Over the past century, African Americans have been struggling to prove their humanity. Unceasing movements were made and blacks became African Americans. Unfortunately, for the sake of the many lives lost in the transformation to full citizen rights, we have to ask ourselves, is being a citizen enough? Even though they were deemed citizens, acceptance of them into society became the next challenge. It is expected that being treated as a human being is included with citizenship, however that continues to be a constant battle in society.
INTRO OF PRIMARY SOURCE: RACISM/PREJUDICE
A paralleling story that includes an African American going through the struggle of justification amongst society and self justification is The Blind Side. This movie is based on the real-life story of a young man named Michael Oher. The duration of this movie depicts his journey from homeless teen to professional NFL player. Michael spent a good portion of his time moving from foster home to foster home after he was taken from his mother. He was taken
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First of all, Rousseau describes man as being savage-like and beastly. However, man also acts compassionate. Rousseau describes our actions as animal like to describe our nature because man is self-centered and compassionate all at once. According to Rousseau, “Whatever moralists may hold, the human understanding is greatly indebted to the passions, which, it is universally allowed, a real so much indebted to the understanding. It is by the activity of the passions that our reason is improved” (Rousseau, ) The passion Rousseau touches on is the art of empathy and sympathy. Man uses empathy and sympathy to rationalize a situation to either learn from it or to connect to it from past experience. Lack of sympathy was shown by Leigh Anne’s lunch friends as they made snide remarks towards her kind actions toward a colored