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Human Rights Essay <br />Sanya Flaten <br />7th Grade <br />Rosevilie Area Middle Scf�ool <br />Mr. Lauinger <br />Honorable Mention <br />I can't irr�agine what our world �would be like today without the Universal <br />Declaratian of Human Rights. Witho�t the protection af these worldwide rights, tY�e <br />glabal society would be chaotic. Numerous slaves wouldn't ever live in freedom, there <br />would be unjust laws and discrimination against certain peaple, the world 3ust wouldn't <br />work the way it does now. However, in some parts af the worid; and even in the U.S., this <br />is how people still live their daily lives. I think the mission of our global cammunity <br />shauld be to work for the ireedom and happiness of all the people that live near us as well <br />as those that live in these places of chaos. <br />In my life, I've really only hac� one person open up my ey�s to what <br />discrimination against African-American people was really like. Sure, every year we read <br />books on segregation and unfair laws but one day my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Oswald, <br />took us one step further. As I walked into the room, Mrs. Oswald asked, "Who here has <br />blue eyes?" Not sure of where she was going with this, I replied, "I do." Some other kids <br />agreed that they #oo had blue eyes. Mrs. Oswald �nade a list in the front of room that <br />included all the people with blue eyes. After class had started; she didn't seem ta be <br />paying any attention to the list but that, as the class slowly realized, was not tk�e case. As <br />the mornfng went on, Mrs. Oswaid never once caIled on any af the blue-eyed people or <br />let them leave ihe room. I slowly was starting t� realize the pain of discrirriination that <br />African-Americans have had ta go through every day since they arrived in America. At <br />the end of the morning we had a class discussion (th�t included blue-eyed people) about <br />the discriminatian that had occurred in our cauntry (and still continues) and in the class <br />t�at morning. <br />The Universal Deciaration of Human Rights clearly states in Human Right <br />Nurnber 2 that all people have Human Rights, no matter their gender, skin co�or, religion, <br />social status, nor the country they are from, the language they speak, what they think, or <br />