My Rights- Brittany Cardenas

My Rights in This Country

By Brittany Cardenas

I believe in my rights in this country. I believe that I should be treated the same as my fellow classmates. Just because I am a proud Mexican-American, a short girl, with straight black hair, and chocolate colored eyes, doesn’t mean that I cannot be treated the same as those who have pale skin, dirty blonde hair, and ocean blue eyes. Not just because of my religion, but because of what I was taught and told growing up, I believe that we are all the same in the eyes of God.

I believe that I should have the same respect as anyone else. I want to be respected no matter my opinions, the pigment of my skin, and the language that I speak. I want to be called by my name, not beaner, alien, or daughter of aliens. My name is Brittany Cardenas and although all of those names are true, I still believe that I should be called by my name. I have dreams just like everybody does; I have the dream to graduate from Mount de Sales, go to med-school, earn my fellowship at a great hospital, to become a neonatologist, get married, and become a mom. I believe that I should get the opportunity to make my dreams come true wherever I want. I believe that I should be treated like any other American. I do not want to be told that I should go work in a restaurant to sweep the floors or clean the bathrooms as my future career.

Many people think that because I am a Latina girl, I won’t achieve anything, that I live in a low class society, and that I am not smart enough to be in a private school. I work so hard to maintain all A’s, to make my parents proud, so they can know that I am so grateful for all the sacrifices. I believe that I should get the opportunity, like any other citizen of the United States of America, to receive an equal education.

I believe in my existence in this country, in the respect that I deserve, and the happiness that I should have. I should live in happiness and peace because this is the land of the free.

This is what I believe in.