Prejudice And Racism In Woodrow Wilson's Freedom Writers

Do you know what it feels like to be in paralyzing fear? About a third of all Jews were murdered during the Holocaust (factslides.com). A thirteen year old Jewish girl went into hiding for two years while trying to avoid being captured by the Nazi’s. She was given a diary, in which she wrote about her daily life. Her name was Anne Frank. She went into a secret Annex with her family, the Franks, and their friends, the Van Daans and Mr. Dussel. The Diary of Anne Frank was later published and it became an inspiring message for many who read it. Anne had gone through many phases of conflict, arguments, and awful cases of fear that no teenager should have to experience while in the Annex which caused her to mentally grow up faster. Anne matured over the course of the play from being a rude, sassy thirteen year old, into a selfless, polite fifteen year old.

The Holocaust was a very tragic event that happened in world history. One of the many books written about this is the The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. In this book, Bruno and Gretel Hoess along with their parents, have different perspectives of the current events going on around them. Throughout the book, some of their initial perspectives change as they change their surroundings. The children have different perspectives of the world around them than their parents.

Morger suggests that by using The Diary of Anne Frank, an individualized story, to teach the Holocaust allows for students to not only connect with the material, but also to, understand the larger field in totality. She claims that because Anne and high school students are around the same age, that students will be better able to grasp the Holocaust as a whole. By individualizing the Holocaust, Morger asserts, students are more likely to pay attention and

Racism is a powerful word some people are still facing. Racism is when people judge because of skin color, looks, and many more. People are are involved with this are struggling. Having a difficult time to feel comfortable from the rejection, judgement, and being ignored. It has caused in a huge impact for the last decades. Race is the center of attention and people want to be heard. Free of speech is what helped people’s lives from hearing what’s going on in people’s lives. African Americans are one of the top race that white people have against with. African Americans express how they feel through materials by speaking up. In this paper I will argue that the impact of Racism people express how they feel through free of speech.

Even, when the students seem careless and do not tolerate the professor, Gruwell guided by her ideals and big heart refuses to allow her students to be incompetent and gave her students a chance to overcome the limitations imposed on them by society and themselves. She encouraged them to do something remarkable and memorable and assign them a journal where they could feel free to express their emotions and feeling and essentially tell the stories that define them. Gruwell draws students’ attention by assigning them The Diary of Anne Frank, a book that promptly become a guide for the students and open their minds and eyes against intolerance and misunderstanding. Inspired by this book, the students raised funds to bring Miep Gies, the woman who sheltered the Frank family, to visit them in California where she declared that the students are the real heroes.

These teens have similar and different traits. Each of them lived together and became closer. They also had a different thing to study and learn about. The teens were good friends, Jews, lived in the Annex, and are all dead. Their differences were there genders, age, and parent’s favorite. These similarities and differences helps people understand more about the

The author of the article discusses the hatred that revolves around the concept of equality in America. The author of the news article uses his knowledge of past events, such as slavery, and current issues. The audience of the article is those who don’t understand why the protests and riots in Charlottesville is an issue to many White Nationalist. The articles compare in the sense that they both discuss hatred that has been revolving on the issue, but they differ on what they speak of, as this article speaking of the president and his issues and the other speaks of the people. In conclusion, after many years of fighting against the hatred in society, there is still a lot to be done.

Much like how President Wilson’s racial dealings showed the dark sides of his being a passive-negative president his vast support and activity for the Espionage Act also show some of these dark sides. Similar to how Wilson supported segregation for the sake of peace the same logic seemed to have applied to national peace during the First World War. All evidence again seems to point to the fact that President Wilson meant the Espionage Act to be an asset to the nation and help defend it against foreign subterfuge yet it is hard to believe that President Wilson wasn’t aware of the negative impacts such legislation would have (Carroll, 1919). It was American citizens more than anyone else who suffered under the Espionage Act and its enforcement. The act had made it virtually illegal to criticize the war or the government, restricting freedom of speech in a way that had never before been known in the United States (Carroll, 1919). It is hard to imagine that President Wilson, an intellectual and very intelligent man, had no idea that such a thing would occur. Instead it would appear to be far more likely that President Wilson knew of at least some of the negative consequences that the act was going to have and that he ultimately decided that it was better to limit free speech for the sake of peace and security (Stone, 2003).

Twelve-year-old Hannah Stern, is a Jewish girl from New Rochelle, NY. What started out as a normal traditional dinner called Seder, became an adventure of humiliation, survival, death, and a new found appreciation for her family and heritage. Hannah, during Seder dinner, was told to answer the door to see if someone was coming. When she opened the door she was suddenly transported back in time—to Poland in 1942. Her confusion grows deeper as she inhabits the life of Chaya Abramowicz. Not understanding if this is a dream, or if she is Hannah or Chaya, she and her new friends and family are then taken by the Nazis. The book details the horrific acts that happened at the concentration camps during WW2, and the message of never forgetting what

The Holocaust becomes the center of this. Whether it be at his Hebrew school, where Jewish history shaped not only the curriculum they learn. But, also as a collective identity shared by a new and contemporary Jewish generation. While still being connected to the past. This is a struggle for Mark, who does not even identify himself as Jewish for most of the story, He is continuously challenged with where to place himself in this new world, as a second-generation immigrant to Toronto. For Mark, being a young Latvian Jew is not easy.

One of the main struggles that both main characters are faced with is depression. They both suffer from loss and not fitting in, that they end up becoming depressed and shielding out the rest of the world. This tends to happen a lot in teens not just back then but even today. Without the help, it can lead to not only them hurting themselves but others as well. Back in 1999 there was a mass school shooting at Columbine done by two depressed students that ended up killing several kids and ultimately themselves. The boys were known for doing such things as “...drawing swastikas on their clothes, and struck on Adolf Hitler's birthday, singling out minorities and "jocks" for death.” (Bergen) Not only did they single out minorities they ended up finding out from other students that “...The gunmen "were out to get revenge on the school for being mistreated." (Bergen) Like in the bell jar, esther has suicidal thoughts and felt as if she didn't belong in the world, that no one liked her, and therefore she tried to kill herself. Without the love and support that most kids receive it caused her to go on a downward spiral just like the two boys in the columbine

Singer ’s theory that people’s moral standard shifts over time is useful because it sheds light on the problem of Woodrow Wilson’s imperfection. I agree with this point of view. First, in 1502, slavery began for about 300 years before the Spanish brought slavery to the U.S. and thousands of slaves died. Slavery eventually was overthrown after the Civil War in U.S. In the present time, slavery is impossible because people’s standard has been changed. The slaveholders were not condemned as the moral standard was different. People cannot judge a slaveholder now because the phenomenon of slavery was common in the past. Second, in early China, people could be punished very seriously and tortured to death even if they did small mistakes to the government.

The book diary of Anne Frank is about a teenage girl named Anne Frank. For Anne upcoming birthday she requests a diary so that she can express her thoughts, feelings, and emotions that occur day to day in her daily life. Her parents give it to her and she starts to log about her daily life and relationships with her friends and family. But what she doesn 't realize is her diary docs her horrible life that she has in hiding during the holocaust. Within this book report, the analysis of the book will be given along with the summary of the book by chapter.

Gruwell taught her class about the Holocaust, the genocide of Jews. While learning about this major event in class the students were able to see how another person’s hatred affected someone’s life. They saw that many of the victims did not survive and were killed simply because of their race. This drew a parallel for the students to see how their hatred and violence against each other was senseless. In the same way Hitler killed Jews because of their race, they were killing each other. From learning about the Holocaust the students were able to step outside from their own personal norms, and examine a situation from a new or different

“Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you’re young. They don’t see the wars that we fight every single day”. Brandy Ross, one of the students in the movie Freedom Writers once said. This is the predicament that the students in Woodrow Wilson High School faced every day. There are dead bodies on the street, the students have to protect themselves from other gangs, and most of them didn’t finish high school. It might not be a big issue for us because we didn’t face it by ourselves, but after watching this movie you will know that it is a significant thing to look at. The differences among race caused all of these problems, to deal with this is not easy at all. Freedom Writers show us that we can live our life with distinction because it shows us how to understand and accept dissimilarity that we have and also to