“We the people” fail to recognize our countries finest historical figures. Change after change, we have left these people unrecognized. Langston Hughes describes what Democracy “I swear to the lord, I still can’t see, why Democracy means, everybody but me. “- Langston Hughes
If you were to ask anyone who the first person to refuse to give up her seat on the bus a majority of people would say without a doubt Rosa Parks. Claudette Colvin was the first person to “refuse to give her seat up” on the bus. “A school girl was arrested by refusing her seat on the bus”, Colvin situation wasn’t brought to the press attention as quickly and as strong as Rosa Parks.
“ I was about four years old the first time I ever saw what happened when you acted up to whites.” Blacks and whites were separated as if they were day at night. Blacks couldn’t drink of the same water fountain, use the same restroom, nor keep a seat for themselves on the bus. Once a white person enters the bus and there aren’t any more seats, than blacks are obligated to give up their seats. Similarly to sitting in the front of the bus and moving once a handicapped person arrives on the bus.
What separates our countries finest? Is it race, age, religion, family, beliefs or gender? In 2008 when President Obama was elected, many of the citizens took a “leap of faith”
As a teenager I would imagine to either be immune to have separated things between the races or either being angry by the disrespect.
As a country, we have learned each other struggles. Walking forward for everyone to be successful. Providing the bare minimal for everyone to survive. During the great depression everyone struggles together, becoming a community taking care of one another. Nowadays being poor could mean isolating yourself to fight poverty or just sit in it wishing for someone to give you luck.
“There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck”
- Jean-Paul Sartre
If you were to ask anyone who the first person to refuse to give up her seat on the bus a majority of people would say without a doubt Rosa Parks. Claudette Colvin was the first person to “refuse to give her seat up” on the bus. “A school girl was arrested by refusing her seat on the bus”, Colvin situation wasn’t brought to the press attention as quickly and as strong as Rosa Parks.
“ I was about four years old the first time I ever saw what happened when you acted up to whites.” Blacks and whites were separated as if they were day at night. Blacks couldn’t drink of the same water fountain, use the same restroom, nor keep a seat for themselves on the bus. Once a white person enters the bus and there aren’t any more seats, than blacks are obligated to give up their seats. Similarly to sitting in the front of the bus and moving once a handicapped person arrives on the bus.
What separates our countries finest? Is it race, age, religion, family, beliefs or gender? In 2008 when President Obama was elected, many of the citizens took a “leap of faith”
As a teenager I would imagine to either be immune to have separated things between the races or either being angry by the disrespect.
As a country, we have learned each other struggles. Walking forward for everyone to be successful. Providing the bare minimal for everyone to survive. During the great depression everyone struggles together, becoming a community taking care of one another. Nowadays being poor could mean isolating yourself to fight poverty or just sit in it wishing for someone to give you luck.
“There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck”
- Jean-Paul Sartre
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