Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Language & Human Rights
When reading an article it is important to think about what opinion is being forced upon you, what position the author is taking because at times they can be bias . Giving half of the information or giving only the information they agree with. So before you agree and change your mind it is important to do your own research. Words if you choose the right ones can have a lot of power. When Hitler came into power, Germany was a in a state of shock they needed somebody to take charge make a change, and through his powerful words and timing he got to take control of a country. He promoted and enforced his idea of human rights but for only his people if you didn't fit into his idea of the perfect model. You didn't deserve your human rights. This is a example of using your culture (Nazism) to oppress another group. This is why everyone is entitled to their own beliefs but nobody should be able to use their beliefs to take away the rights of others.
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Its very interesting that you mentioned we should think about the opinion being enforced when reading an article. In a lot of cases the media will portray certain ethnic groups in a negative way on television implying that they are all the same. Writers on blogs that do current events tend to write in a bias manner as how they feel a certain person should be represented as.
ReplyDeleteWhen you said "Nobody should be able to use their beliefs to take away the rights of others". That is a very powerful and important statement, hopefully this statement can reach out more to the world.
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