The United States was struggling with slavery and other issues. They were not standing up for what the Declaration was stating. The United States discriminated against blacks and therefore did not treat all their citizen's equally. They also had many labor laws and their citizen's were not treated the way they should have been in the workplace. The United States could not promise all of their citizens the rights that were in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which is why they did not immediately ratify it.
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Danielle
ReplyDeleteWhat you wrote was good. However, you could have used some of the articles from the reading to add to the blog. Also it could have been a little longer with more facts.
i like the "short and to the point" aspect of your answer. I also think adding some evidence from the declaration itself would have made your blog a lot more solid and credible to your answer.
ReplyDeleteSame here, totally to the point, but some supporting evidence would be nice.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the others. You answered the main question but like Kereen said, supporting evidence would have been nice. Even quoting some parts that you felt the U.S. especially had trouble accepting. There were articles specifically addressing the equal treatment of all citizens and labor laws. It seems like you were just rushed for time but hey, it answered the question.
ReplyDeleteI agree that two of the biggest problems the United States had was the issue of discrimination and protecting its workers.
ReplyDeleteI'm concerned by the slavery reference!!!
ReplyDeleteBut there's also the treatment of women and the fact that the U.S., with its policies that favored northwestern European immigrants, definitely made distinctions in regards to nationality.