Man´s Unalienable Rights

 

“…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”  

American Declaration of Independence . 

July 4, 1776

      Thomas Jefferson spoke about these last three primordial rights in the Declaration of Independence.                                                                                       

Human beings are all born equal and gifted with these unalienable rights.  They cannot be legitimately denied to any person.

The majority of the world´s population knows about the existence of Human Rights.  As students, we started wondering about the topic: 

Have human rights always been respected?

After the Second World War it was clear that the conflict had caused serious damage to the people involved and had had a great impact on the  whole world.  Therefore, it was necessary to protect human rights.

On December 10, 1948, a United Nations commision  summoned in Paris, France, wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is based on the basic principles that respect of human rights is inseparable from the dignity of each person.

Click here and you will be redirected into the Preamble and the Declaration of Human Rights.

We watched a really interesting movie that shows  how Black and White people lived together in a society divided by discrimination and segregation. The movie is called ´´The Help´´ and the story takes place in the 60´s, in the United States. 

Click here to watch the movie  

This is a simple but touching story that will make you think about everything related to Human Rights and will encourage you to continue investigating about this topic.

Let´s share some interesting images from the movie:

                                                                         

Aibeleen and Minny  share their sad life experiences with Skeeter in a secret way. She will publish them later in an annonymous book.  

These are the words Aibeleen, one of the black maids, always repeats to little Mae Moebley, the white little girl she looks after.

One by one, the maids meet to discuss and share their experiences working at White women´s houses.

Celia joins Minny and shares lunchtime with her. Despite their social and racial differences they laugh and have a great time together. 

All the maids gather at church to congratulate Minny and Aibeleen for their bravery.