Essay On Loving Vs Virginia

2. Loving v. Virginia is seen as a historic court case, but it is also one that moves people personally. Why do you think that is? How does it affect you? Does the Lovings’ fight still have relevance today?
The Loving v. Virginia case wasn’t ever just a political case. It was a social class segregation that began from early on that people made law. Jim Crow Laws and many other laws, including one denying interracial relationships, was a way of suppressing a certain group of people from living the same as everyone else. This fight was one for equality and love, and those two things have been and will forever have relevance until there is total equality for all people. They had their “happy ending” where they were able to be together without
being sent to jail, but just because they won the case doesn’t mean the social attitudes change in the favor of interracial relationships. There is also a clear parallel to homosexual relationships today, where the did not have the right to marry in all of the 50 states. Many straights, homosexuals, pansexuals, transgenders, queers, and everyone else on the spectrum fought for these rights for years, but the support behind this cause became larger and louder through their protests. On June 26th, 2015, the US banned any states from denying same-sex marriages, and the US became the 21st country to legalize this new law. The misconception is that even though they were allowed to marry anywhere in the US, that doesn’t mean that people’s attitudes to these marriages or people changed in their favor.

I think this case is so moving because it not only is about equality but a love story.
It was a “forbidden love” story, which many people find so romantic. If one doesn’t think that it is romantic, the idea of “forbidden love” being romantic has an internationally popular example titled “Romeo and Juliet.” Another reason why this case was very moving was because their feelings were genuine and strong towards each other, but they weren’t allowed to love and live where they wanted to. This is very similar to same-sex marriages being banned in some states. Even though the illegal same-sex marriage issue, illegal interracial relationships, transgender bathroom issue, immigrant issues, police brutality, and many other issues don’t directly affect me, it doesn’t mean that I won’t stand up against it because those issues are real and completely unfair. Debates of social inequality are relevant to today and will be for a long time, so they are affecting me and my life. If one is living somewhere and doesn’t know what is going on in the world, they will be less inclined to fight with people against unfair laws and actions. Also, no one wants to be ignorant about the world. Overall, history doesn’t exactly repeat itself twice, but it will have a similar repetition because people should’ve learned the lesson the first
time.

5. Why do “ordinary people” become activists? What would motivate you to become an activist? “Ordinary people” become activists because they wake up and realize all the unfair treatment and change that needs to happen to make their country a safer, happier place for its citizens. Sometimes, something big that directly affects a group of “ordinary people” has to happen for the switch from ordinary to extraordinary to be flipped. Everyone has something or someone that they care about or are passionate about. When those people or things are taken away from them or treated poorly, the people who are passionate about those things or people will stand up for them. Also, as soon as a couple people start speaking up, more and more people will start to speak up as well because they feel like other understand them and will be supported.