Monday, March 25, 2013
Selma, Lord, Selma chs 1& 2
Selma, Lord, Selma is an autobiographical account of early 1965 in Selma, Alabama told from the viewpoint of two little girls who lived through the turbulence of that era. Each chapter is told in a first person account from either Sheyann's or Rachel's account of what happened each day. In the very first chapter Sheyann misses school in order to see what's happening in the church. She hears the speaker make a statement that she later asks her mother to clarify. He says "If you can't vote, then you're not free. And if you ain't free, children, then you're a slave." What do you think he meant by that statement? How does voting equate with freedom?
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ReplyDeleteI think it mean if you're cant vote your not free because u don't have at say so of nothing. If something you don't like go on you can't put a stop it because you can't vote. Voting is equate with freedom because if you cant vote it not no point of being free.
ReplyDeleteI think it means that they weren't allowed to vote and make their own descisons. If you can't vote, it means you have no point of being free. Votiong is very important and ervyone should have that opportunity to do so, no matter their race or gender.
ReplyDeleteTo me he meant that if black people can't vote then we aren't free because we aren't able to vote for what we think is right, we won't have a say so in anything at all. We have to go by and listen to what the white people have to say. And when he said , if we aren't free children, then you're a slave. To me he meant that we are slaves until we are freed. Voting is equate with freedom because to vote you have to be free. If you a slave you won't have a chance to vote.
ReplyDeleteI think the speaker of the church meant that black people are not fully free. Black people are second-class citizens and they don't have all the rights that white people do. Also, I think he meant that until black people have all the rights of an American citizen as white people they will always be a slave. Voting equate with freedom because all people who are free has the right to register and to vote.
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ReplyDeleteI feel that he meant blacks didn't have the opportunity to vote because they weren't free, they didn't have the opportunity to vote for what they think is right. Most blacks didn't even register because they were afraid of what was going to happen. "If you can't vote, then you're not free" really means that blacks were still understand the racism at that time and were still being known as slaves. In order to vote, you have to be free. Voting is very important, this is why it is being used today.
I think the Statement meant that if you cant Vote you're not free, you cant express your own Opinion if you cant Vote, blacks don't have a say so. They wouldn't have a choice but to listen or agree with the Whites because they aren't Free TO Vote. They are also still Slaves until they are able to Vote because in the mid 1960s if you were black you couldn't vote they also used to have to take Tests to pass and read in order to vote and that was another reason to why they couldn't vote because most blacks couldn't read whites wouldn't Allow slaves to.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the speaker implied that if you cannot vote, then you are considered a slave. This is so because being "free" means that you have the same rights as others. Therefore, since African Americans were not allowed to vote, this made them unequal. Slaves were not "free" Americans. They had very few rights and were property of someone of Caucasion descent. This is what I believe the speaker was implying. They were barricading African Americans' freedom by not allowing them to vote.
ReplyDeleteI think if you cant vote your not equal and your opinion doesn't matter. If there is anything wrong with the president or the laws being pass we as African Americans couldn't do much cause we didn't have the right to vote. Voting should be given to every american citizen. I feel like if you cant vote than your not american and your being denied of your freedom.
ReplyDeleteI think it means that if you couldn't vote which means you're not a legal citizen then you're not a free slave and you’re not register to vote. Voting relates to freedom because in order to cast your vote then you’ve got to be a free slave at that time. If you couldn’t vote then you’re not a free slave and don’t have constitutional rights.
ReplyDeleteI think the speaker meant that if you don't have the right to state your opinion then you are not really free. You can't be apart of the outcome if you never contributed to it. Basically the speaker was saying that racism still continues and that if you don't try to voice your opinion then it will continue. I think voting equates to freedom by being able to vote is a sign of freedom and once you have that freedom then you can state your own opinion whenever. You don't need other people making decisions for you.
ReplyDeleteI think the speaker is clearly saying that if you can not vote , you are not classified as a free citizen youre still considered a slave because you have no rights or input in the changes taking place in your town or community. Voting equates with freedom simply because with freedom you have rights and voting is the first right that considered black african americans free during the civil movement in order to cast a vote you must be free.
ReplyDeleteIf you dont have the right to vote you cant have freedom because you didnt vote. Freedom had alot to do with voting because if your not free you cant vote.
ReplyDeleteI think the statement meant that voting is a right for every citizen to have the opportunity to voice their views. If you can't vote, then you are not "free" to voice your views period. If a citizen does not have voting rights, their views are null and void just as slaves were viewed as having no power and no say so. Not having the right to vote would be like being a slave! Voting equates with freedom by giving citizens the voice to decide what is wanted through voting.
ReplyDeleteI think the speaker is trying to make a point that not being able to vote makes a person limited to the world. In certain one's eyes we were freed from slavery. I disagree because not being able to vote is like being chained, just as slaves were. To me limiting one's ability to vote is enslaving him/her. Voting equates with freedom by giving a person the power to voice their opinion.
ReplyDeleteThe speaker is saying that if you can't vote you really and truly have no rights in the world which therefore you have no.opinion and you are a slave until you can vote and your voice be heard. Voting is really an acknowledgement that your voice count and if your voice doesn't count your not free your a slave.
ReplyDeleteI think it has something to do with racism. The speakervis saying if you can't vote, what can you really do? You are a slave because you aren't allowed freedoms like the others because of the color of your skin
ReplyDeleteI think it means that they weren't allowed to vote and make their own decisions. If you don't have the right to vote, that's like not having any type of freedom. It shouldn't be based off the color of anybody's skin because that's called racism. Each and every citizen should have the right to vote.
ReplyDeleteThis statements means to me that even thought you are a free person, you are not actually free if you can't vote. If you can not vote for your self or do anything for your self then as a person you serve no purpose. Back in the day in slavery you were not able to vote if you was black free or not. Now in the time period that Sheyann and Rachel lived in their younger live although they were free many African Americans were not considered citizen or was not able to vote. They could not get there own freedom of speech out to the world they was still over an white person
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