Assignment 01
Hello, my name is Delia Rosero. This is my third semester in CWE and my major is Liberal arts with a concentration in Disability studies. I have a part-time job working with a lovely lady who is in a wheelchair. I have a beautiful son, he is 6 years old and he has autism. I really like to spend time with him, playing or working in areas he needs a lot. He is doing better and better even though doctors told me a few years ago that he would never talk, now he has some words to communicate. When I understood that his condition was something that could happen anyone and this did not him make different I started to love the way he is. At the beginning, I was comparing him to the rest of the kids but now I know he is unique and he is my son.
I decided to take this class because my adviser recommended me but I also was reading the description of the class before I took the decision and I really call my attention. I believe that having knowledge about rights as human beings it is very important. I was born in Ecuador and in my country even these days women are considered less that men and not have the same rights. This is something that I hope one day will change.
According to the Introduction by Lynn Hunt (2007), the Declaration Of Independence said that “ “all men are created equal”. Thomas Jefferson wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.“(Pg,15) . Even though there were some changes the final Declaration of Independence was supposed to include all people without distinction.
While I was reading this Introduction I can not believe how “Bill of Rights “ did not recognize of people because some of them were still not considered to be part of the Human rights. Lynn describes how children, people with no property, slaves, some black people, women and some religions were not considered capable of participating in a political process. I can not understand how they were talking about “equality of rights” when they were leaving aside several people who were part of society and have the same rights as the rest of people.
There was also “The Paradox of Self-Evidence” where Jefferson wrote, “ We hold these truths to be self-evident.” This part of the book mentions how all human rights were not self -evident when not all people were part of those rights. As the author of the book mentions “how can human rights be universal if they are not universally recognized?” (pg.20, 21). I believe this is happening every day with women, people with disability, black people and people who have a different sexual orientation. Every day we see news about how immigrants have to work more hours and get less money or just how people don’t have the same rights as other.There are million of people who are exposed to human rights abuses every day.
