Protest Music

Protest music was known to be very popular. A lot of artists were against segregation, war, laws, and the government. Protest music from back then, African American artists wrote the song "When Will We Be Paid [For The Work We've Done]". It was about wanting peace between all races and that they should be given a better life for all that they have done for everyone. The song shows the lives of "low-class" African Americans, including slavery and the horrors they went through. Protest music is still being made until this day. A band named System of A Down made a song named "BYOB". It was basically about the government staying back, and "partying", enjoying their life while they send "the poor" to fight in the wars they start. The song blamed the government for doing nothing. 

Protest music could bring many agreeing people together and could even convince them to argue for what they desire. 

Power After the Children's March

   Power is usually a very hard thing to posses. Fear is basically in everyone. In school, students listen to their teachers, and people follow the laws. People even want laws to be changed. When people want power to change a law, they can come together and, like the negro kids in the Children's March, they can show no fear, but instead, fight along side each other without violence. Power can be gained in numbers. If you want to work to stop something or change something, you can work with a lot of people that agree with you, and will be willing to show no fear in arguing and fighting, non-violently, for what they really want. I think that power is a huge thing. Even children can create it. If i could have the amount of power that the negro children had the day of the Children's March, i would work to change a lot of things.

What is "Un-American"?

   The term, "Un-American", can be very hard to define. Some say that Un-American means to do horrible crimes, while others can say that it means to do something that is not done in america. 

   A lot of things that people do can be "Un-American". People also seem to think that, only, bad things that others do, is Un-American. But there are many reasons something can be considered un-american. A lot of religions were not started in America. Christianity was started way back in the past, before America was founded. It just so happens that the Pledge of Allegiance has "God" in it. In some religions, there are arranged marriages. In America, anyone is free to marry who ever they want.  Also, cannibalism can be un-american. No one in America, unless they are beyond crazy, eats people for the heck of it. Lastly, it can be un-american just to mind your own business. In other words, no one minds their own business in America. 

   Ultimately, "Un-American" is a difficult topic. Anyone in America has the right to speak freely, and because of this, anyone can say anything is un-american.