Essay On Freedom In America
Freedom in America
“This isn’t freedom. We’re holding a gun to every citizen’s head and calling it security” (Captain America). America has freedom but not the most freedom in the world it is classified as mostly free. Although with the American Dream some people believe that the dream is still attainable and relevant because they still have the freedom that the people from America are all promised, others argue that the American Dream is not relevant and is not possible to be attained today because all Americans are promised the same amount of freedom and they are not given that freedom.
Some Americans say that the American Dream is still relevant and attainable. This is believed because Americans still have the protection of freedom and …show more content…
Since early times, minorities countrywide have been through struggles such as discrimination and unsafe working conditions. “I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes,” (Hughes 13). Hughes was talking about when a slave was discriminated and had their freedom taken away from them by their master because they were a slave but, they are considered an American. “Veterinarians tend to the needs of domestic animals but they can’t have medical care for the workers. They can have land subsides for the growers but they can’t have adequate unemployment compensation for the workers. They treat him like a farm implement “(Terkel 75). They could provide things for the farm and the animals that live on the farm but they couldn’t provide health and safety to the workers. They can also give money to the growers but that can’t have a stable payment going to the workers. “These pesticides affect the farm worker through the lungs. He breathes it in. He gets no compensation. All they do is say he’s sick. They don’t investigate the cause” (Terkel 75). When the farm worker is breathing in all those pesticides daily and getting sick the employer are just saying he is sick is not okay because without inspecting what is actually going on those workers could be severely impacted by
“This isn’t freedom. We’re holding a gun to every citizen’s head and calling it security” (Captain America). America has freedom but not the most freedom in the world it is classified as mostly free. Although with the American Dream some people believe that the dream is still attainable and relevant because they still have the freedom that the people from America are all promised, others argue that the American Dream is not relevant and is not possible to be attained today because all Americans are promised the same amount of freedom and they are not given that freedom.
Some Americans say that the American Dream is still relevant and attainable. This is believed because Americans still have the protection of freedom and …show more content…
Since early times, minorities countrywide have been through struggles such as discrimination and unsafe working conditions. “I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes,” (Hughes 13). Hughes was talking about when a slave was discriminated and had their freedom taken away from them by their master because they were a slave but, they are considered an American. “Veterinarians tend to the needs of domestic animals but they can’t have medical care for the workers. They can have land subsides for the growers but they can’t have adequate unemployment compensation for the workers. They treat him like a farm implement “(Terkel 75). They could provide things for the farm and the animals that live on the farm but they couldn’t provide health and safety to the workers. They can also give money to the growers but that can’t have a stable payment going to the workers. “These pesticides affect the farm worker through the lungs. He breathes it in. He gets no compensation. All they do is say he’s sick. They don’t investigate the cause” (Terkel 75). When the farm worker is breathing in all those pesticides daily and getting sick the employer are just saying he is sick is not okay because without inspecting what is actually going on those workers could be severely impacted by