Equal Rights

"The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism as a sham, your humanity as a base pretense, and your Christianity as a lie. It destroys your moral power abroad: it corrupts your politicians at home. It saps the foundation of religion; it makes your name a hissing and a bye-word to a mocking earth. It is the antagonistic force in your government, the only thing that seriously disturbs and endangers your Union. it fetters your progress; it is the enemy of improvement; the deadly foe of education; it fosters pride; it breeds insolence; it promotes vice; it shelters crime; it is a curse to the earth that supports it; and yet you cling to it as if it were the sheet anchor of all your hopes. Oh! be warned! be warned! a horrible reptile is coiled up in your nation's bosom; the venomous creature is nursing at the tender breast of your youthful republic; for the love of God, tear away, and fling from you the hideous monster, and let the weight of twenty millions crush and destroy it forever!"

I totally agree with Frederick Douglass’s statement from his speech “History is a weapon; the meaning of July fourth for the Negro”. His prospective is very heart touching of how racism still exist within our society. Even with the law of equal rights, the society still not equal.

The title of the speech is “History is Weapon”, that is very true that the history of slavery scared people’s hearts especially the African American population. There is still racism in United State and it is very shameful that the equal rights law is not equal for all, all the time. Racism has decrease job opportunities even educational opportunities for many African American over years.