Why Do People Stand Up To Social Injustice

Justice For None It is the early 1950s. Social injustice is at its worst. One problem is racism. There are signs telling where whites and coloreds can go, and whites get the better benefits. while coloreds get the low end of the totem pole. Now it’s 2016. Social injustice is still existent today and some action is being taken, but not much. It is important that people should fully express their opinions about how there is social injustice and that it needs to be stopped. It is only simply an exercise of the First Amendment of the Constitution. It is important that people should stand up to social injustice because if people don’t stand up in what they believe in, nothing will be done and everything will remain the same. One famous figure, Susan B. Anthony stood up for women's right to vote and now, over 100 years later, women vote for the nation’s next leaders. During her fight for the right to vote, Susan B. Anthony gave a speech during a women’s rights rally that inspired America to make a change in the laws for women. She endured countless criticism for her actions but it was all worth it in the end, only because she had the courage to stand up in what she believed in. Another

Henry David Thoreau was an author, poet, abolitionist and historian. Since he was an abolitionist, he stood up for what was right: slavery against African Americans. One example of his stand against social injustice is a quote he said. He stated, “If the machine of government is of such nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law.” This quote means that if the government says someone has to be unfair to another, then they should not listen to them because it goes against moral ethics and that it’s not ethical to do such an action to another individual, even if the government requires someone to do