Dear Students, watch the next video about the author, Mildred Taylor, and write your opinion regarding to black people who were enslaved.
"It is my hope that the children who read my books, the Logans will provide those heroes missing from the schoolbooks of my childhood, black men, women and children of whom the can be proud. Mildred Taylor.
When we mean that someone is human it's because that person is charitable, supportive and kind. But we watch human actions today and, are we like that? We're not animals either 'cause the're in many ways better than us. So, what are we? It's quiet grave when someone doesn't knows who is. It's even worse when we know who we are, but we're not able to be the people we're supposed to be. Why are we like that with those people we see weaker? why instead help them, teach them, make them our friends we just make them even weaker? Of course 'cause we feel good when we do something wrong. We enjoy watching the pain of someone else. Why don't we see in the other person our equal? Why a color is so bad? Why we just see bad things in other people? We need to learn, we need to open our eyes and to do that we just need one thing: Education.
ResponderEliminarSo, thank you very much for participate on this forum.
EliminarSlave owners, slave traders and all institutions, businesses and governments that supported were morally wrong to do so. The descendants of slaves are now all free men and women. They may not be living a life luxury and indulgence. They find it difficult to improve their situation. But the fact remains that they are free to do so. Leaders of both races need to focus on how to improve the situation of poor blacks in the world through reparations, but by education, opportunities and hard work. Nothing can be done repair the wrongs of slavery. Now we need to lokk forward to a tomorrow where slavery doesn't exist, where blacks and whites are equal, and where racism isn't a factor. We need to make that happen. I believe reparations to be inconsistent with that goal. I don't see them as healing old wounds, but as opening new ones in a new generation of black people. Perhaps tha most of us can do for its people is to apologize for slavery, promise it will not ever happen again and then concentrate on working towards a better tomorrow. This will not satisfy everyone. But nothing will.
ResponderEliminarThanks Dixon for your assignment. Your writing is excellent. My comments on it:
EliminarThere is a spelling mistake.
Slave work was very difficult. Most women cooked, cleaned the house and raised the children of their white masters. Men were to be carpenters or masons. Most of them, however, were farm labourers. They planted and harvested crops.
ResponderEliminarDiscrimination still exists in many areas and the standard of living lags behind that of the white population. Compared to other groups, average income is much lower and the rate of unemployment higher. Nevertheless, African Americans have made big gains since slavery ended 150 years ago.
Thanks Julian for your interesting posts.
EliminarOn the other hand your accuracy of language is very good.
I do not agree with slavery because before God we are created in the same conditions. He has no merit what a black white one because the essence is that we are human beings, not worth for what we do but by what we are. "Human beings with skills, attitudes and values."
ResponderEliminarThank for you assignment Laura.
EliminarMy comments on it:
Great list of ideas and evidences that point to the topic.