“Mom, why do we have to sit all the way in the back?” said Gracie
Raquel whispered to Gracie, “In our community, girls don’t have the same option as boys do.”
Gracie thinks and tells her mom, “One day I would make this community equal and let girls have the freedom as boys do.”
“If only you can, but your too young. When you get older we can make women and men equal.” Raquel tells Gracie
15 years later Gracie finally realized that she wants to make her community fair. Just like she wanted when she was smaller. …show more content…
In their community girls couldn’t leave their houses without a male escort and they earn half the money as guys do. They knew it was wrong the whole time but they didn’t know if everyone agrees with them.
“This is unfair mom! We need to do something about it! We have been waiting for years to make everything the way it is supposed to be!” Gracie yelled Raquel stood up and pushed back her chair just to say, “Your right! We have been mistreated for years now. It’s time to take a stand. We need to gather up all the girls in our community and do a protest against our government.”
Gracie and Raquel gather up every neighbor and every girl in the community. To make a speech to them. Also if they agree then they would do anything to get what they wanted this whole time.
A woman named Mrs. Hernandez said, “Why did you call for an emergency