Week 3 - Person 4

For this week’s post, there were many great points presented. There was a great discussion as to how ALL American’s regardless of who they are, should have equal rights. This issue is constantly coming up. Racism, today, isn’t so much an issue as sexuality, but it all ties into the same point, that we are all American’s. Almost everyone posted the following quote, “There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem…” This quote really drives this point home that everyone regardless, needs to be treated equally.
Another great point made throughout this week’s discussion was that we as American’s are entitled to the right to vote and the right to protest. TJ goes into discussion about how this right isn’t always remembered especially when it comes to voting. Many people, if held by a restriction, were told that they were not allowed to vote unless they passed a literacy/history test. This test was impossible. The questions were difficult and 90% of already registered voters wouldn’t have been able to pass this test. Did they not want ALL American’s to have to equal right to vote? I don’t understand this restriction, I think it was unnecessary. African American’s are still American citizens. They were not granted the right to vote based solely on their skin color which is unfair and completely racist.
The last issue I would like to touch upon is the protests made to give everyone the right to vote. 500 civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to show that ALL American’s should be given the right to vote. The police were violent and unnecessary, a Boston minister was killed, and many others were injured. The police and local officials thought they were higher than the Constitution. This issue has been taken care of now, we are all given the right to vote as American citizens. Unfortunately though, the fight for civil rights is never over.