Category: American Ideals

The teenage years for an individual are the most impressionable and vulnerable period in ones life. Add social media into the equation, and there can be some potentially harmful consequences to ones mental health. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, social media is websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or…

The U.S. Constitution establishes the equal treatment of people across all states, but forms of inequality  such as racism and discrimination  are still prevalent today. In spite of the on-going hardships, weve faced as a nation, Generation Z has the ability to use social media to address and directly combat such injustices. Martin…

What makes America particular from every single other nation is the rights that an American native has in America. American residents most likely have a larger number of rights than the natives from some other nations on the planet. The most significant right an American resident has is an opportunity, an opportunity that a native…

At the beginning of every single school day, I, as well as thousands of my peers, stand up and pledge my loyalty to a red, white, and blue piece of cloth. Every time I watch a sports event on television, I see tens of thousands of Americans stand up with their hands on their hearts…

Fighting for Civil Rights Jeffrey Zhang What do civil rights mean? It is the civilian rights we have. Lets go back to the past when it was segregation, where blacks and whites had a wall between them. That was a bad time. Now, when we look at it, we say how cruel it was and…

Summary on Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. turned into the overwhelming pioneer in social equality development to end racial isolation and separation in America during the 1950s and 1960s (Martin Luther King Jr., March 21st), and was a main representative for peaceful techniques for accomplishing social change. His expressiveness as a speaker…

A famous quote by Martin Luther King Jr. says, Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that (King qt. in Mindock). King demonstrated this quote in his daily life while fighting for civil rights. He believed that kindness had a greater impact than…

The United States is a country where everything makes it great through its prosperity of the economy, and this country stands out as an independent nation. Everything involving the laws, the constitutions, the government, and the freedom of people is presented through the will and pride of its people: American citizens as a whole. An…

Often times, some of the most impactful moments are not planned, nor do they come in the best of tidings. This is no exception for Robert Kennedys words on the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior. The speech, which was largely improvised moments before it was given, was initially intended to be a routine stop…

Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on 4th April 1968. He was an activist who organized peaceful demonstrations to seek for the freedom and the rights of the minority populations in America particularly the people of color. Before and after him, there were other activists killed in America but his assassination stood out among many…