Rosa, We remember you
Its wasn't too long ago when a black woman made headlines for refusing to give her seat up to a white man who demanded it in Montgomery (I think). Even though 2 black people had been arrested before her for the same reasons, she was tired. Tired of having to give up her coveted seat in the bus to someone who didn't need it half as much as her aching body did, tired of being an object of senseless discrimination, tired of inequality in a land of dreams.
Yes i will go to jail, she said. No, i won't give up my seat. And a new civil rights movement was born. It's amazing how one simple act of defiance resonated within millions of ethnic and social minorities, of how that refusal to be subjugated by whimsical laws that declared the equality of man yet enforced otherwise could find its roots deep in the communities of minorities. She won a long battle, and emerged champion of the people. Not just for the blacks in America, but also for other minorities. I came upon a white gay man's blog, who felt that she owed her one, because of the social implications of her legacy: every man could cast only one vote--that all men were equal.
She is one who will be fondly remembered for standing up for what she believed in, just like Martin Luther King Jr, just like Aung San Suu Kyi, just like that mystery man standing in front of a row of tanks at TianAnMen Square. Will you stand up for what you believe in?
Yes i will go to jail, she said. No, i won't give up my seat. And a new civil rights movement was born. It's amazing how one simple act of defiance resonated within millions of ethnic and social minorities, of how that refusal to be subjugated by whimsical laws that declared the equality of man yet enforced otherwise could find its roots deep in the communities of minorities. She won a long battle, and emerged champion of the people. Not just for the blacks in America, but also for other minorities. I came upon a white gay man's blog, who felt that she owed her one, because of the social implications of her legacy: every man could cast only one vote--that all men were equal.
She is one who will be fondly remembered for standing up for what she believed in, just like Martin Luther King Jr, just like Aung San Suu Kyi, just like that mystery man standing in front of a row of tanks at TianAnMen Square. Will you stand up for what you believe in?
posted by Kinfoong at 10:24 AM
3 Comments:
actually some historians believe that her protest was staged. She had been heavily involved in the black civil rights movement.
well whether staged or not... i think its still something to stand up to what u believe in and go to jail for that. i wouldn't wanna get my ass hauled to changi prison for protesting about the lack of free speech in singapore
hahaha... kin u're being oxymoronic... :)
*mEi*
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