extended+response+on+democracy


 * Democracy

"Democracy is an act" says representative John Lewis. In this paper im going to explain my thoughts about what Lewis belives us, as citizens of a democracy must do

The oppisite of democracy is dictatorship or communism. Some countrys dont have democracy and I think we are lucky to have it. Today we have more African Americans and women involved in politics than thought possible 40 years ago. With democracy regular everyday people get a say in who leads us and represents us. We are lucky to have that because with communism the government decides what goes and with a dictatorship he or she (meaning the dictator) decides everything and doesnt get the public's opinion. He or she could make laws that benefit only themselves. That couldn't happen with democracy. In democracy the leader does what the majority of the people want (usually). Everyone realized that black people didn't have the rights that they deserved but no one did anything about it, untill Martin Luther King Jr came and led them to** __//**some** **of their rights.**//__ **As much as you might tell your self that segregation is all gone it's really not. some white people still show signs of hatred tword black people. But the people who don't dislike them can vote them into politics. Take Barrack Obama for example. He might be the first black president ever. That would've NEVER happened 40 years ago. Im glad things are good now but it can always be better**