All of the pieces that we were exposed to in class pertain to the defiance of a minority and their right or duty to change their society. For example, Henry Thoreau produced a paper he named Civil Disobedience. In it he says, “A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the State with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated by it as enemies” (Saxby). This quote says that the government is run by the majority and by default not by the minority. This quote made me realize that the point of being exposed to all of these works was to show examples of majorities trying to suppress the minorities as well as showing a way to change that prejudice. …show more content…
She traveled abroad and gave speeches that try to push the moral button hidden inside of everyone. Another work that did the same thing was the movie The Great Debaters. The point of most movies are to make you emotionally attached to the characters. This one pulled it off in a way that made you feel sorry for them for losing to the Harvard team, but then they won. Showing that the minority is only the minority because there are less of them with less political power. The movie also deals heavily with the suppression of the black minority. The movie showed how the racist whites would disrespect and look down on the blacks for no other reason than their color. Those white racists even went so far as to lynch a black man (Washington). In another part of the world, Mahatma Gandhi lead the native indians using his Satyagraha, or peaceful protest and nonviolence (Gandhi). In a sense, the British were to the native Indians as whites are to blacks, as the majority is to the minority. As a bully is to its …show more content…
They are the minority to the males majority, but not because of numbers but because of physical strength. Unfortunately for those men, in the modern age, strength is much less important. Men believing that they are better than women is akin to whites believing that they are better than blacks. And both views are just plain false. In 1843, Sojourner Truth began to tour the country giving speeches about women's suffrage and black rights (Gilbert and Gular). One speech in particular is called Ain’t I a Woman. This argument made by Sojourner Truth shows that she is not treated the same as men are, not to mention how the white women are, despite sharing an attribute: being women. In the speech, she talks about how people think women should be treated, but she is not treated that way because she is black, and being black and a woman makes her the minority of a minority. On that note, Samantha Booke, a black female who joined the Great Debaters debate team, did about the same thing as Sojourner Truth . She proved that the women are just as capable as the men by doing well on the debate team, and to top it all off, it was against the top white debate team
The black women’s interaction with her oppressive environment during Revolutionary period or the antebellum America was the only way of her survival. Playing her role, and being part of her community that is not always pleasant takes a lot of courage, and optimism for better tomorrow. The autonomy of a slave women still existed even if most of her natural rights were taken. As opposed to her counterparts
...women, Jews, and Negroes were just some of the many things she believed in and worked for. With more equality between the different kinds of people, there can be more peace and happiness in the world without all the discrimination. Her accomplishments brought about increased unity in people, which was what she did to benefit mankind. All of her experiences and determination motivated her to do what she did, and it was a gift to humanity.
Despite the law she began to travel and lecture across the nation for the women's right to vote. She also campaigned for the abolition of slavery, the right for women to own their own property and retain their earnings, and she advocated for women's labor organizations.
Some men believe women are inferior to the male species; however, that is not the case. Both men and women are both capable of achieving greatness if given half the chance to do so, unfortunately, this means equality. In “From A Vindication of the Rights of Women”, Mary Wollstonecraft dispenses her thoughts on how unfairly women are treated in the 1700s, in addition to expressing her opinion on the issue in her essay. Wollstonecraft stated that “Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.”, this statement is very true, no matter what times you are living in. Women are unique and equal creatures that can offer many things to society if given the same proper education and training
But she found the poor being put down instead of helped and racism everywhere she went. She knew the outrage of all black people over the fact that the prisons and the jails of this country are filled with black men and women while the college campuses and offices are filled with white men and they did not like it.
The debate between silently obeying the law and loudly resisting in the face of injustice is one that has existed since the birth of this country. Those who resist see the obedient citizens as ignorant of what goes on around them. On the other hand, those that are obedient see resistors as radicals. I believe that resistance, whether it be peaceful or violent, is justified. In this paper, I will refer to works by Frederick Douglass, Stephanie Camp, and Deborah Gray White to show that resistance is important to challenge injustices, whether it be slavery in the 1800s or inaction against racism at colleges in 2015.
Thoreau, Pankhurst, de Gouge, Marx and Engels all had valid points to make about the concept of “majority rule” based on their own experiences in their own environments. According to Thoreau, the majority, even when fully represented, can be misguided. In the worlds of Pankhurst and deGouges, and historically speaking in general, the portions of majority have gone egregiously underrepresented. Finally with Marx and Engels, the majority plays a more positive role, as the immense revolutionary class of the proletariat that brings societal stability and equality with their success.
...s, and beliefs. She spoke on behalf of women’s voting rights in Washington D.C, Boston, and New York. She also was the first speaker for the foundation, National Federation of Afro-American Women. On top of all of it, she helped to organize the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (blackhistorystudies.com 2014).
...also were not represented, and made women understand that this inferiority dilemma that was going on every day had to stop, and that they had to revolt and fight for their own rights. Her influence combined with other women fighting and the spirit of rebellion already set in men spiked women's interests in their rights and made them want to struggle for their privileges.
Throughout Thoreau’s essay, he expressed his opinions and beliefs on the importance of civil disobedience in a society. He talked about how one must use his or her moral sense, conscience, to decide what is just and unjust. From here, Thoreau urged his readers to take action, to stop the machine from continuing its lifeless duty. His call to action is if a system is prone to corruption, the people must disobey it. This means that personal endangerment may be needed to do what is right. Going against the status quo to uphold justice and ethics is the basic message behind Thoreau’s essay.
make it, or be somebody. She also shows how race, prejudice, and economic problems effect a black
Her parents nurtured the background of this crusader to make her a great spokesperson. She also held positions throughout her life that allowed her to learn a lot about lynching. She was fueled by her natural drive to search for the truth.
of the United States and for black Americans. The main thing that she tried to accomplish during her life was to make the rest of the blacks free.
She started out as a guest lecturer speaking out against slavery. Stone was a known as a major abolitionist in the pre-civil war period. At this time, the other Women’s rights leaders wondered if her abolition speaking would take away from their cause.
The minority rights in a democratic society appear to even out with the majority rule in an unusual way. There are some incidents where the minority may have loss, but on the other hand won. For example, when Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat on that hot Alabama day, she stood up to the majority tyranny. The majority won by putting her in jail, however; the minority prevailed by establishing the civil rights movements.