How Holocaust Changed The World

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Outline * Introduction * War and Conflict * Holocaust * How the Holocaust changed the world * Equality * Civil Rights of African Americans * Technology * Social Media and The Internet * Conclusion Memories are part of our lives from the time we are a children until the day we die. They stick with us our entire lives, we might forget some of them as we age, but they are still important. Society's memory of historically significant events is of paramount importance to the betterment of society. Our generation complains constantly about being taught the same things throughout their entire school lives and question why they should know or care what happened in the past, not realizing the importance. War, equality,…show more content…
For example, the United Nations was created due to this catastrophe, to end the Holocaust stop it from ever happening again. Though there are still wars today, none of them are as horrible as the Holocaust was which means people have learned from their mistakes. Yes, surprising as it is we learned something from all the horrible things that happened during World War II, like that it is just inhumane for a person to want exterminate an entire race of people just because of their religion, race, gender, or sexual preferences. Overall the Holocaust was a horrific event which lead to deaths of millions and will hopefully never happen…show more content…
Caucasian people kept African American people as slaves, making them clean their houses and clothes, work in the blistering sun for hours without a break; whipping them if they stopped, making them live in horrible conditions without pay. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated “I have a dream that one day in Alabama little black boys and black girls will join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers” (21). He wanted and believed that people could change, that they could come together and live together in peace no matter the colour of their skin, age, gender, or any other difference. Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope for equality began at a young age when African Americans were accepted into society, but were still discriminated against. They weren’t allowed to go to certain places or have certain jobs because the owner of the business did not wish to have Blacks working for them or even going to their
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