I think that preferences should not be made because of past discriminations. ... It showed that three out of four Americans opposed affirmative action for past discriminations. ... It was about making sure that evils were not created in the future, not for paying for past sins. ...
That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird... - 90 Tom Robinson shouldn't die for being a mockingbird, but racists can't look past the color of his skin to see the harmless and innocent mockingbird. ... White Southerners can't see past skin color to distinguish a mockingbird from a guilty person. ...
These blameless individuals were referred to as mockingbirds, since it was a sin to kill one as said by Atticus, "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 90). ... Lee's portrayal of prejudice through these characters allows the reader to get a real in depth look into how fairness and prejudice have taken on different forms from the past, to the present....
It was apparent that he wanted to do better for himself and wanted to leave behind him the "ignorance of his past and uneducated ancestors." ... Jefferson was to die to show that a man of color could die a dignified death, and Christ died in yet another dignified manner, to show his love for his followers and wipe away their sins. ...
Disunion would have relieved the North of responsibility for the sin of slavery. ... Frederick Douglass declared that "as the war for the Union recedes into the misty shadows of the past, and the Negro is not longer needed to assault forts and stop rebel bullets, he is . . . of less importance. ...
