SAT写作常见话题：挑战权威_SAT写作

SAT写作常见话题：挑战权威

　　Example 2: Civil Rights Movement

　　Detail: Another example comes from the Civil Rights Movement which set the stage for the progress and turmoil of the 1960s. At that time, despite the American creed of equality for all, segregation was prevalent in the South. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka questioned the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Fergusor that the doctrine of separate but equal has no place, and the successful overruling of this decision encouraged civil rights workers to press for equality and freedom.

　　Example 3: Copernicus s heliocentric theory1992 LA riots

　　Detail: Copernicus s heliocentric theory in the 16th century was a direct attack upon the accepted wisdom of the time, the geocentric view of the universe articulated by Aristotle. When Darwin first declared that the wide variety of animal species was due to a process of development over many millennia, he challenged the traditional Christian belief and outraged the religious fundamentalists.

　　Example 4: 1992 LA riots

　　Detail: Mass resistance to authority can escalate to violent protest and rioting, during which innocent people are hurt and their property damaged and destroyed. The fallout from the 1992 Los Angeles riots aptly illustrated this point. The authority that the rioters sought to challenge was that of the legal justice system, which acquitted police officers in the beating of Rodney King. The means of challenging amounted to flagrant disregard for criminal law on a mass-scale -- by ways of looting, arson, and even deadly assault. This violent challenge to authority resulted in a turning back of the clock with respect to racial tensions across America.