the LA Riots‚ they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.” More than sixty people died during the L.A. riots on April 29‚ 1992. Gangs erupted afterwards‚ due to the apparent discrimination of African-Americans from Caucasian officers. In Freedom Writers‚ written and directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ a high school named Woodrow Wilson‚ suffered in the aftermath of the L.A. riots‚ turning a once prestigious school into a school for the ‘bad kids’‚ or kids who had been to juvenile detention.
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Topic: The Influence of Freedom of Expression on the Development of a Country As a member of North American society‚ I have the privilege of being able to express my opinions‚ beliefs‚ and religious ideologies to those around me without any repercussions. I am able to think in whatever manner I choose and express my opinions without having any fear of reprisal or persecution. The value of this fundamental human right is often underestimated. However‚ the right to freedom of expression is arguably
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You ask me "What freedom means to me? " I don’t really think about these things. Now that I am I think that I have something to say about it. Freedom is something that shouldn’t be taken for granted. Freedom for me is something we abuse. For example freedom of speech we use that like its nothing people in other places don’t have that freedom. Most people don’t think about freedom as we do stuff during are day. We don’t usually think "How did we get our freedom? " well that’s a good question. People
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The word freedom has a different meaning for different people. Freedom to me means being free from a single ruler who dictates and who goes by his own rules. Freedom has affected America immensely and has brought upon many individuals for the thought of having freedom for the first time. We sometimes take our freedom for granted and do not think of how people dream of having freedom. America has freedom because it was fought for and lives were taken for the future generations to come and enjoy
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Freedom of Speech America’s Founding Fathers‚ Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ believed so strongly in the right to free speech that they wrote it in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ which states in part‚ “Congress shall make no law restricting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the rights of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
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Freedom of Speech In this reading‚ Hentoff continues to examine how Americans repress each other on matters regarding freedom of speech. He argues that it is easy for Americans to support freedom of speech in general but the same people change tact when they are negatively affected by other individuals’ exercise of free speech. To demonstrate the rising level of attack on free expression‚ Hentoff gives the example of opposition to a march planned by the American Nazi Party through Skokie‚ an area
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To me‚ having the right of freedom of speech means that I can voice my opinion wherever and whenever I feel the urge to without the fear of being prosecuted. The United States would be in an extremely weak state if citizens did not have the right to freedom of speech. Without freedom of speech in our Bill of Rights‚ people could not necessarily stand up for what they believed in. I think that if a person has a valid point or even an unvalid point that they want to voice nothing should stand in their
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“If freedom of speech is taken away‚ then dumb and silent we may be led‚ like sheep to the slaughter”-while many of us would not argue the right to freedom of speech we may start to question just how boundless freedom should really be. Throughout history‚ it has often been proven that words have the ability to translate into violent and often fatal actions‚ yet we continue to accept these actions in the name of free speech. Lawmakers continue to debate over the boundaries regarding freedom of speech
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Struggle: Needed to Achieve Freedom How much Freedom do we actually have? To answer this we first must answer what it means to be free. Merman-Webster Dictionary said that free means “Not physically held by something‚” they defined freedom as “The absence of necessity‚ coercion‚ or constraint in choice or action.” In other words it means people aren’t forced to do something‚ that people have the right to speak up and pursue their dreams. From this definition it is evident that‚ for the most part
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that students had freedom of speech‚ they upheld the teachers who were preventing a disturbance of
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