Ignorance And Ignorance

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Throughout the course of history we have seen Ignorance play a huge role on our society. Due to ignorance we have seen certain groups of people being treated as less. For example we have seen Africans, African Americans and many other races being treated badly mostly due to the believe they are below the white race. We have seen many tragedies like slavery which is one of the most disgusting act done by humans which has led o most of today’s racism. Many lives have been taken away after slavery due to racism many leaders have tried to fight this issue one being Malcom X. However we see the whole world effected to the extent of wars going on that force kids to join the army and fight for their lives. There has also been cartoons made in order …show more content…

Ignorance is what has fueled many of these issues however there are still people who want to help and make a difference or at least help people learn about history and help end ignorance.
Slavery has been a huge part of history it has become the source of racism all over the world. Although many people try to defend slavery it was a disgusting act what makes things worst is it was done by humans to humans. In the film “12 years of slave” which is based on a true story we see how a free man named Solomon is tricked by two white men with the promise to perform but ended up being sold as a slave. Solomon was taken away from his family from his kids from his wife all for the greed of couple people. It is obvious that Solomon is not a slave in the way that he talks to white people and the way he acts. He is bought by a owner named Ford. His owner is a nice slave master in the sense he wasn’t cruel like other slave masters. Master Ford realizes that Solomon is not a slave but he tells him he can’t just let him go. Due to him not growing up a slave he starts talking back and bumping heads with one of the white plantation workers. This tension between the two caused a conflict between them that forced Master Ford to sell him. He would be …show more content…

In the film Beast of No Nation we see how a young boy named Agu is separated from his family thanks to a war going on and joins the NDF. The commandant adopts Agu as his child and teaches him how to survive. In the film we see Agu hesitant to kill at first but then uses the hatred he had from seeing his brother and father shot to start killing. Strika a fellow kid solder never speaks because he was raped by the Commandant. Agu is chosen to be the Commandant’s new pupil and manipulates him with the promise to find his mother to also rape him. Strika then helps Agu after he’s raped because he understands his pain. Agu is then forced to take heroin to help with his depression but they call it morale booster. What is most sickening is that this was all happening to kids who at one point where innocent and pure but now part of an army fighting for they’re life. Commandant then separates from the NDF and now was at war with two sides. With no recourses from anyone they eventually run out of bullets and food all the soldier leave to surrender. We see how a little boy had to stop being with his family and friends to be a part of a war he didn’t decide to be a part of. It’s sad to see how the ignorance of some people would end up changing the lives of many innocent

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