Sit-in Response
Social change begins with an individual or small group.
This is shown by the small group of four colored people who sat at the “white people only counter”. They eventually caused a great movement and stopped a little of the discrimination.
Human rights are impacted by the perception of the majority.
The majority (the white people) thought that they were superior to the colored people. So, the white people had more rights than the colored.
Human rights are affected by systems of government.
The government gave the white people more rights. The colored people were discriminated; they couldn’t use the same water fountains as the white people, the same doors as the white people, the same seats as the white people, etc.
Systems can create inequities.
Back then, the colored people were discriminated. So, they weren’t allowed to sit in the same seats as the white people.
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