Doing The Right Thing, By Rosa Parks

Throughout history there have been hardships created and deeply rooted by injustices. There have also been people, specifically black women, who have lived through these injustices and have been greatly affected by them. Some of them have created history because of their bravery and guts. Their drive was justice. “ Doing the right thing” is a phrase far too simple that it doesn’t give justice to complex topics such as racism and sexism. What they did was more than doing the right thing. They were doing what was necessary and what was desperately needed. Racism and Sexism have not been abolished yet, their loud screams have only been quieted a bit through time, yet are still very present. It is socially unacceptable to be racist now, so racism
They want other people to not want to go through the same thing because they know how terrible it is. Rosa Parks was born during a time when slavery had just ended and segregation was rooting itself deeply into society. She saw a lynched man, segregated areas and institutions, the rude attitudes whites had towards blacks, and she was even humiliated by a bus driver simply because she didn’t want to get off a bus and get back on. She wasn’t a “traditional” woman either; she wanted to fight for her cause and traditional women's roles didn’t fit into that. Rosa got arrested and got into trouble and that wasn’t what a “lady” did. When experiencing something terrible first hand, for so long, it becomes illogical not to do anything about it. Realizing how ridiculous racism and sexism is makes it easier to fight against it. How could anyone tolerate such blatant disrespect only based on what they looked like or who they are? It gets painfully repetitive and simply intolerable. Harsh cycles are meant to be broken and that’s what Rosa Parks, along with many other people at her side, did. She risked her well being for the greater good when deciding not to give up her seat to the entitled white man riding that day. The well being of others and their future mattered more than her own life. That logic is a trend among many activists who take their cause seriously. She literally had to board up her windows in order to protect herself from the rowdy, racist people outside who didn’t like what she was doing or what she stood for. Her relationship with her husband also suffered because he wanted her to be safe and not get into trouble, but that was the opposite of what was going on. When devoting mind and soul to a cause, all aspects of life are affected, positively or negatively