Wendy Brown assignment by Brittany Thomas
I do agree with Brown that human rights are not just defending the innocent and powerless. On page 452 Brown says human rights is effective in limiting political violence, protects individuals from violence and abuse. It is put in place to stop torture, beatings, killings rape and assault. These example alone show and prove that human rights are not just to target a specific group of people but a whole population of people. Anything that is put in place in order to not only help the those that are in need to also but to stop these specific act for good says a lot. Many people around the world as well as in this country that need protection from being rapped and assaulted. That alone is a task with in it self but Brown is trying to say that human rights is almost a cure in a way. If everyone actually followed the human right agenda the world would be so much better. Most times when a human right is violated it is because the other person does not see or understand the person to be human or may feel that the individual does not deserve rights which in turn makes it easier to violate a right that should be common. These are the people Brown is saying human rights are or need to be protected. The people who have not had a voice like African Americans, women, men who didn’t own property were the first people who human rights did not even include. Women were considered property as well as slaves , they were not considered human and so we must through human rights consider everyone and everyone is worth more than the minimum protection but to use human rights for all the things Brown is saying it actually does.
