Freedom Vs. Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement
Menken’s claim that the average person would rather have safety over freedom doesn’t apply to contemporary society. People would rather have freedom over safety.
People prefer freedom because with it, there can be progress in society. One of these progresses is the civil rights movement. Black leaders such as Martin Luther King jr. and people such as Rosa parks led the way for african americans to be treated as equals in society. This shows that people want freedom over safety because people fought for black equality. African americans were viewed as dangerous or not as good back then. The civil rights movement shows that people wanted equality which can be counted as one of our freedoms and they were willing to fight for it. Another example …show more content…
One example of this is the pilgrims from the mayflower. They left their countries in europe to come to new world because back home they weren’t given the freedom to worship what they wanted. People from england didn’t want to join the church of england so they left for new world. This shows that even back then, people would rather have freedom than safety. They left their homes and left for a country that they didn’t know much about. This is important because people left their home countries to go to a new country just so they can have the freedom to worship what they wanted. Another example of people who would rather have freedom over safety are the people who disagreed with president Trump’s travel ban. The ban would have affected people from certain countries. People rioted and the travel ban removed. This travel ban would have some what kept people safe due to high terrorist activities in these countries. But many of people protested the ban and it was removed. This shows that eben when a travel ban that could have improved safety was put in place, it was discarded because it took away some freedom from people in certain countries. This is because many of people protested the ban. It shows that the average person would rather have freedom over
People prefer freedom because with it, there can be progress in society. One of these progresses is the civil rights movement. Black leaders such as Martin Luther King jr. and people such as Rosa parks led the way for african americans to be treated as equals in society. This shows that people want freedom over safety because people fought for black equality. African americans were viewed as dangerous or not as good back then. The civil rights movement shows that people wanted equality which can be counted as one of our freedoms and they were willing to fight for it. Another example …show more content…
One example of this is the pilgrims from the mayflower. They left their countries in europe to come to new world because back home they weren’t given the freedom to worship what they wanted. People from england didn’t want to join the church of england so they left for new world. This shows that even back then, people would rather have freedom than safety. They left their homes and left for a country that they didn’t know much about. This is important because people left their home countries to go to a new country just so they can have the freedom to worship what they wanted. Another example of people who would rather have freedom over safety are the people who disagreed with president Trump’s travel ban. The ban would have affected people from certain countries. People rioted and the travel ban removed. This travel ban would have some what kept people safe due to high terrorist activities in these countries. But many of people protested the ban and it was removed. This shows that eben when a travel ban that could have improved safety was put in place, it was discarded because it took away some freedom from people in certain countries. This is because many of people protested the ban. It shows that the average person would rather have freedom over