Blog 2: Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color?

Question: Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color?

I can’t relate, well, not yet anyhow. As long as I can remember I was given a fair chance in every thing I’ve done: School, Sports, Activities, friends, and with the church community I was with.

I was always given a fair chance, unlike some of my other friends and people I’ve met. I usually am given a chance for many things but others get told that they can’t because of their race or ethnic group. People in the U.S. try and play the race card on others so they won’t do something, I’m Mexican but I was born here in the United States, sure there are privileges I get over others from my race but I never complained about it because I know I have it easier then others.

A lot of people get into trouble because they don’t have equal rights; it isn’t fair because we are supposed to be in a “Free Country” but that doesn’t stop employers, companies and the government from rounding up people and accusing them of actions they didn’t commit.

All in all, I can honestly say that I haven’t been exposed to unequal rights and threated because of my race, and I’m fine with it because I know the more I follow the rules and laws the easier it should be for me to get by without being threated of having no rights.

Equal Rights (Keith)

Sometime I can relate to not having equal rights and sometimes I cant. Nowadays almost everyone has had or think they have been some type of discrimination done to them. Sometimes I wonder when things happen to me is it because of my skin color or because of things I have done in the past or just because someone doesn’t like how I act. Like when me and my friends apply for jobs and don’t get them we joke around saying its because our race but it could actually be that, we will never know and that’s the sad part. Other than those examples I cant really relate to not having equal rights because I wasn’t around when it was really rough and just because you had a different skin color you couldn’t sit in front of the bus or drink out a certain water fountain. I don’t know what that feels like, and there wont be a time like that ever again so unless a person was alive during that time no one now or ever will ever REALLY know what that feels like. Now everyone in the U.S. has equal rights and there is not a way a person can say that they were discriminated against unless the person that did it has solid proof.

Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color?

Not having equal right wouldn’t feel good for me, also I know that it wouldn’t feel right for other. Although not everybody are the same physically, we are all the same. It doesn’t matter the color, where you come from, or who you are. Society can have a bad concept of somebody but they don’t them by who they truly are. But people don’t care by who you are. If they see you are Mexican people can be calling you names. They don’t know how you are, they don’t know your personality. But they don’t care they just want to make you feel bad.

            But not having equal rights, is not right, we are all the same. We have different color. We have different personalities. Different characteristics. But that doesn’t makes us any different in society. We are all the same, we should have equal rights. Not just because we are Mexican, African, Chinese, Indian, or whatever other nationality people have. We are all the same no matter our culture, religion, or believes. People will always be the same in my eyes. Discrimination is something serious we got to think about. Discriminating people just come from people who has no heart , no feelings it really makes me feel bad by how humans can be so cruel to other humans. That’s not right for the society and to eyes of god.

equal rights (Antonio)

Equal rights I think equal rights are important because if you know your rights then there is no way that they can trick you. But there are some people that they don’t know the rights. There are some people that are poor and they don’t get the rights that they deserve and if the people were rich then they would even bother them because they are rich. People have to get equal rights because every body is the same no matter what color you are or what language you speak. you have the same rights as a rich person.

Blog 2 Topic 2

Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color? The is a lot of discrimination all around the world. Just by your appearance people begin to judge you, in their head or talking to an other person. Appearance is a big deal to most people in the world by what shoes wearing, what shirt you got on or how you got your hair, that’s how they start to assume thinks about your character and how much money you got. So its better to dress well and fix your self up, that’s if you can what people think about you.

Racism is something that has happened for generations and it hasn’t stopped yet and probably won’t stop for a while. There are always cases of shooting or violent crimes just because of racism for example the Treyvon Martin case what happened was he was walking back from the gas station from getting snacks and this man named George Zimmerman thought he looked suspicious because he was African American so he approached him and unfortunately shot him and killed him. I believe that every one can some how relate to unfair rights due to your skin color. Most people take favoritism to whatever race they are and most just stick with their own race. 

Do you feel discrimination effects equal rights? (Brenda)

Do you feel discrimination effects equal rights?

            Yes. I feel discrimination effects equal rights in plenty of ways.  Discrimination affects people in many ways and equal rights are one of them. People may feel certain people don’t deserve certain things because of who they are or where they come from. Not only this but some people and companies don’t allow certain things because of how much you earn and all you’re other financial stuff and or situation.  I don’t think its right to be discriminated against and much less for that to affect your equal rights. Everybody is equal and should be treated that way. Many people don’t think it’s fair for certain people to get treated a special way while others don’t get that special treatment or are treated badly because of who they are. I believe those who know where they come from and appreciate all they have and don’t discriminate against others will be the ones to make it far in life.  Equal rights aren’t only affected by discrimination but I feel it is one of the biggest mistakes and a thing that affects people’s equal rights. Equal rights being affected by discrimination has been around forever. In the past women would be discriminated against and weren’t able to do certain things until women fought for what they believed in. Now a days discrimination affecting equal rights is much different then in the past but is it still something that must be changed.

Equal rights (Kevin)

In the present time we as people have more equal rights than we did in the past. The equality injustices and discrimination we go through are somewhat mild compared to the ones of the past because In other times people would be jailed, or in worst cases killed for being unique by not looking or thinking like someone else, so we should be grateful for living during this time period. We should also acknowledge that the people who didn’t have the same equal rights as us spent their lives fighting for the people of today to have what they didn’t have.Today the population is growing together amongst other ethnicities, religions, and cultures, in which may not have been acceptable in other times because some people felt that since they were a certain color or had a certain religion they were superior to other groups of people. Although prejudice and racism still strongly exist in the world there is less segregation and people are now able to have (some) of the same privileges that were at one point of time exclusive to one race or group. People from different races and backgrounds are now able to go to the same schools, have the same jobs, and try new things. It is now acceptable, and quite normal for people from different backgrounds to embrace other religions and cultures without skepticism and judgment from others.

Rights That Changed (Sarai)

One of the major equal rights that we did not have in the past was the right for a woman to do the jobs that men did. The woman mostly had to cook, clean, and look after her kids. Now there are woman working even better than a man can work. That is how strong us woman now a days work. Also gays were not aloud to get married in many places but Massachusetts. Gay people disagreed with this law, but then the gays protested even more for the right they wanted. This come to prove the more you fight for what you want you will get it. Never you give up on what you want as a right. There are rights I really do disapprove of and wish to take off or make it as if it never existed. For a fact I know that there are many that think the same way I do. Now nobody is saying anything about certain rights to not start arguments. Later on they are all going to get against some of the right they have changed. Us teenagers can still protest, so if you disagree with one of these rights, go on and stand up for what you want. Make sure it is going to be a right that brings a good change to families in the future. 

Equal Rights (Oscar)

 Do you think that using violence to show some one that you want equal rights is good or just talking over it and why?

If you demand having your equal rights to be heard do you express it by using violence or the opposite by speaking? Both techniques will work but if you choose to express violence and it gets out of rage most likely people would take it serious and your feelings and thoughts would be easily herd in that way but if you use violence most likely it will come back and hunt you down. Starting violence starts more violence until some one does something such as the president will make things equal or the leader in your area will make things fair. Or simply just send a letter to the leader or president in your area saying you want rights to be equal as the others. And if that doesn’t work start a group and go out and protest try to get a huge group so the more people you have the more voice there is so you could be heard and if its that huge your topic might end up being in the TV news or on newspapers where people in the world can know about your argument and also might want to help. Both ways work but it mostly depends on what your argument is about in this case you would most likely express violence so when the leader in your area sees that situation is getting awful he would step up and do something about it.

Equal Rights (Joanna)

I relate is that to do something we don’t have to be offended or judged by our color. What I think if we put in our color we wouldn’t have the same rights But we all have to be treated the same just because our skin isn’t the same color as others to be criticized , We are born free and equal in rights to every other human being. We have the right to think and to tell right from wrong. You should treat others with friendship We are all born equal in rights to every other person. We also have a right to be accepted everywhere as a person according to law Nobody can leave you out just because of who you are. You have the right to go to go to school. Primary schooling should be required for every one. They should be able to be educated a profession or finish your studies as far as you can. At school, they shouldn’t  be able to judge you , to finish all your talents and learn to respect others, whatever their religion or race you are. All Of the nation should feel the right to live in a country where they feel safe and isn’t judged by people Your parents should have a say in the kind of education you receive. You have a right to the kind of world where you and all people can enjoy these rights and freedoms as every one in this world.

Equal Rights (DeAric)

The rights we have now make’s the U.S.A. more equal. Except for the younger people, but in they’re category they are equal. We can vote now and by we I mean us colored folks. There is no more discriminating against colored people. We have a very stable constitution. That affect us in a good way because now colored people has the same chances to get things as anyone else. I wasn’t born when our country was racist so I don’t know how it is to be without rights but as a kid there are things we cant do. To me it’s the same as the animals and what they are going through. But there getting treated worse I just couldn’t do certain things. The animals are going through what most colored people ancestors was going through. The animals cant do what humans do that’s because the animals same as the colored cant do what the whites do because they were colored. But they did let us into their homes that’s only to do things for them and that’s like the animals. If the human don’t want to by milk he just use the cow. Wants food just kill the pigs and stuff like that. Same as the blacks if the white man didn’t want to clean up the slave will. So I think the animals are going through the same thing. But all owners don’t treat animals like that and all whites wasn’t slave owners that’s another thing they have in common

Equal Rights (Brandon)

The equal rights that we didn’t have back along time ago is that African-American people could not eat in the same places as white people. Colored people had to sit in the back of the buses and eat at different restaurants and they would get treated bad and unfair. Back in the 1950’s African-Americans had basically no rights and they were separated from everybody else. If they did not follow the rules then they would go to jail. Rights that we have no that we didn’t have in the past is we can be in the same place as everybody else and eat at the same restaurants and go where all the white people could go. In the 1960’s they had a civil rights movement and the leader was a guy named Martin Luther King jr he started protests and fought for peoples rights. A few years later he got assassinated. Shortly after that they passed a law that gave everybody equal rights. The rights we didn’t have  before that happened was they couldn’t be together with  white people like they couldn’t eat together, couldn’t drink from the same water fountains or even use the same bathrooms, and they couldn’t  go to the same schools as white people. That’s what life would be like if we did not have rights.

Equal Rights (Jasmne)

What kind of equal rights do we have right now that we didn’t have in the past? How does that affect us today?

In the past we were split up, blacks and whites were not able to connect we fought a lot we never liked to go to the same school the same store or anything like that. I’m pretty sure some of the little kids wanted to talk to a different race but they were no aloud to do things like that back then. Back then I’m so so glad that I wasn’t born when things like this happened because I would be the type of person who would want a few white friends and that’s why I’m glad that all of the non sense is over thank god I’m steal living now.

My mama sit and tell me about this everyday and talk about how happy she is that the world isn’t how it used to be. The world now is so peaceful because you can be friends with who ever you want without any problems or complains you can go outside without another race closing there doors and windows that’s seems so freaking pointless to me now like I don’t understand why everyone didn’t start off as friends back then to I guess that’s just how the equal rights go.

Rights (Blanca)

 Think about a time when you felt you didn’t have any rights. Does it compare to what the animals are going through?

Everyone goes through unfair time’s in their life. In my case it’s not an option. I’m the kind of person that thinks that if I do all I can if I do things right I deserve the best and sometimes because of my age they don’t treat me the way it suppose to. One of the times I felt I didn’t have rights was when I use to work. I was the youngest there. Everybody there was 20 or older and I’m only 16. A lot of people though I couldn’t handle the job because it was to much for me. I worked for 6 months their all the people I meet their was already gone and guess what I was still going. I knew I was doing good job and that’s why I was still working there. I asked if I could have a raise and they would say yes and don’t do it and that’s why I quit. I know I can get pay more than what I was getting and not get so tired. Another thing that’s always on my mind and that makes me feel like I don’t have any rights is been here in United States. And no In my opinion it doesn’t compare to what the animals are going through. Fist of all we don’t know what they feel and think. Everyone is going to feel different even if there going through the same things.

Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color? (Travon)

Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color? I can relate cause back in the old days the black people didn’t have rights they was in slavery and all that bad stuff like not being able to sit in the front of the bus or not being able to go to the say schools as whites. Not having equal is unlike man kind its wrong cause god mad everyone equal and nobody is prefect in nobody is better then the other person. We all should get equal right no matter what going the black people isn’t better then the white and the white people isn’t better then the black or the Mexican isn’t better then us or nobody is better then the other person every body is equal and that’s how the world is made and that’s how it post to be at the end of the day. The only thing people cant be equal is on sports or they hobby like most people can rap better then other and some people can play sport better then other people but it don’t mean they better then everybody it just mean god give them the talent then that other person. Equal is not a choice to me its something that’s should already be showed and people should already know we all are equal but its not that way cause it always someone who think they better then another person.

Equal Rights (Jose)

The equal rights we have now are way different from the rights we had back In the days. Back then some people didn’t have rights, and some people did it all  depended on the amount of money they had. Poor people didn’t have many rights, and that’s if they had any rights at all. Rich people could mainly do anything they wanted just because of the amount of money they had. There also wasn’t any rights for women back in the day, they weren’t able to choose what they wanted or work where they wanted to work; they weren’t even allowed to work. The rights have changed through out the years, but in a way they are still the same. Today people have a lot of rights, a lot more than they had back the, but the way the rights work are still the same. People with a lot of money are able to do more than people with less money. The things work now are similar people with more money get to do more than people with less. The only difference is even with out money people still have a lot of rights. We are able to do what we want as long as we get a lot of people to agree with it. Like when people want a law changed or something like that people get together to change it. Equal rights have change, but they are still similar.

Can you relate to not having equal rights because of who you are or your skin color? (Monica)

-What I Can Relate is that to do something we cant be judged or offended by our color what I think if we put in our color we wouldn’t have equal rights But we all have to be treated the same just because our skin isn’t the same color as others,

We are born free and equal in rights to every other human being. We have the ability to think and to tell right from wrong. You should treat others with friendship

We are all born free and equal in rights to every other human being. We have all these human rights no matter what your race, skin color, sex, language, religion, opinions, family background, social or economic status, birth or nationality. We also have a right to be accepted everywhere as a person according to law Nobody can leave you out just because of who you are. You have the right to go to go to school. Primary schooling should be free and required. You should be able to learn a profession or continue your studies as far as you can. At school, you should be able to develop all your talents and learn to respect others, whatever their race, religion or nationality. Your parents should have a say in the kind of education you receive. You have a right to the kind of world where you and all people can enjoy these rights and freedoms.

All Of the nation should feel the right to live in a country where they feel safe and isn’t judged by people.

Equal Rights (Rosa)

What kind of equal rights do we have right now that we didn’t have in the past? How does that affect us today?

I think a right that we have now that we didn’t have long time ago was “ Womens Rights “ and I think it affect us in a very positive way because now us women have more rights for everything like voting and stuff like that now I think we show the man that we can to do stuff they do, before this women where treated like they couldn’t do anything that men did they treated women like they were weak all they had to do was stay home do house work take care of the kids and just be a STAY at home mom , men thought they had to do all the hard work that the weak stuff was for girls, now I think that its so different because you see all this women working hard to have a home and food for their kids and yet when they get of work they still come home make food and clean their houses and in that point their showing you that they are strong too they can do things men do. I don’t know why men thought that women were weak back then. GOSH!

Animal & human rights (Bridget)

Animal rights and human rights are different because some people don’t care about animals and think of them of slaves who do whatever they want and they can’t speak to defend themselves.  That’s not true though animals have feelings too. Most people who have animals to do work for them on a farm will abuse the animals in many ways. Like giving them very little food to eat and literally making them starve. Human rights on the other hand are different people you can’t physically abuse a person now a days. Animals and humans should be treated the same with respect and care. Well that’s what I think anyway nobody should be treated wrong no matter if you’re a human or animal we are all equal. Some humans do agree with this as well that animals should not be mistreated just because they can’t talk or walk. People sometimes take advantage of the rights we have now and don’t realize all the consequences we cause. But most people are cruel when they have animal workers. When they are done with the animal they die or they either get slaughtered. That’s not fair for the animal because they didn’t nothing wrong for them to get killed in that horrible way. That shows how cruel many people can be to animals for no absolutely good reason.

Equal Rights (Brianna)

What are equal rights? Would it be better to have equal rights or would it be worse? Why would it be better for every one to be equal?

Equal rights are when every one and every thing is equal, have the same rights and can do all the same thing, as someone else if they feel is right. Not every one can live how they want, have the rights they want, or do what they want like others can. For example, when you are from another country and you try to come live in the United States. If you don’t fill out the right paper work or tell the authorities you came to live here, you are not considered a citizen, you cant live how you please, you don’t have rights like anyone else that has been here forever.

I feel that if we all had equal rights then it would make the world go better, even if you come from a different country, we are all people we should have the same rights and same abilities to do things. Most illegal people come here for a better life and to have rights like American people but not all of them understand or can’t become a citizen for certain reasons but that shouldn’t mean that they should get in trouble or sent back were they came from all because they wanted good rights they felt they should have as a person.

Equal rights should not just be between humans but animals too. Even though they do not live in a house, do not walk or talk, they still have a heart beat and are alive. Any living thing should have rights and should be protected. Put your self in an animals huffs or four legs, how would you feel if you were put on a farm to be worked to death, not be feed because your just thought of as an animal; not important to feed as an human. Some are even killed for no reason or to be eaten. What if we killed humans and ate them, don’t sound to good or fun. Animal’s maybe animals but the can feel just like humans and should be protected like a person.