Quiz 3

Sarah Barnes explains in her article “Don’t be a hypocrite in the fight for equal rights,” that to many people are complaining about being mistreated. She writes about all the major races and points out in her own views that they whine and complain about being mistreated and not having equal rights. To the blacks, she states that slavery was horrible but not to dwell on it now. For women not to complain about not being equal because most are and just don’t know it. That Homosexuals flaunt their sexuality around to much; while you don’t see other people doing that everyday. Sarah thinks that people are taking their freedoms to far and not recognizing how good they already have it.

A good amount of Johnson’s arguments can be backed-up by what Sarah Barnes says in her article about equal rights. There are a couple arguments that Johnson has that would relate to Sarah’s article but the one I see most present is minimizing and being sick and tired. When comparing it to Johnson’s argument about being sick and tired, one can point out Barnes views through such quotes as “move one”, “no need to continue to dwell upon it”, and “So many of us gripe[…]”. Those are perfect examples of a young woman being sick and tired of hearing about racism and sexism. When talking about minimizing, Sarah states “ Granted, different races were not treated fairly[…]”, and it just send s a message to her readers that it isn’t a big deal. Rights are not equal in todays standards, and minimizing them only hurts trying to resolve them by saying their not a big deal.