Persuasive Speech On Overcoming Oppression

Good evening, my fellow educators and peers. How many of you struggle from oppression in your daily lives? Today I come to discuss the rights and freedoms that will alleviate oppression and benefit this nation and, specifically, the minorities of this community. During the past few years, all we have ever read or heard about is the death of young black African Americans who have been placed in a position where they are vulnerable to police brutality. Therefore, I want us to have the right to hold police accountable and the right for this young generation, such as ourselves, to be educated on the pain and suffrage our slave ancestors experienced and how they were deeply affected both mentally and physically.

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On the other hand, no one ever took the time to educate us on the pain, suffering, and torture our African American ancestors endured, from their perspective. That is why I am requesting a right which is provided to each and every one of us so that we will be educated on how our Black/African American ancestors felt about being slaves and how they were treated and derived of everything they ever owned or had. Their voices matter! What’s an example of this? Let’s recall what we have learned about how slaves were beaten and degraded. After all that was done to them, how do we humanize this perspective? Who can you name, from this period of time, that stops to even bother and ask “Are you okay?’ or “Do you need help?” Learning this side of the story would not only help us better understand the struggles of slavery, but might also help us continue to progress in our fight against

While there will be resistance from police to make changes to improve accountability, such as wearing body cams, many have already started to do so. Therefore, change is possible, but we must push for this in order to serve all communities. Likewise, some people, would rather conceal the truth instead of reveal it, it might be difficult to teach the emotional stories and truths of slaves. However, eventually the light shines on the darkness and we will all benefit from better understanding our history and not repeat mistakes of the