Igloria’s poem “Refuse Ghazal” discusses violence in a creative way. It begins with a woman pleading to cover up her husband’s corpse and the police refusing to let her. It then goes into her daughter refusing to be quiet after seeing her dead father. The only people who do not refuse anything are the witnesses….
Universal Fight for Human Rights
Mutua discusses the human rights project critically as a three-dimensional metaphor with different complexities. His argument is that the narrative behind human rights depicts some sort of challenge; putting savages against the victims and saviors on the other hand. The construction Savages, victims, and saviors (SVS) is a construction on some of the…
Should the internet be considered a human right?
The internet is essential to my human rights for the purpose of communication. Communication involves expressing myself which means I am exercising my freedom of expression. There are different ways to express oneself, but I express myself mostly on social media. Using social media to express myself requires an internet connection. I choose to…
“Your Handsome Captain”: Tableau V
Tableau IV of “Your Handsome Captain” by Simone Schwarts-Bart, Jessica Harris, and Catherine Temerson, ended in uncertainty. Wilnor questioned his wife’s love for him by saying “Your handsome captain….?” at the end of his recording. I answered the question to his wife in Tableau V. TABLEAU V The Voice Wilnor, handsome captain today is April…
“Be the change that you wish to see” – Unknown
Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Rights is a claim for human rights, and it protects humans from discrimination, but is it respected within countries? Discrimination is judging negatively based on a what community a person or group of people belong to. An example of discrimination would be assuming…
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