Monday, March 29, 2010
The Clan of One-Brested Women #5
In this Reading Terry Tempest Williams' family has a long history of cancer. What she suspects, and probably rightfully so, is that atomic testing in Utah is causeing cancer within her family, particularly the women. She is a Mormon and, despite the fact that Mormons are strict believers in civil obedience, Terry and other women take a stand. These protests land some women in jail and others stranded in the desert (which did not bother them considering this was where they grew up). Whether or not her protests made a difference or not I think they where definately in order, because what the government was doing was infact harming American citizens. I seriously doubt their intention was to cause harm to people, but their lack of research and attention to detail showed recklesness. It takes people like Terry sometimes to stand up for what is right. We know there are times we should stand up for what is right and protest like this one, but a question we need to ask ourselves is: what difference will it make if I stand up and do the right thing, and if it does not make a difference, is it worth the reprecusion anyway?
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The only way for this nation to progress forward is for all of its citizens to make personal stands when they see an injustice in the world. Our nation was formed with some very lofty goals of human equality that we may never achieve, but that we should always strive toward. President Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” was intended to be a wakeup call for all of us. Everyone faces injustices in their lives no matter what background they come from. We must be willing to continue the tradition of our forefathers to fight against the injustices we face in our own lives to achieve the President’s goal for the country, “to narrow that gap between the promise of our ideals and the reality of our time” (2).
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