Response to Karina Cruz
I agree with Karina Cruz’s snapshot because I believe that all women should have equal rights that men have. Back then before the 19th amendment it was thought that women did not have a lot of rights. The right to vote was one of them. Women of color were a part of this problem. According Sarah Seidman “ The suffrage movement and the 19th amendment discriminated against many women of color. In New York, the suffrage movement attracted a diverse range of women, including Sarah J.S. Garnet, who founded the Equal Suffrage League in Kings County in the late 1880s and organized for the vote through the National Association of Colored Women, and Mabel Lee, who led a contingent of Chinese and Chinese-American women in a suffrage parade down Fifth Avenue in 1917. Yet white-led suffrage organizations in New York and elsewhere usually excluded Black women and sometimes told them to march at the back of parades”. This explains that during the suffrage movement many black women were discriminated against. Therefore they were excluded from voting. While Mabel Lee and Sarah organized for the vote through the National association of colored women, in New York and in other places black women were not allowed to vote.
It is important for everyone to vote because it is important to have a voice in society. We all should have a voice no matter the sex and no matter the race. By voting we have the ability to change the world. For example, years ago when Trump was president many people were upset that Clinton was not the president. But the truth was that even though Trump is not a good president he was selected because many people were on his side and they voted for him because they. The thing about voting is that even if one person doesn’t vote we are setting ourselves up not knowing that this vote can change our lives forever. If more people had put in their votes we would’ve had a better country. Many things would have improved if more people had cast their vote for their right president ( Hillary). For example her plans were to raise middle class incomes, expand women’s rights, improve health care and more. However because of a few votes we have ruined our chances to have a better economic plan. According to the 19th Amendment “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
In conclusion, I believe that all of us should have rights. Although we are in the 21st century many people of color are still being excluded and ignored. Crime is a prime example. Whenever there was a crime against a white person it would always be on the news and always would be investigated. However whenever a crime is committed against an african american it would be ignored or it will be only on social medias like Instagram, Facebook etc.. All of our voices should be heard because our voices can help change the world and the atrocities we face in it.
