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.

Fear (Keith)

Fear is good motivation for people. I actually use fear to get my little brothers to do things all the time. Fear is the best way to get someone to do something. Everyone has a fear or is afraid of something so you can almost get anyone to do something. Look at dictators for example. Everyone hates a dictator but I bet they will listen to them because they don’t want to be captured and/or killed. That the perfect example of using fear. The only things about using fear to get people to do things is that if enough people get tired of some one scaring them they are going to join together and do something about you.  And if your scare them to badly they will be too scared to do anything I think. So in most ways fear is going to get the job done. Just don’t over use it cause people will get way ticked off. Schools use fear to get student to do stuff too, they are just sneaky with how they do it.  Like if a student is in class being a nuisance a teacher will say something like “Do I have to call security?” or “I think we need to call your parents” and most students (Not me of course) will get scared and stop acting like they were. So overall fear is a good tactic to use to get your way of things