Maria Suarez

Ms. Holt
English 1P
November 7, 2016

Kofi Annan once said,We may have different religions, different

languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. It
has been said that we all belong to one world even though we are different
race, religion and even color. Some people think that we are all one society,
even if we have differences. Individuals struggle to find common ground
because to racism, stereotypes, and differing perspectives.
People struggle to find common ground due to differing perspectives
and stereotypes. In the article,Making the Future Better Togetherby Eboo
Patel the author states,Back then, it was a common anti-Catholic practice to
burn the Pope in effigy.(4) This shows the readers that back in the day, it
was normal for anti-Catholic people to practice the act of burning a
sculpture. This demonstrates that the anti-Catholic people didnt appreciate
the Pope. Besides that, in the article, A Quit of a Country by Anna Quilden
the article says,Many of the off-told stories of the most pluralistic nation
on the earth are stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry.(1) This shows that
instead of hearing about the good things in our country, we tend to hear the
bad.This demonstrates that even though America is a mix of different
cultures, people tend to say and hear about how people cant be together
because of their differences. Apparently, individuals tend to find it difficult
to find common ground due to the fact of differing perspectives and
stereotypes.
People struggle to find common ground due to racism. In the play,A
Raisin In The Sunby Larraine Hansberry, the text explains, In my time we
was worried about not being lynched and getting to the North if we could
and how to stay alive and still have a pinch of dignity too (42) In this
example, the readers learn that back then, African Americans had to get
away from being punished and going to the North to be safe and know how to
live and have dignity.This demonstrates that there was discrimination, and
there wasn't any equal human rights.Besides that, also in ,A Raisin In The
Sun, the text states,...that for the happiness of all concerned that our
Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities. (77) In
this example, people can assume that for everyone to be happy, they will all
have to live on their own communities. This suggests that back in the day,
there was separation between race and that those people that wanted to
move into the other society couldn't because it would be a threat for those
people living there having someone else from the other society would cause
a threat to them.
One could acknowledge that its hard for people to find common ground
because its not racism, stereotypes, nor differing perspectives that makes
it difficult to find common ground, but its our actions. It is clear that
actions speak more than words. It is extremely important for people to
understand that race is a useless title, and that you can either take action
to adding to the problem because theyre different and create chaos, or you
can keep it to yourself, move on and keep peace.