Essay On Do Americans Value Freedom

Americans want to be able to make our own decisions with no problems right? We don’t want people interfering with things we choose to do. What do Americans value? They value peace. With this, there are 3 fundamentals: freedom, equality, and safety. Americans live in a country where people value peace upon one another to feel united in a good way. Currently, there are things going on in our society that are make us better as a whole.

From the past to present, Americans value freedom more than anything. Without freedom, America wouldn’t be America. In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln believed this by saying “That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this Nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom,

and that government of the people, by the people , for the people shall not perish from the Earth. Famous icons who fought for America’s freedom were Martin Luther King fighting for and Frederick Douglass. They were willing to sacrifice everything for us to be free at last. We value freedom also because of the freedom of speech/expression we are open to, and because of this opportunity that has been given to us that everyone’s voice is heard. Hillary Clinton “Had the tenacity as a young woman, to start the Children’s Defense Fund, going door to door ultimately making sure kids with disabilities could get a quality education. This shows that what matters to us we can do whatever we want about it.

After the 1800’s, more Americans starting valuing equality. People started realizing that there’s no point why they should be treating differently. In the New Colossus it says “Give me your tired, poor, send these the homeless, the tempest-test to me, I lift my lamp beside the door.” This is showing that Americans value the same rights for everyone and they shall be accepted in anyway they are. Also, it said in Obama’s speech “We’re not done perfecting our union, or living up to our founding creed that all of us are created equal and free in the eyes of God.” Obama is saying that the problems that we are facing now doesn’t show that we are equal. For example, there is a very common everyday issue that we face. There is the issue of unequal pay between men and women, and there are some women that work twice as hard as men and aren’t getting paid for their effort. It was stated on the now.org website, “Over 15 years, a typical woman loses up to $499,101 due to pay inequity.” Also, women’s average annual paychecks reflected only 77 cents for every $1.00 earned by men. Specifically for women of color, the gap is even wider: In comparison to a white, non-Hispanic man’s dollar, African American women earn only 64 cents and Latinas just 55 cents. This shows that women’s paychecks are really nothing compared to men’s.

With more consideration that Americans value safety and are even willing to put their life on the line.

Obama said in the democratic convention speech, “We don’t fear the future; we shape it, embrace it, as our people, stronger together than we are on our own. Us Americans should be united and it’s all about what we do together through the tough and frustrating times, but it’ll all be worth it in the end. With the presidential debate going on right now, Obama feels that it takes the right person to fight the current problems of the United States, so that we can have a better future. Obama said “We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer our homeland more secure and world more peaceful. He is trying to explain the fact that every race should be treated the same no matter the circumstance. For example, with the Alton Sterling case that recently happened he was told to step out of a vehicle, he wasn’t carrying a dangerous weapon and he was shot on the spot for no reason! If this was a Caucasian person this wouldn’t have never happened. Because of this unacceptable behavior there has been a movement called “Black Lives Matter”, that is trying to stand up for the rights of African Americans. Right now, there are even Caucasians who support the movement and they don’t understand what officers are

doing!

Wrapping everything up, Americans value peace and its three properties of freedom, equality, and safety. Even though with the current problems we are facing, America is hoping to get through it all.