Speaking of Human Rights 4
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Speaking of Human Rights
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Speaking of Human Rights
Human Rights is the privilege that every individual in a state is entitled. Human rights have often been derived from different individuals by people who assume superiority over others. In the world today different scholars have offered their thoughts over the instances where humanity has been deprived of their rights as human beings. The speech of Susan B Anthony is a demand for her right to vote. Elie Wiesel is a survivor of government sycophancy as a Jewish boy who is rescued from oppression by American troops. Wiesel depicts gratitude to the American government for the great saving but is still on America’s case for being indifferent. He describes the dangers of indifference by the American government. Due to this, Human Rights is oppression of the low discriminated citizens by the rich, but the government will at times be indifferently fueling the same infringement of Human Rights.
Both Wiesel and Susan share a commonality where they are all fighting for their rights and advocating for equality. Susan allegedly is arrested for voting in the presidential election in 1872 with the accusation of being a woman. Despite being arraigned in court, Susan is firm to her stand that she has not committed any crime and is charged a fine of $100 which she does not honor either. Wiesel describes his life in Auschwitz where they are detained together with his sister and parents who later come to die. Wiesel is grateful for the American government for saving his life where he settles in Paris and then relocates to New York. Both scholars are championing for the human rights that have been derived from them. This is a similarity in both speeches in regard to human rights.
Susan B Anthony advocates for women rights to vote whereas Wiesel is fighting for human rights despite the gender or affiliation. Wiesel is in the heart of a trouble-stricken land where they fall victims of slavery. Wiesel and his family were transported to Auschwitz for slavery where Wiesel loses them before he is rescued by American troops. Susan fights for female rights specifically which sounds self-centered to the female gender. Wiesel is a universal fighter of general human rights. They are facing issues in food and suitable clothing while in slavery detention. This showed the difference between the quests for rights by these two scholars.
There is a trait of indifference by the American government in the two instances. In Susan’s case, the government is unfair to women. The government deprives their voting right from women where Susan dares to be different and challenge the government. Indifference occurs when the same rogue government shows compassion to Wiesel and the fellow slaves who had been taken captive. Despite Wiesel being grateful to the American government, he points out some few instances where the government silently aided their oppression. He challenged the government for some of their deeds that helped their oppressors remain powerful — this depicted indifference in the American government.
The government of the United States of America acted indifferently to the two situations. They show compassion to humanity but on deep looking into the matter, they are low-key funding the same villains against the human race. These two situations of human rights infringement show how differently the government perceives to its efforts to protect humanity. The government should be fair in their efforts to provide equality to all human beings and not just be ambassadors of hypocrisy to please the human beings that depend on the government to terminate their oppression.
References
The History Place. (2010). Great Speeches Collection: Elie Wiesel Speech The Perils of Indifference. Retrieved from http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/wiesel.htm
The History Place. (2010). Great Speeches Collection: Susan B. Anthony Speech – Women’s Right to Vote. Retrieved from http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/anthony.htm