Rights in America Before the Civil War
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Rights in the Modern World
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A Missouri slave named Dred Scott traveled to Wisconsin with his owner. He claimed himself a free man when he went to Wisconsin because Wisconsin itself was a free state. He brought a case upon the supreme court stating himself as a free man. The supreme court eventually decided upon the fact that Dred Scott would remain as a slave. However, there were two other major decisions that came out of this case.
1. African Americans could not become citizens. 2. The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional. The Dred Scott decision took away the rights for African Americans to become citizens. African Americans were stripped of their humane priveliges to be able to be part of a government. The Founding Fathers once spoke about the unalienable rights granted by God. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The United States' government failed to recognize these rights towards the African Americans and condescendingly ignored them without a valid reason. |
A man named Steve Utash was driving in the streets of Detroit as usual when he accidentally hit an African American boy wondering about the streets. The boy, leg broken and mouth bleeding, started to cry out for help. As Mr. Stash got out of his car to help, a gang of roughly 12 people formed around him. As soon as the first punch was thrown, others started to beat him until he lost consciousness and was left in a critical condition. A retired nurse named Deborah Hughes tried to stop them but failed. He was later hospitalized, and had a hard time trying to get back to his normal condition. Because of the fact that the town consisted of around 80% African Americans, many believe that racism played a big part
in which why he was beaten. Steve Utash was stripped of his rights as both human and citizen of the U.S. when he was beaten to the point of unconsciousness. The collision of his truck and the boy was not intentional, therefore others had no valid reason for hitting Mr. Utash. Furthermore, the boy was playing around busy streets where he was told not to be around. Because of the fact that Steve Utash was Caucasian, many believe that the people who beat him took advantage of the situation and used the hurt boy as an excuse to beat him. |
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