are protesting TODAY to fight back against poverty and to increase more pay to workers. Racism is also a huge factor to this day. The problem doesn’t consist of the same exact problem of how it was during the civil rights movement but it consist of stereotyping. People always “judge a book by its cover” especially if your not “truly” an American. Young adults and adults themselves will treat you differently from a “real” American , which to me , I find completely absurd.
I believe the events and ideas that was going on during the civil rights movement era effects our every day life. Why ? Because if it wasn’t for MLK,JR. we wouldn’t be where we are at today. We would still be fighting with Blacks , Whites , etc. Segregation would be widely influenced but since MLK and the works of Malcolm X opened up peoples eyes , it got people to realize you can live together side by side and hatred should never be the case in society. With the works of the Civil Rights activists , society today has completely changed from back then. Another example , is how America has a day dedicated to Martin Luther King , which to me is great. I also believe the tactics used from the civil rights movements , are used during the OCCUPY movements today. Such as sit-ins , rallies , and marches. I believe the civil rights movement inspires people to stand up for what they believe in to achieve peace , equity , and equality.
The Civil Rights Movement reflection
After the civil rights movement project, I learned that many people were fighting for their rights in the past and people still fight for rights today. People used many different methods to gain their rights back, such as protest, boycott and confrontation. There are many civil rights hero and without them, we won't be able to have a society like today. We represented all the people to stand up for civil rights and get our rights back. Some of the civil rights hero are Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Rosa Park.
Some of the events of the civil rights movement are Brown v. Board of Education, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Southern school desegregation. The Brown v. Board of Education is the schools are separate and they are not equal. It leads to challenging segregation and breaking the Jim Crew Law. They ended up closing the school. The Southern school desegregation is similar with the Brown v. Board of Education. The schools were divided into Blacks and Whites after the Brown v. Board of Education. The Whites were rallying to get the Blacks out of the school. From these two events, we can see there are racism and people segregate each other. All these still happen today in the world.
Today, we still struggle with the problem of equity and equality. Equity is the way to get to equality. But people are usually not treated equally base on their race and skin color, that is why people still fight to get their rights back. There are always unfairness out there in our society and we might have also experienced that before. The unfairness might cause difficulty when people apply to schools or jobs, and all these related to institutional racism. Everyone should have the same opportunity but in real life, it is not true because of our race or skin color. For example, a White student has a higher chance to get into a college compare to an African American student because of their races. People usually think African Americans are not as smart as the others, and Whites are always better than the other races. People can't be treated equally because of these American ideologies. These ideologies were past to us from the past and people have their mind stick with these ideologies although they are not true all the time. Some people still stand up and fight for their rights to gain back their equality. For example, the Gay Liberation Movement, people stand out for their sexual orientation and try to gain their rights back! They want to be treated equally like everyone and want the society to accept them. They are also human like us, why can't we treat them equally and accept them?
Today, we still struggle with the problem of equity and equality. Equity is the way to get to equality. But people are usually not treated equally base on their race and skin color, that is why people still fight to get their rights back. There are always unfairness out there in our society and we might have also experienced that before. The unfairness might cause difficulty when people apply to schools or jobs, and all these related to institutional racism. Everyone should have the same opportunity but in real life, it is not true because of our race or skin color. For example, a White student has a higher chance to get into a college compare to an African American student because of their races. People usually think African Americans are not as smart as the others, and Whites are always better than the other races. People can't be treated equally because of these American ideologies. These ideologies were past to us from the past and people have their mind stick with these ideologies although they are not true all the time. Some people still stand up and fight for their rights to gain back their equality. For example, the Gay Liberation Movement, people stand out for their sexual orientation and try to gain their rights back! They want to be treated equally like everyone and want the society to accept them. They are also human like us, why can't we treat them equally and accept them?
Civil rights movement
During this civil rights unit we have seen that there were many ups and downs. Ive learned that to get what you want you have to fight for it, and take what comes at you. The African American people fought for equality and kept fighting even when they were faced with violence and adversity. many people were killed, beaten, and put in jail and i never stopped the people from fighting for equal and fair rights.
I think American Still struggles with accepting people who are different. For example gay and lesbians.They have been denied being legally married in many states in the unites states. Many have been victims of hate crimes, and discrimination. The ones that are most affected are teens and young adults, because they are being bullied in school and over the Internet.this has led some to hurt themselves and even commit suicide.
The events and ideas of the civil rights movement are connected to the present because people are now not o afraid to stand up for what they believe in. they are no scared to speak out and be different. i think this is a positive thing that we have gained from the civil rights movement.
Civil Rights Movement
There are a lot of lessons that are learned during this time of people doing all they can to receive their rights. The most important lesson I learned through out the Civil Rights Movement would have to be that no matter what color, physical or mental condition,race, or beliefs, people should be treated equally including their rights. People born in the United States,US citizens, are entitled to every right in The Constitution. Those people who did not give EVERY US citizen their rights, we're going against The Constitution. So, with those people suffering and fighting everyday for what they deserve finally were given the rights they are entitled to.
America still has a few problems involving Equity and Equality. They use it in different ways by putting Equity first to get Equality. American uses this in many ways in society whether its from education to working to income or to adults who can't afford housing and payments. The way it works is that society tries to help people in different ways to still get the support and things they need like all of the other people who can support themselves on their own or through their family.
The ideas and events from the Civil Rights Movement connect to the present by people who stood up for what they believe in and would not stop until they got the equality they deserved and made a difference in the society of America. Now that time has passed and the Constitution is now followed equally, racism towards anyones well-being or how much money they make is helped through society and they are able to get through in life on what they have.
America still has a few problems involving Equity and Equality. They use it in different ways by putting Equity first to get Equality. American uses this in many ways in society whether its from education to working to income or to adults who can't afford housing and payments. The way it works is that society tries to help people in different ways to still get the support and things they need like all of the other people who can support themselves on their own or through their family.
The ideas and events from the Civil Rights Movement connect to the present by people who stood up for what they believe in and would not stop until they got the equality they deserved and made a difference in the society of America. Now that time has passed and the Constitution is now followed equally, racism towards anyones well-being or how much money they make is helped through society and they are able to get through in life on what they have.
Struggle for Paradise.
I have learned through this quarter of equity and equality that anything can and will be achieved if you strive hard enough for it. For the past 200 years this whole country has been alive and permitted through the constitution. That constitution itself is the symbol of success. All of us, in one way or another, use that constitution every single day. It wasn't like that 70 or 80 years ago and that we have the people who struggled to get us here to thank. There are 4 major people that have instilled and influenced that value of equality to us.
Martin Luther King Jr. led the U.S. with the biggest struggle of non-violence the United States has ever seen. He lead his fellow Afro-Americans when the Caucasians of America were throwing punches and hurling out insults. We saw that in Project C and how they were following in MLK's footsteps by just walking towards the people who didn't want them there holding hands and singing "We Shall Overcome". We saw that in the March on Washington when hundreds of thousands of people walked to their destiny as equally treated Americans.
Monday, January 23, 2012
How We Are Lacking (And How We May Not Be)
Sometimes, society learns the wrong lessons
from the more epic portions of our history.
We get most of it right, in theory; we’ve only commit so many acts of
human injustice since The Holocaust. We
should have learned from Rosa
Parks Ferguson
Nevertheless, today, we still struggle with
true equality. This is only natural,
humanity’s eyes have only recently opened to the unfairness we cause, and we
are yet to fully awaken. Some days,
change seems inevitable, like history really is history and all is fair in the
world. And some times the best we can do
is wait for the hate-tainted parts of society to die off, whether literally or
metaphorically. We know that numbers matter; we know words and actions and
perpetuating a hate-free ideology is what matters. But we still forget, because not everyone is
a part of this yet – not everyone can be part of a discriminated group (or
knows one who is) and feel the need to take action. Not everyone cares.
Civil Rights Final
It is hard to believe that someone could be judged by something such as the color of their skin, however during this unit i learned all the struggles minorities faced. These movements would not have been possible without the constant instruction and motivation given by leaders such as Martin Luther King. Creating change required a lot of faith and courage, the civil rights movement did not happen over night. All over our country groups had taken different approaches, personally i became really interested in the desegregation of schools. For the most part, adult are stuck in their ways, so a radical change such as this, needed to be done through the South. While children are young, they are still impressionable, which means if they began accepting desegregation, their kids later on would have the same view. This was also very important because it gave the African Americans opportunities to receive a better education, which in turn, would allow them to gain a higher economic standing.
Stereotypes and preconceptions are a major obstacle when trying to reach equity and equality. Conscious or not, still today we struggle with creating equal opportunities. Minorities are still working to overcome poverty, and institutional racism is very much real. Some races have a more difficult time making it to college, limiting their career options. This forces them to accept a lower income, keeping them in the on going cycle of being a lower class citizen. Even if you qualify for college, institutional racism, makes getting in more difficult. Characteristics such as race and gender play a role in college admissions. Also when applying for a job you might run into institutional racism.
The civil rights movement is more relevant now than ever before. Their modeled protest are being scene in the news, heard on the radio, and read in the paper. People have accepted an ideology that tells them if they are unhappy with how something works, than they need to do everything they can to change it. A connection i see between this unit and our present day struggles is the increase in college fees. This is much like how laws and regulations limited certain groups from voting. Higher fees means less people being able to afford college. Although they are not telling certain people they cannot receive an education specifically, their actions have made it to difficult for everyone to become educated at a high level. If minorities cannot receive degrees, their chances of gaining any kind of economic recognition will decrease tremendously
Stereotypes and preconceptions are a major obstacle when trying to reach equity and equality. Conscious or not, still today we struggle with creating equal opportunities. Minorities are still working to overcome poverty, and institutional racism is very much real. Some races have a more difficult time making it to college, limiting their career options. This forces them to accept a lower income, keeping them in the on going cycle of being a lower class citizen. Even if you qualify for college, institutional racism, makes getting in more difficult. Characteristics such as race and gender play a role in college admissions. Also when applying for a job you might run into institutional racism.
The civil rights movement is more relevant now than ever before. Their modeled protest are being scene in the news, heard on the radio, and read in the paper. People have accepted an ideology that tells them if they are unhappy with how something works, than they need to do everything they can to change it. A connection i see between this unit and our present day struggles is the increase in college fees. This is much like how laws and regulations limited certain groups from voting. Higher fees means less people being able to afford college. Although they are not telling certain people they cannot receive an education specifically, their actions have made it to difficult for everyone to become educated at a high level. If minorities cannot receive degrees, their chances of gaining any kind of economic recognition will decrease tremendously
Civil Rights Reflection
Throughout the course of the Civil Rights Movement, we have learned how the minorities of the American citizens had struggled throughout history to gain equal civil rights as the rest of the American people. One lesson Americans have learned is that you must never give up. In the non-violent protests conducted at Greensboro, four African American students of North Carolina sat at a white-only lunch counter. This caused great attention to the sit-ins which caused many more black and white anti-segregationists to join the protests. Even when people were assaulted and put into danger, these people did not give up and eventually, the lunch counters were desegregated. Another lesson that the Civil Rights movement taught us was that literacy is an important weapon. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X provided motivation for many Americans nationwide just by their speeches. Malcolm X made people believe that they must start taking action in fighting for rights while Martin Luther King believed that non-violent protests can help bring success to equality to all races.
There are many struggles that America faces today that challenges the success of equity and equality. America having a bad economy gives many Americans problems. The economy has caused many people to lose their jobs and not be able to afford many important things such as health insurance. Not all Americans are protected medically or financially stable. Another struggle that America faces is poverty. 15.1% of Americans are in poverty which means that over 46.2 million people lack a socially acceptable amount of possessions and do not make up to $22,000 a year (based on a family of four). America has slowly overcame the discrimination towards other races, but as those problems disappear more become present.
The events that happened in the Civil Rights Movement are still easily present in today. The Brown v. Board of Education case ruled that separated schools were wrong and they must be desegregated at a constant pace. If it weren't for this case over turning the Plessy v. Ferguson, Washington High School today could easily be an All-Whites school. The organizations that were created during the Civil Rights Movement are still present today which still address the same problems that were faced in the 1960s. For example, the National Organization for Women was originally created to promote the equal rights and recognition of womens' status in society. Today, the organization still promotes the rights of safe abortion, economic justice, lesbian rights, etc. The discrimination that the women of N.O.W. faced in the 1960s had created a large phenomena that has spread nationwide to help with current issues. The discrimination faced in the 1950s through 1960s had given America knowledge on how to help fight issues of discrimination today.
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