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Complacency in everyday life has led to turmoil in many countries. In Germany there was the Holocaust in which nearby neighbors could sit and watch execution from their doorstep. In America during the 1960’s no one had the courage to speak up for African-Americans and their rights. Even though people don’t speak up when they should, you should by any means necessary stand up for what is right. By not speaking up things could only get worse, people can get badly hurt, or the problem could be ongoing.
When a problem is escalating beyond your control speaking up can cause the problem to refrain from becoming worse. What if a neighbor of the concentration camps had spoken up earlier? Don’t you think that something could have been done to end the holocaust sooner? Well researchers do, it was predicted that if someone would have spoken up about what they saw then the holocaust would have possibly ended 1 or 2 years earlier, saving many lives. This problem could have been avoided had someone spoken up about what they saw. When you speak up for what is right, you will find that the problem will not only refrain from getting worse, but it will also become a better situation. See, because no one had the courage to speak up during the holocaust many
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For example, during the 1960’s Rosa Parks saw that discrimination was growing out of control, so to stop this problem she unknowingly began the bus boycott by not giving up her seat to a white man. By speaking up Rosa helped put an end to something that could have become so much worse. No matter how bad things may seem they will get worse if no one speaks up and they won’t quit until someone does. We can tell you from experience, if you are having trouble with something or there’s something happening that shouldn’t you have to say something. You can’t wait for someone else to because they might not see it as a problem and it will just continue to go

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