What is Freedom?
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” (King 3). In this quote, Dr. King addresses one must fight back for what is right. If your civil liberties are provoked, you must rise too top the oppressor. This a strong quote from Dr. King which I openly agree with because it shows the amount of honor in his words to revolt against the government. Dr. King was flouted by many because he expressed something many were too afraid to do. Freedom is not turn others to your beliefs, but to accept others and their beliefs.
By the same token freedom is respecting other beliefs and letting them choose their own way to live life. In the letter from Birmingham …show more content…
In the next quote its goes in depth to the banning of the 7 Muslim countries.” American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven predominantly Muslim nations who were detained at airports across the country as the ban took effect.” (Caldwell). I believe that this quote shows that we do not have yet reached full freedom. We should be erudite about political issues in schools. I say this because these people are judged based of their religion and that show us that we are not free to choose what religion we want and not be judged. This shows us the people have still yet to overcome the fear of a group of people based off what they hear on television and social media. “Provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality.” (Caldwell). This show us that America has not made everyone equal by the actions that are taken place. It is unjust for the government to pick and choose the people who they believe are of “American standards”. It is based off their religion and beliefs. People should be treated equal even if their beliefs are different. This should be axiomatic because its
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” (King 3). In this quote, Dr. King addresses one must fight back for what is right. If your civil liberties are provoked, you must rise too top the oppressor. This a strong quote from Dr. King which I openly agree with because it shows the amount of honor in his words to revolt against the government. Dr. King was flouted by many because he expressed something many were too afraid to do. Freedom is not turn others to your beliefs, but to accept others and their beliefs.
By the same token freedom is respecting other beliefs and letting them choose their own way to live life. In the letter from Birmingham …show more content…
In the next quote its goes in depth to the banning of the 7 Muslim countries.” American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven predominantly Muslim nations who were detained at airports across the country as the ban took effect.” (Caldwell). I believe that this quote shows that we do not have yet reached full freedom. We should be erudite about political issues in schools. I say this because these people are judged based of their religion and that show us that we are not free to choose what religion we want and not be judged. This shows us the people have still yet to overcome the fear of a group of people based off what they hear on television and social media. “Provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality.” (Caldwell). This show us that America has not made everyone equal by the actions that are taken place. It is unjust for the government to pick and choose the people who they believe are of “American standards”. It is based off their religion and beliefs. People should be treated equal even if their beliefs are different. This should be axiomatic because its