All Cubans know there is a chance of getting caught and kill or caught and put in prison; but this didn’t matter to them. The only thing on their mind was being set free and being able to talk about what they wanted to talk about. Individuals living in Cuba who are against the Castro regime are not free to express themselves and their lives may be threatened if they dare to speak out or to assemble anti-Castro
However, when I started school I integrated well with the other students and found that many were interested in my Hatian culture. I learned to be a stronger, self confident, and self reliable woman through my experiences during my first school year in America. By the eleventh grade I already had a job and could buy some of the girly things I liked and still go to school. I would not be able to do that if I lived in Haiti and so I appreciate it. In order to be able to
As there were many weaknesses and negatives of all of the families present in Finding Fish, each family had their own set of strengths and positives as well. The Elkin’s family was one that Antwone did not know in depth as a child, being that he was taken into custody of the state only weeks after birth. The Elkin’s family consisted of Eddie, Antwone’s father, Antwone’s grandparents and eight other children. Antwone’s grandfather was a doctor who worked two jobs, while his grandmother was a housewife. The Elkin’s family was looked
However, in Nightjohn, it was illegal for African Americans to be able to read or write. That law was made to keep slaves from being educated enough to run away. Though that particular law benefited white people, it was unfair to African Americans. Many people feel that today’s laws are unjust and enforced for wrong reasons, even though today’s laws seem a bit more reasonable. I feel that, within reason, some laws are justifiable to break.
Also that people here in America seem to forget where they originated from. In the quote “law-abiding citizens were expected to drop their cultural baggage at the border and erase any lingering ethnic traits” she basically tries to explain that once you become a citizen here in the US you are expected to drop any ethnic traits you may have and just be known as American. Later in the essay she struggles with being an American and not knowing much Spanish. Any Spanish people she would talk to would assume she already knew Spanish when she didn’t know any at all. Towards the ending of the essay she wanted to be considered a latina but she felt it wasn’t relevant for her to call herself latina if she didn’t know much Spanish.
In conclusion, people should express their own personality and style without, being forced to convert to a new country’s national culture. Forcing an immigrant to change culture, language, and religion is against the 1st amendment and should not be broken based on our founding father’s laws. Forcing a non-resident to adapt to a new country is morally wrong and should not be allowed. Being an immigrant, this will be extremely hard on being unique. Even if someone is less fortunate and was born in a third world country, it doesn't make it any better if you force them to learn your culture and
If the government were to ban this because of its highly offensive and challenging nature, the people might slowly see their freedom of speech disappear as more and more ‘offensive’ actions were banned. The framers were not ignorant to the possibility of flag burning; they formatted the Constitution to protect the freedoms of the people- including the freedom to protest the government which is supposed to strive to protect those freedoms. Though the people may be offended by these actions, we must attempt to defend the ideals the flag represents instead of their physical form; for these ideals cannot be destroyed by fire, but they can be damaged by the restrictions of the freedoms the flag represents. The Amendment proposed to ban flag desecration would affect many Americans. Strict laws would prevent all flag burning- even the respectful disposal of flags by organizations like the Boy Scouts.
If a person were to try and find their own identity they were looked down upon and had to take a soma holiday (soma was a legal drug that took away all of a persons feelings or individualized idea’s). The soma holiday was everyone’s way out of having to deal with anything unpleasant or their way of having a good time. The "Stability" in the "Brave New World" is a different sort of "Stability", the "Stability" in "Brave New World" is economic stability, clothes were not to be mended, instead new ones were to be purchased to support economic stability and growth. Nothing was allowed to be produced or purchased that was not very expensive and did not require money to keep it in good running condition. If the society let cheap things onto the market or things were fixed easily what would happen to the vast economic society, it would develop cracks and eventually fall to the ground with a thundering
His method for achieving this would be to desegregate Cuba and to focus on national identity. After learning more about the Independence of Cuba and the republican period, I have to say that Castro’s methods were not that different from the solutions used by white elites after the independence of Cuba from Spain. White elites used Afro-Cuban soldiers to advance their nationalist cause against Spain but were hesitant to grant them rights after independence. During this time, white elites wanted to make Afro-Cubans feel like they did nothing to achieve their own freedom, it created a sense of paternalism, which we see again during post-revolutionary era. During both the post-independence and post-revolutionary periods, national unity was seen as a way to manipulate Afro-Cubans into feeling guilty for wanting to express their racial grievances.
It is country where the people leave their front doors open during the day and you don’t have to call your friends to tell them that you want to visit. You just show up at their front steps. Life in the Dominican Republic is life without time. For the first nine years of my life, I lived on this beautiful island. I was one of the kids that would go to school, come home, and then would be running outside playing for the rest of the day.