Monday, March 29, 2010
Inquiry 5
In "The Clan of One-Breasted Women" the author discusses nuclear testing in Utah and the negative effects it has had on her family and others. In the writing she describes how she came from a family which nearly every member suffered cancer and was not quite sure the reason until her father explained to her about the nuclear testing that caused the cancer. She has a dream in which women stand up for their rights and cross military boundaries to make a stand and reclaim the desert for themselves and their family. This dream inspires her to stand up for her rights and boycott the nuclear testing. This gets her arrested, but through this she felt as if she is making a step in the right direction. After being released in the middle of nowhere in the desert with fellow activists she states that, "we were home"(Williams). Amongst a society that was conforming to government rules, these few women stood up for what they believed was right. So, could you do the same? And does it even make a difference at all?
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Just as these civilian women stood up against an injustice, we, as Americans are obligated to do the same. The nuclear testing affecting a small population, but as President Obama stated, the social injustices happening today are affecting every race, religion... Therefore, just like those women fought for their rights, we must do the same. It is obvious that racism and sexism and any other ism out there are still hindering our nation's potential greatness. It is imperative that we as AMERICANS, not specified-race-Americans, but as united Americans come together and and work together. I believe this country is lacking in work ethic and that is where much of the "resentment" President Obama speaks of stems from.
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