We hear the term servant hears tossed around a lot, especially in the south. “Jesus was a servant.” “to love people is to be a servant,” but to what extreme do you serve others. When does serving and trying to help take a toll? I was asked the question ‘ what injustice have you faced,”and honestly the biggest injustice is that at a young age I was told to be a servant. I was told to give all I could whenever I could. To me, bight eyed and bushy, naïve and innocent, this seven hood idea was distorted and twisted by the world and its inhabitants. Growing up as the middle child, I was the peacemaker, and the whole family looked to me for advice. My parents would sneak into my room one at a time and ask me for advice on marriage (as if I had …show more content…
When I was 14 and 18 I had a boyfriend. Both of which always pressured me, the second more than the first. Society teaches that a woman has one job. To please a man, furthermore it teaches that women are to be submissive. It teaches that it is the woman’s fault if something happens. Well something happened. I will never forget it. I cried and cried. And that was not enough. When all was said and done it was on me. I was told that I should have said no louder. I should have been angrier. I should have been more aggressive. I was told that it was for the “good of the relationship.” But how could it be, being physically made to do things. I felt like a robed Quicky-Mart. However the injustice that trumps it all, from the pressure of being the savior to my parents marriage, which failed, the abuse from my sister, the abuse of my friends, the hurt of the boys who stole from me, was that I had to be a servant. I was not allowed to be mad. My mother would remind me when I got angry, is that would Jesus would have done. I would stair at my “WWJD” bracelet my family bought me, as she said this to
Albert Camus’ The Stranger featured a misunderstood man who saw through his gilded society who was condemned to death for not crying at his mother’s funeral. Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson Before Dying found a man sentenced to death because of his race.The ignorance of society killed both of these men, but their strength in defying the oppressive system makes them immortal. The strength of defiance is not an escape attempt or freedom, but the ability to remain human even while condemned to death. The human spirit triumphs when faced with injustice by taking dignity from the strength provided by a community or finding strength internally to create dignity even in death.
Throughout history arguments and debate have been used to decide the fate of kingdoms, challenge a ruler’s authority or even decided where homes would be built. Without arguments our world would be bland and nothing like it is today. Being able to form a well built argument and use it properly is known as rhetoric. Ancient Romans and Greeks considered rhetoric to be one of the most important skills for students. Even today rhetoric is considered a great feat for all scholars. Two great men who were able to use rhetoric and excel at using it were Cicero and Machiavelli. They both argued in some of their most famous works that at times injustice was defendable. Cicero did this in his piece called The Defense of Injustice. Machiavelli did this in his work called The Prince. Each of these men was from completely different times in history, yet both were able to use rhetoric to help make people support their argument. Although rhetoric has many rules and many different formats one of the most well know and organized format is known as the Toulmin method. With the two pieces of work and using Toulmin’s method of rhetoric we can evaluate and discover who makes the best argument and why.
I serve to Jesus every day by taking time out my day to help others. When my classmates or friends are struggling with something I try to assist them
Throughout history we know what we have done wrong and what wasn’t right. We look back and think how someone could ever live like this or could do such horrid things. For instance, Women’s rights, women did not have any say in their life, we were told who to marry, and couldn’t leave a marriage. Women stayed at home to cook and clean and never had a job. Women were submissive to men. Reading each assigned reading helped me understand the obstacles women had to face; it was eye opening view on how society saw women. Everyone claimed they were doing the right thing because they were following their morals, but they were not. If you don’t want something done to you, don 't do it to someone else. I 'm sure men would not want to
Superheroes; they save and protect the world’s people. They courageously stand up and battle against evil, anarchy, injustice, crime, and sin. When the world has nothing else to defend itself, they are the ones who are present with a duty to safeguard everyone. The superheroes you may know, such as: Superman, Batman, Iron Man, etc. all have extraordinary superhuman powers which they use to shield those in need. However, anyone can be a superhero. Throughout history, many people have become like superheroes not because of extraordinary powers, but extraordinary courage, bravery, humanity, and love. Those people made a choice to risk everything they had in order to save another human being. Is it the right thing for a person to stand up and do the right thing?
Shakespeare throughout many of his famous stories glorified famous figures due to the fact they would take care of everything and everyone. In large households during the Elizabethan Era, masters would hire servants or nannies to perform duties that they could not finish due to the fact of not having time or being busy all the time with business. Servants did not receive the respect they deserved even though they took pride in their roles and responsibilities. After five hundred years, these ethics have carried their way into our world today. Servants and nannies of the Elizabethan Era had multiple roles, responsibilities, limitations, and privileges that are similar to the ones of modern day nannies and personal servants.
America focuses on keeping the rich streets clean and the poor streets dirty with a sense of people of color will be placed in poor dangerous neighborhoods with violence and drugs. The news reporters every day file cases of police officers using their power to control and abuse the law by hurting citizens by their image of clothing and color of their skin. In “A Brother’s Murder” a journalist talks about his experience living in a poor neighborhood and how his brother tragically died in a city of crime. No it does not mean it is always out in the public there are cases where officers hide what they did and get away with it. The laws support the officers in their favor in trails depending on the state and how strong the evidence was for the victim. To make matters worse history repeats even in the twentieth century. The type of brutal injustice can go on more centuries because the blindness Americans have towards the issue. In “For My Indian Daughter” a father talks to his daughter in how the world will treat her because she is Native American. Lewis’s life has not been easy and he knows the pain his people including his daughter will face by giving his wisdom to carry on through bad times. Americans will focus more on their twitter updates than to start a peace club and expose the racism going on. The blindness will continue because of the fear of speaking out or the lack of opening pages in a history book. Racism still impacts American society today in the way law and order is carried out, or not carried out, for people of color.
It Matters Not, The Brutality, Injustice, and Institution of Slavery is Wrong in any Age
...nly distributed, and no traces of economic justice even exist. People living in poverty need some kind of hope, some sign that their government has not forgotten them. The truth is, there are plenty of people who do care, and there are many efforts to help. The discrepancies are simply too big to go unnoticed, and a change is inevitable. As for right now, the trend continues. The rich get super-richer, the poor get poorer
My family was dysfunctional due to the fact that my parents would argue about their responsibilities. This was especially relevant during dinner when I would sit at the table - told minutes before that dinner will be ready soon, but then would wait hours for any food to finally arrive, my parents busy doing work, would forget to cook and instead order dinner from a nearby restaurant.
Today’s justice system is broken and flawed, with a history of falsely convicting innocent people due to a variety of things, including eyewitness misidentification, invalid or improper forensic testing, and even racial bias on the jury. Many wrongful convictions happen as a result of a combination of these things, and other causes can contribute in each individual case (“causes”). Countless people throughout history have been punished for crimes they did not commit, and with recent advancements in DNA testing bringing about hundreds of exonerations of the wrongfully convicted, one has to wonder how many innocents have languished in prisons throughout history. With all the flaws and potential for error in our courtrooms today, justice can not be brought about by our current system; in order to repair it, we need governmental reform to promote true equity and prevent future miscarriages of justice.
The marital subsystem between my parents in many ways is “fluid” (Eleanor Lynch 79) and overlap with the parental subsystem, as well as the sibling subsystem. My parents have always included their decisions, even financial ones, with my brother and I. We always evaluate big “life-altering” decisions together, which I think really allows children growing up to feel a sense of belonging and responsibility – choices allow independence. The interactions between my parental subsystems with my parents differ from that with my sibling’s subsystem with my parents. My parents are much more trusting of my input and output I think due to my ongoing dedication to education, work, and responsibilities, where as my brother’s choice as an adult to drop out of college really disappointed them. Even though I am the youngest, I am trusted with more responsibilities than my brother. The subsystem with my brother and I is very different since I trust and value my brother’s opinions more than my parents do because I believe education can be reached in different settings, not just in a classroom. I respect his different ideas, beliefs and customs and together we try and introduce my parents to new ideas, cultures and food, breaking them from safety zones and their Irish-American, Catholic subsystems they are use to growing up
When it comes to family roles, some people have only a few and some may have a slew. I, for instance, only have two roles. These roles came to me when I was about fifteen years old, when I was just starting high school. I would consider me as the youth leader and motivator in my family. These roles allow me to interact with my family to a great extent and more importantly pay attention to my elder relatives when they have something to say. By generating a youth leader and motivator role, it makes me eager to assimilate the family history the elders in my family give me.
A servant leader is a person who makes serving a priority in their life. I grew up volunteering in my community on a regular basis; however, it wasn’t until college that I was able to understand the impact of serving your community. Thanksgiving, my dad a law enforcement officer would volunteer at restaurants serving the homeless so service has always been a part of my life. With that being said, there is a huge difference between being forced to do community service and wanting to serve your community. A lot of times we become so consumed with ourselves and our egos that we forget about those who helped formed who we are today. As humans, we should strive to work and exist together at equilibrium.
Growing up with two older brothers taught me to be unselfish, patient, and respectful. Being the youngest of three, I learned I would not always get what I wanted. I would have to be patient and wait my turn for a lot of things, such as the telephone and bathroom. I was glad that I was able to grow up with siblings to teach me these lifelong lessons. All three of us had to be respectful of each other or we would risk getting in trouble with my parents.