Imagine This Was Your School

Why should age be such a heavily regarded barrier when it comes to politics and fighting for civil rights? So often, children are hidden from the cold hard truths in the world. They’re told to leave certain topics alone and to stay away from the news. The youth is being treated like a doll. They’re forced to obey irrational orders and they’re not even allowed to speak up for themselves in the government. This issue with adults not involving the youth in serious topics is still a controversial topic. Many years ago and still to this day, adults want to keep their children away from the dangers of the world, but little do they know that their kids could have an impact on the event. The sources, “Imagine This Was Your School” by Teri Kanefield …show more content…
Youth plays a crucial role in the battle for equality. It’s essential to get the young children and adults involved in the fight for equal rights. Adults need to stop shielding their children from the evils of this world and begin exposing them to the discrimination that they might experience later on in life. Adults will continue to shut the youth out, however it’ll all change once they hear about protests of young people who are standing up for their rights to contribute to their country. What most adults are not aware of is that in most cases, children are the ones who make a greater significance than them. In the source, “The Boys Who Fought the Nazis”, seventeen year old Karl-Heinz Schnibbe’s mother says “Son, it is best you forget you forget what you saw...That is the way our lives will be now.” (7). Karl’s mother said this during the Holocaust, which was over seventy years ago. Her son was a Nazi resister and came home with devastating news about the cruel treatment of the Nazis towards the Jews. Despite his mother’s requests for him to stop interfering with the Nazis, Karl and his friend, Helmuth. According to the text, they would distribute leaflets containing …show more content…
By depriving their children from information, adults are hurting them. Hurting them in a sense that they begin to forget all the obstacles other people before them had to face in order for them to be where they are now and to have all the privileges and rights they do. In “The Boys Who Fought the Nazis”, Helmuth was hung for a crime that was actually an act of bravery. Helmuth suffered and went through so much torturing, so that Jews could get more attention and receive the help the needed. The life as a black wasn’t a day in the park either. “There were separate drinking fountains, and some restaurants that would not even allow black people to come inside.“(16) mentions the author, Kanefield. So many people have had to live in harsh times in order for future generations to live privileged lives. So many have taken all of this for granted. Although there may not be great wars occurring in America, or segregated schools, but there are many ways people can help improve the rights of those around