Human Rights In Martin Morrison's 'American Oxygen'

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In America, there’s a lot of predicaments that are not right. Human rights is the major topic that Rihanna made in her song called American Oxygen.This song shows a lot about civil liberties. Marxist is the substantial criticism that shows violation of human rights. Marxist is people who want higher power. Most people that have a desire for higher power overlook human right. It is not right for citizens of America to discriminate against one another for the reason of feeling superior. Why should people work to pay for people in other countries? We should supply for our needs in America. “The United States provided approximately $35 billion in economic aid to over 149 countries in fiscal year 2014”. (Amoros). It 's already enough that they …show more content…

Martin Luther King said “he had a dream that one day whites and black will go to the same school”. Martin Luther King was all about freedom for America. In the video American Dream it said “Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight”. A white man killed him because he wanted human right for everybody he wanted everybody to be equal. Back in the early 19th century blacks and whites were separated and not treated equal as whites. Black was not as free as white and Martin Luther King wanted all men to be Equal. “Oxygen” offers an un-ironic endorsement of the American dream, saluting unending possibility and upward mobility” (Farber). The meaning of this is America is not as free as it seems. Human rights are getting violated each and everyday. One thing that seems very unfair to human rights is the death penalty. Electrocution is not the solution it’s not right, the government should not take a person 's life based on what they have done.” At least 4.1% of all defendants sentenced to death in the US in the modern era are innocent” (HRV). Police brutality is getting worst, innocent people are dying everyday because of the harsh like thing police do, they feel like they can get away with it.”500 innocent Americans are murdered by police every year”(HRV). Police have also used tear gas against people without

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