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In Justice Served Ella Baker: An Analysis

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Wanting Change Everyone has acted unjustly or done something unethical in their past that they look back on and regret; it is the way humans are programmed. We all make mistakes and we learn from them. Storyteller, justice served, and dismissing DACA all show people doing or acting in a way that is considered unjustly. People act unjustly for economic reasons such as cancelling DACA for more job opportunities for american citizens. Racism is a huge indicator in acting unjustly, In Justice Served Ella Baker fought to end segregation for equal rights. Superiority can change a person’s opinion and impact on the situation. In the Storyteller Josef and other SS officers had superior power than the Jews. In the book storyteller the main character befriends a regular at her …show more content…

When Joseph was younger he was recruited as an SS soldier growing up with murder and discrimination around him. Killing hundreds, ruining lives, tearing apart families turned a normal teenager into a cold hearted killer. He was recruited as a SS officer in concentration camps for Jews.He had total power to assign jobs,abuse, and murder anyone in the camps.The superior power he had over them allowed him to act unjustly. She was sobbing, tearing at my trousers, grabbing for my hand.I did not want her snot on me, her saliva.Her hot breath and those empty words falling into the cup of my palm.I did what came naturally.I kicked her away from me”(145 Picoult). Not only did have total power and control over these people make them act unjustly but it became the norm.KIlling,torturing, and abusing because a daily occurrence and those unjustly acts were not seen as wrong anymore. “ After the first fifty, I stopped looking at their faces.”(149 Picoult) killing people became a norm for Josef. DACA allows young people who came to the United States as children to temporarily avoid deportation.In Dismissing DACA it states that Trump is dismissing DACA

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