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Exemplification Essay: Standing Up For Individual Rights

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If we don’t stand up for others,who will be left to stand up for us? There could be differences in incomes and those who know how to defend themselves are strong, but those who stand up for others are stronger. Fighting for others rights is very important just like Rosa Parks said “I learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, the diminishes fear”. When you stand up for someone it builds long term loyalty, trust credibility. It gives people a confidence boost. However, you shouldn't defend other people’s actions in all circumstances. People stand up for other peoples rights because they know what should be supported for example bad decisions like robbing a bank, second because they know there values and what they are willing to …show more content…

You will look bad because you're defending someone who has done something genuinely wrong. But in other circumstances everyone has a right to claim what are their rights. There can be so much injustice in the world for which we all know is been happening until the day of today. Sometimes it can be difficult because you don’t know wether to stand up or if you shouldn’t. First you gotta know what are your values, and what you are willing to stand up for and what you aren’t. Equal doesn’t mean that we are all the same. Each and everyone of us is special in our own unique way. We are equal but doesn’t mean that we all have to believe the same things. There might be people who will understand and support you but that doesn’t take the fact that they believe in something you don't. We just have to know what we are willing to risk and what to stand up. Rosa Parks stood up for the rights of African Americans. Rosa Parks refused to stand up and give her seat up to a white passenger, and she ended up arrested. This incident happened on December 1, 1955. It was unfair that African Americans didn't have the same rights as the whites. What Rosa Parks did to get the chance to have the same rights as a white was that she started a bus

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