Response 4

I agree with much of my team's responses. First, I like the point that Cassandra makes about Rosa Parks. She was the driving force behind the equality for African Americans. She made hope and community possible and come alive in the black community. When we hear about equal rights, we often think about MLK and his speech and how badly the whites treated the blacks. But as Jacob mentioned, not all white people were trying to oppress them. In fact, there were groups of white Americans who who either tried to help stop inequality or didn't participate at all. I'm glad this was mentioned because this is how holocausts start. We tend to blame a whole group of people for the destruction of another group when really we are just profiling and this helps no one. I also agree with the "contract" that Colleen wrote about. I think this makes complete sense that we as American citizens have an unwritten agreement with our government.