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In the textbook “American Government” Chapter Five examines the experiences of many groups who have historically fought for their civil rights in America:
- Which group’s civil rights struggle from Chapter Five do you most identify with (or at least empathize with)? Why do you feel this personal (or empathetic) connection with their struggle? Explain in at least 200 words.
- How did your respective group’s struggle for civil rights advance democracy? Answer in at least 200 words.
- Now also respond to at least two of your peers. Each response should be at least 100 words.
*For your answers above use at least one outside “scholarly” source and your free “AG” textbook to validate your information. Use APA “in-text” citations whenever you paraphrase content from another source (including from your “AG” textbook) and include your references at the end of your responses.
Of the various marginalized groups that fought for their civil and political rights, I identify the most with women. I think that gender, compounded by other variables such as race and class to form an intersectionality of violence, causes the greatest oppression because our society remains largely patriarchal.