Why People Have To Stand Up

If we do not stand up for what we believe in, then what will we stand up for? If we let things go unchanged and did not have important individuals stand up for what is right, then where would we be now? If we sat back and let bad things happen to good people, what would that make us? We would be living in a world that no one wants to live in. One full of cruelty, hatred, and ignorance. In order for the world to become a better place individuals have to take a stand. The affect the individuals I am going to tell you about are immensely important to the lives we have today.
Fasting for two weeks. Being nailed to a cross. Having your house burned down. Taking a stand doesn’t have to be this hard, it can be as easy as just staying seated. Like when Rosa Parks boarded a bus and the conductor asked her to give up her seat to a white passenger and she refused. She was arrested for disobeying Alabama law requiring black people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full. Her standing up for what she believed in sparked a 381

She also helped in getting a man, who kidnapped and murdered dozens of young boys, sentenced to death. Even though she didn’t get her son back, she still saved other victims of the LAPD. She could have sat back, kept the child, and done nothing, but if she would have done that many more children would have been murdered; the LAPD would become even more corrupt and more women would have the same thing done to them.
Using your celebrity to make a difference is something many people do. Many people like Katherine Hepburn who won four academy awards for Best Actress, and is known for playing strong-willed women in her film roles. Walking around in a masculine style, she was the first actress to not conform to what society told her to wear. If it was not for Katherine wearing trousers that it would not be so sociably acceptable for women to wear