Blog 3, Post 7 - Extra Credit {Reflection Paper} Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In reflecting upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I was unaware of this particular declaration and if enforced it would definitely help all people in the United States.   Focusing on rights to shelter and to nutrition and why those rights exist or don't exist is a very good question.  

Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or
international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be
independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

In this Article, the declaration states that we have all these rights no matter what race, creed , political or  opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status and more.   Growing up as a young Native American, I never enjoyed any of these rights and to this day I still have struggle for what is mine.

Article 17
Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Interestingly enough, I find this one very interesting also, maybe everyone does have the right to own property, but where?   There are some neighborhoods where people of color still cannot live in or own property.   Yes if you look at the ambiguity of the declaration, they can still own a property, interesting.

Article 25
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of
himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment,
sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances
beyond his control.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children,
whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 25 really confuses me, I recall in class that as a project we were trying to data in the number of homeless in our designated city that we were all assigned and when putting our efforts forth to get more data, it was like working on a top secret project.   Why the the rights don't exist; I would have to say greed, everything is all about the money.   I like the principle of the declaration and maybe it was meant to do more than it does, I have gone to Washington D.C. and have seen many of those bills and amendments, and some can take forever to read.   I can imagine investigating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, not that I wont.