Racism and segregation are two things that I believe you should fight against. One person who helped a great deal with that is Rosa parks, she was the first person to actually stand up for what she believes in... equality. Equality is also something that is worth fighting for and everyone should fight for it. Rosa Parks was just tired from a hard day at work, and just the same as every other day, she took the bus home. She got on the bus and sat down near the front of the bus, why? Because she was tired, not only because of work, but also because of the wrongness of things. “There was a law in Alabama that required persons of color to ride in the back of the bus and to give up their seat to a white person if the bus was crowded”. As she was just sitting the bus driver ordered her to move so that there would be a space for a white man to sit down, but Rosa just refused and continued to stay seated. She did not argue or use violence, she just sat and did not move. As a result of her refusal, she was arrested. For years Rosa had put up with the way things were and the way the colored people were treated and she eventually got to her breaking point where she just refused to listen to what the law had to say. As a result she went against the law and had to face the consequences which led to the start of the civil right movement.
Many factors formed to be a catalyst for Rosa to become the person that made her stand up against the law. The segregation and racism that was going on at the time eventually took her to a point where she was tired and couldn’t handle it anymore. At the time segregation of coloured people and white people was a very large problem that continued growing and growing. Many people tried to stand up against it but many failed.“In Montgomery, Alabama segregation was a part of everyday life. Blacks who lived there faced segregation in places such as parks, schools, restrooms, theaters and buses.” Coloured people couldn’t even go to the same bathroom’s as white people, without getting kicked out. They were segregated from parks, black people would have their own parks where no white people would go and white people would have their own parks where no black people could go. “...the U.S. educational system mandated separate schools for children based solely on race. In many instances, the schools for African American children were substandard facilities with out-of-date textbooks and insufficient supplies.” Not only did they have to go to different parks, schools and bathroom’s but those places were very poorly sustained. In schools they didn’t have enough supplies and materials for the children, so they didn’t have as good of an education as the white children would have. Of course Rosa being a coloured person, was also involved in this racism and segregation and she had enough of it so she eventually stood up for what she believes in.
Rosa eventually got tired of living in this world of segregation and racism and had to do something about it, and stand up against it in some way. All she had to do, was sit. “...tired after a long day of work and decided to take a seat on the bus on her ride home. Because she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, she was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law...” It was law that coloured people had to get up if a white person wanted to sit down, all rosa did was sit in a seat on a bus, and she got arrested for it. She didn’t do anything wrong, Rosa was a hard worker and she deserved to be able to sit wherever she pleased. “All I was doing was trying to get home from work” ~ Rosa Parks. As she said all she was doing was going home on the same bus she took everyday from work, because the bus was getting quite full the bus driver made her get up, when she really didn’t have to. Why does her being black make her less important than being white? Why does it mean people can push her around? “Why do you all push us around”? ~ Rosa Parks.
Due to rosa standing up against the law and standing up for what she believed in, she had to face the consequences, she was arrested and sent to prison. The word broke out about what Rosa did and how she stood up to the law and a ton of other people joined her in getting equality right because they had enough with the way they were previously being treated. “The bus incident led to the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, led by the young pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” After a lot of people heard about what Rosa had done, the Civil Rights Movement started, where everyone who believed in equality fought for it. This movement created some havoc, but it freed a lot of people from racism.
Racism and segregation is still going on today, and there are always going to be people who are racist against some other people in the world due to their ethnic group, race, colour and other characteristics. Rosa really helped a lot in with this problem in the USA which then created a ripple effect, and other countries also changed their harsh ways. Rosa is known as a notable to this very day, and she is a very recognizable woman, who will live on in our memories forever because of the noble woman she was and what she did to change this world.
Many factors formed to be a catalyst for Rosa to become the person that made her stand up against the law. The segregation and racism that was going on at the time eventually took her to a point where she was tired and couldn’t handle it anymore. At the time segregation of coloured people and white people was a very large problem that continued growing and growing. Many people tried to stand up against it but many failed.“In Montgomery, Alabama segregation was a part of everyday life. Blacks who lived there faced segregation in places such as parks, schools, restrooms, theaters and buses.” Coloured people couldn’t even go to the same bathroom’s as white people, without getting kicked out. They were segregated from parks, black people would have their own parks where no white people would go and white people would have their own parks where no black people could go. “...the U.S. educational system mandated separate schools for children based solely on race. In many instances, the schools for African American children were substandard facilities with out-of-date textbooks and insufficient supplies.” Not only did they have to go to different parks, schools and bathroom’s but those places were very poorly sustained. In schools they didn’t have enough supplies and materials for the children, so they didn’t have as good of an education as the white children would have. Of course Rosa being a coloured person, was also involved in this racism and segregation and she had enough of it so she eventually stood up for what she believes in.
Rosa eventually got tired of living in this world of segregation and racism and had to do something about it, and stand up against it in some way. All she had to do, was sit. “...tired after a long day of work and decided to take a seat on the bus on her ride home. Because she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, she was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law...” It was law that coloured people had to get up if a white person wanted to sit down, all rosa did was sit in a seat on a bus, and she got arrested for it. She didn’t do anything wrong, Rosa was a hard worker and she deserved to be able to sit wherever she pleased. “All I was doing was trying to get home from work” ~ Rosa Parks. As she said all she was doing was going home on the same bus she took everyday from work, because the bus was getting quite full the bus driver made her get up, when she really didn’t have to. Why does her being black make her less important than being white? Why does it mean people can push her around? “Why do you all push us around”? ~ Rosa Parks.
Due to rosa standing up against the law and standing up for what she believed in, she had to face the consequences, she was arrested and sent to prison. The word broke out about what Rosa did and how she stood up to the law and a ton of other people joined her in getting equality right because they had enough with the way they were previously being treated. “The bus incident led to the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, led by the young pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” After a lot of people heard about what Rosa had done, the Civil Rights Movement started, where everyone who believed in equality fought for it. This movement created some havoc, but it freed a lot of people from racism.
Racism and segregation is still going on today, and there are always going to be people who are racist against some other people in the world due to their ethnic group, race, colour and other characteristics. Rosa really helped a lot in with this problem in the USA which then created a ripple effect, and other countries also changed their harsh ways. Rosa is known as a notable to this very day, and she is a very recognizable woman, who will live on in our memories forever because of the noble woman she was and what she did to change this world.
