When you see a problem right in front of your eyes, do you stand aside and let it happen? Or do you do something about it? Three important people saw discrimination right in front of their eyes, so they stood up and fought hard to end it. These three individuals are Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez, and Malala Yousafzai. Each of them fought for human rights against some type of injustice, be it racial discrimination, dearth of women’s education, or foreign discrimination, they all wanted change in what they saw in the world. To fight against apartheid(a system of racial segregation)in South Africa, Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress, in addition, he even became the president of South Africa after being released from thirty years …show more content…
In About Cesar, the Cesar Chavez Foundation says, “Throughout his youth and into adulthood, Cesar traveled the migrant streams throughout California laboring in the fields, orchards and vineyards, where he was exposed to the hardships and injustices of farm worker life”. This shows how Cesar Chavez is witnessing the poor conditions and discrimination that foreign workers are being treated with as a child. In About Cesar, The Cesar Chavez Foundation says, “He returned from the service in 1948 to marry Helen Fabela, whom he met while working in the fields and vineyards around Delano”. This shows how Cesar Chavez then experienced the poor conditions himself as a worker, this probably gave him more incentive to put an end to the poor conditions. In About Cesar, The Cesar Chavez Foundation says, “The first union contracts requiring rest periods, toilets in the fields, clean drinking water, hand washing facilities, banning discrimination in employment and sexual harassment of women workers, requiring protective clothing against pesticide exposure, prohibiting pesticide spraying while workers are in the fields and outlawing DDT and other dangerous pesticides”. This shows how Cesar Chavez succeeded in his mission to end poor conditions for migrant workers by creating rules and regulations which drastically improved life for the workers. …show more content…
In Malala Yousafzai, the Biography.com editors said, “Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?". This shows how Malala was outraged when her education was taken away and how she was speaking out against it even from a young age. In Malala Yousafzai, the Biography.com editors said, “On October 9, 2012, when 15-year-old Malala was riding a bus with friends on their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala on the left side of her head; the bullet then traveled down her neck”. This shows how Malala was attacked because of her speaking out and how she went through this struggle because of her fight for rights. In Malala Yousafzai, the Biography.com editors said, “Once she was in the United Kingdom, Yousafzai was taken out of a medically induced coma. Though she would require multiple surgeries—including repair of a facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her face—she had suffered no major brain damage. In March 2013, she was able to begin attending school in Birmingham”. This shows how Malala recovered from her attack and even began an
But after learning from Grossman about how Cesar Chavez disliked lazy people and was always working long hours and even all week, this no longer surprised me. He even had to sacrifice family time in order to spend more time on his union. During the book, it stated that “Cesar endured hardships and sacrifices in building the movement,” As well as “No one could tell Cesar Chavez to spend more or reduce his hectic pace.” I believe it must have been a difficult for Chavez to sacrifice spending time with his wife and children, in order to give his full attention to his union.The book states that “Caesar wasn’t around much when his children were growing up.” But that he “figured that the best way to spend time with his children was to have them work with him.” This demonstrates how he valued hard work and wanted his children to learn this from
He changed how many migrant workers worked by doing his best to help change the conditions of the work place and the pay they earned. Chavez worked amazingly with others that” within three years, he had enrolled 1,700 families in the NFWA, enabling the association to negotiate pay raises from two local growers in Delano” . Even with his hard work he felt that it was still far too small of an organization to being making any major risks, but when other farmworker’s union went on strike Chavez gladly joined them. Even though he felt that he had complete trust when he enrolled the many families, he felt that it wasn’t enough to make any difference yet.
Chávez’s leadership was based on an unshakable commitment to nonviolence, personal sacrifice and a strict work ethic. He emphasized the necessity of adhering to nonviolence, even when faced with violence from employers and growers, because he knew if the strikers used violence to further their goals, the growers and police would not hesitate to respond with even greater vehemence. Despite his commitment to nonviolence, many of the movement’s ‘enemies’, so to speak, made efforts to paint the mo...
Even though, this is a fictional book, it tells a true story about the struggle of the farm worker to obtain a better life for themselves and their families. There are two main themes in this book, non-violence, and the fight for dignity. Cesar Chavez was a non-violent man who would do anything to not get in a fight while they where boycotting the growers. One, incident in the story was when a grower pulled out a gun, and he pointed it at the strikers, Chavez said, “He has a harder decision to make, we are just standing here in peace…” The picketer were beaten and put in jail before they would fight back and that is what why all farm workers look up to Cesar Chavez , along with his good friend Martin Luther King Jr. Non-Violence is the only way to solve anything. The growers in that time did not care about their workers, if people were striking, the growers would go to Mexico and bring in Braceros, mean that they would not have to sign the union contract and not take union workers, who were willing to work if the grower would sign the contract.
It is crucial to have an awareness of the early beginnings of his life in order to understand Cesar Chavez’s development into becoming the celebrated leader he is known as today. One of the noteworthy aspects of his life is that he was not what some would consider a “natural-born” leader, meaning that he was not born into a family of great wealth or power. Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 near the town of Yuma, Arizona to a humble, hardworking Mexican immigrant family. His grandfather, Cesario Chavez, for whom he was named after, had worked hard to save enough money to be able to buy land in Arizona and raise his thirteen children, which included Cesar’s father. His father, Librado Chavez, grew up, got married, and opened up a couple of small businesses to help provide for his family and build a better life for his own children. According to biographical accounts about Cesar, this is when and where he began to learn and...
The satirical tone exemplifies the realization of the paradox towards Mexican prejudice; the author satirizes society’s stereotype against Mexicans. Demonstrating how in reality some individuals view Mexican as robots instead of human beings alike to them. The author criticizes the label of a farmworker and in thus shows how society may perceive Mexican as only being good for fieldwork. Also, Los Vendidos was written around the time frame that Cesar Chavez sparked the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee; in which he and others fought for the rights of Farmers and against the oppression Chicanos faced. The author ridicules how society belittled Mexicans and exploited and enslaved them because of imbecilic reasons; such as lack of education, language, and skin color.
Throughout our lives we have been taught that the law is virtuous. Is it right when someone is above the law only because they’re wealthy, white, or have a government position? I strongly believe that Wilde's claims are valid not only because it's been proven, but because we have experienced rebellion and desobedince throughout history.
A Taliban leader said that if girls did not stop going to school within a month, there would be repercussions. Instead of capitulating, this proclamation only made Yousafzai more passionate and courageous. She continued to attend school, despite the numerous threats and causes for fear. As an education activist, she was in more danger than most of her classmates, so it was not safe for her to walk anywhere, instead she had to take a car or bus. One day, while aboard a school bus with her classmates and friends, two men entered asking which girl was named Malala. The other girls looked at Yousafzai which unintentionally gave away her location. The men shot 15 year old Yousafzai in a defining moment in history. This not only had consequences for her and her family, but it also had consequences for the citizens of Pakistan and people living around the world. This was a turning point because people began to realize that the Taliban would target anyone with opposing views, even teenage girls.
Chavez had a harsh childhood, he had toil over work since he was a young child. This hero experienced the event himself; the passage shows his parents lost their land and farm, so all the family had to work hard all day being exposed to the scorching sun for unfair wages they needed to survive. Chavez's speech clearly stated the
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
The best part to learn from in my opinion is the Epilogue where the Chavez speaks to the lives of undocumented immigrants inside the political and social environment that has recently "shadowed" to be stricter on illegal aliens. Chavez brought a clear unbiased look at the simple and often risky life of undocumented migrants, mainly in Southern California area. I also learned more about the term "migrant worker" I knew some things but as I was reading I got more out of the term like it has multiple meanings and interpretations in different places of the world. The general meaning is any person working outside of their home country (which is what I thought it to be.) Some countries have millions of illegal immigrants , most of them being workers. The word can also be used to label someone who drifts within their country just to follow work as well as seasonal work "Farmworkers in northern San Diego are generally employed as seasonal workers" (Chavez pg. 86) which is the common definition in the United States.
Chavez was a major leader in the Chicano movement that all started when he was nineteen years-old when he joined the NFLU (National Farm Labor Union). From then, he moved on to the CFO, where he moved up in rank quite easily which he eventually quit. After his nine year stint with the CFO, he then founded the union of t...
What could you buy with $2? A soda or Chips? Can you imagine having to make a living from $2 day, paying rent, buying food, clothing, and gas for your car? That was the reality of field workers in 1965 when César Chávez started his fight against the grape farmers. Cesar brought light to the injustices and suffering of the farm workers, changing the way the world saw them.
In the fall of 2012, a young Pakistani female was shot in the head by the Taliban while riding the bus home from school, but being shot was only one of the trails Malala Yousafzai was to overcome. Malala’s injuries were too great to be dealt with in hospitals in Pakistan; thus, she was transferred to England to undergo surgery. While in England Malala’s story became so popular that the United Nations heard of how she was shot and as a result, she had become an advocate for education; therefore, on July of 2013, at the age of sixteen, Malala, was invited to speak about her experience at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York. Her speech was intended to inform people of an epidemic that has invaded not only the Middle East but also
Malala Yousafzai give a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist attack make her strong person although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of shot. Further, Malala has a pure heart so she can’t hate Taliban. She has learned to be peaceful to all people from Muhammad-the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. And that what the religions asks people to be. She also talked about the importance of receiving education, and how educated people are stronger than uneducated people. That is the cause why Taliban against education. Malala pointed that peace and education are related to each other. Moreover, she presented that women and girls should be encouraged to receive education therefore they are the most individuals who suffering from inequality to be educated.