1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
V125BC [204]
3 years ago
14

Why is it important to protest for social equality?

English
1 answer:
svp [43]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Over the past two weeks millions of Americans have protested in cities across the country to demand social justice and racial equality. And older Americans have been adding their voices and perspectives to those demonstrations.

For some, marching in the street is nothing new — they have attended rallies and protests for decades to bring awareness or demand change on important social issues. For others, the death of George Floyd in police custody has spurred them to action for the first time.

Either way, to hear them tell it, these new protests feel different.  Here are some of their stories.

Rhonda Mathies, 69, Louisville, Kentucky, retired social worker

rhonda mathies wearing a face mask and shirt that says i cant breathe at a protest

COURTESY RHONDA MATHIES

Louisville Metro Police, Kentucky State Police and the National Guard were downtown at Sixth and Jefferson streets on May 30. They were dressed in riot gear and on horses, on foot and on the rooftops. The kids were in the middle of the street chanting “Hands up,” “I can’t breathe,” and “No justice, no peace.” Some were lying down in the street. I went over to the side to pray. I went down on my knees. A black girl, maybe in her 30s, younger than my two daughters, said, “Ma’am, get up. The police are ready to move.” I said I wasn’t getting up because I was praying, and she said, “You’ll get locked up,” and I said, “I don’t care.” But she eased me up. When I opened my eyes the police were coming straight at us. A state trooper on foot took his baton and pushed her, and when he did that, I had a flashback to Alabama in the 1960s, and I broke down and started crying.

I’ve been protesting a long time. I started in the school system seeing how black kids were being treated academically and emotionally. It was always a constant struggle. I’m tired. I’m tired for my people. I keep saying it’s up to the next generation, but knowing what my ancestors have been through, my inner being propels me back out to the streets.

In some ways, these are the best of times because we have a diversity of consciousness, but it can’t be just a moment; it’s a movement. The police are not going to magically do the right thing. Racism is still alive. It’s institutionalized.

You might be interested in
How do the other boys treat the speaker after he gets hit?
IRISSAK [1]

Answer:

They accept him as a friend.

Explanation:

The most kind

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Which thesis statements are effective for an informative essay about developments in the English language? Check
Vitek1552 [10]

Shakespeare's important contributions to language should be celebrated by those who research language,

literature, and the arts.

5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
MARKING BRAINLIEST IF RIGHT!
AlekseyPX

Answer:

A

Explanation:

all of his paintings are realistic and portray action

6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What does sarah good do to keep herself from being hanged?
Kamila [148]
She admits to witchcraft. <span />
5 0
3 years ago
what is one effective method for decoding the meaning of a technical vocabulary words such as cardiorespiratory
iragen [17]
One effective method for decoding the definition of cardio respiratory, or any word, is looking at the root word. Cardio is Greek, and refers to the heart. Respiratory refers to breathing, which involves the lungs. So, cardio respiratory is the action of both the heart and the lungs.
5 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • Please help idk how to answer this question
    11·1 answer
  • Quiz 1 chapter 1&amp;2 "night" and the holocaust <br> What's the answer for this ?
    11·1 answer
  • What is the participaial phrase Clapping wildly the audience shouted for the band to come back on the stage for an encore.
    8·1 answer
  • Why do historians usually use a sequential (or chronological) text structure? What other organizational structures might they us
    14·1 answer
  • You are the chief speaker in a debate on the topic "The youths of today are more interested in the pursuit of pleasure than in a
    6·1 answer
  • When Dorothy and her friends arrive in Oz in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, who leads them to the palace?
    9·1 answer
  • Why is Thomas afraid of the beetle blade?*
    5·2 answers
  • why do teachers think they can do this do us. dealing with my mental health takes up 90 percent of my time, i don’t have room to
    14·1 answer
  • Read this passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
    11·1 answer
  • Please answer me ill give you brainlest and points ​
    14·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!