The Biggest Lie in History

The Biggest Lie in History
A line from the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson says “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. These words written on the paper from our Founding Fathers and those words that define what people think of the United States of America are lies. Although we are all given these rights when first born, the way our society is and has been make that line of the Declaration of Independence a false statement. Examples of slavery, women’s rights, bullying, and segregation all contradict those words which the United States takes pride in. Slavery has been a big example of a violation of our civil rights. Slavery has been recorded and started in America back in 1619 when the Jamestown Colony had begun. It took about two hundred and fifty years for a man named Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation to free and abolish slavery, however slavery still went on after the bill was signed. Slavery was a complete violation of the civil rights by denying almost all slaves of their social freedom and equality. As generations passed, the problem of slavery only grew worse and worse. When the Founding Fathers declared that all men were equal, they meant only white men would be treated equal and the colored shall be treated as if they were worthless. The reason why I chose slavery as one of the examples of Civil Rights violation is because I have a very strong hatred and strong opinion towards this dark spot in America’s past. America’s dark past shows how it used to be a country of hate and terror. ...

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...d: no more segregation. I find their courage to fight this way admirable and brave. Though this fight for equal rights of racism may seem to be over, there is still racial stereotyping, profiling, and racism all over America. Our society is denying some of the people what the Founding Fathers promised the country: freedom and equality. Although things like segregation and slavery are mostly taken care of, there are still problems now-a-days with racism and stereotyping. Violations of people’s rights were shown in slavery, treatment of woman and their rights, bullying and segregation. Much of America has noted these problems and have/are trying to fix these problems, however as long as we are all different, some of these problems will stay the same. Through some of these topics, we can conclude that change is very difficult and many people are scared of change.