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Season 2: Episode 42 Description
In today’s episode: Today is Human Rights Day. 🎉 Learn about the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and why it is important. 📣Ten'er Aruna shares five of the articles. 📜 Host Bethany Van Delft breaks down the history behind the path to this universal declaration. 🗞️ In the news: Sad bagels and an IKEA sleepover. 😴 And test your equality knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅
Sources for the episode
A Short History of Human Rights (umn.edu)
Malala Yousafzai | Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts | Britannica
Asteroid Named for Nobel Prize Winner Joins Historic Lineup (nasa.gov)
Supply Chain Crisis Leads to Cream Cheese Shortage at NYC Bagel Shops (businessinsider.com)
Heavy snow in Denmark forced people to spend the night in IKEA : NPR
English Teenager Finds Bronze Age Ax Using a Metal Detector - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Legal Highlight: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
What Is The Equality Act? Anti-Discrimination Law Explained : NPR
Trans activists fend for themselves as Equality Act stalls (usatoday.com)
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TRANSCRIPT:
Sound Bit 0:00
We must want our fellow human beings to have rights and freedom, which gives them dignity.
Bethany Van Delft 0:09
Did you know about the declaration stating all humans everywhere have the same basic rights? Today, we're embracing equality like every day at the Ten News and celebrating Human Rights Day.
Sound Bit 0:23
So in fighting for those, we fight for peace.
Bethany Van Delft 0:27
I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's Thursday, December 9th, and this is the Ten News.
Various Voices 0:32
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Bethany Van Delft 0:40
December 10th is Human Rights Day, the day we commemorate the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But, what are our rights as humans? Here to read five articles from the UN's declaration is one of our very own Ten'ers, Aruna.
Aruna 0:59
I'm Aruna, age 11, and here are five articles from the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They're endowed with reason and consciousness and should act towards one another in the spirit of brotherhood. Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of a person. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. Slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all of their forms. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Bethany Van Delft 1:36
Yes! A big Ten News snaps to Aruna. Thank you. There are 30 total articles in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. And you can learn more about the rest of your rights by checking out the link in the show notes or heading to our website, www.thetennews.com. Now, you know what your basic human rights are, but maybe you're wondering why we ever needed to write these down? Aren't they obvious? Yep. It seems clear to most people today that everyone no matter where they're born, or their race, gender, religion, or what language they speak, or if they own lands or not, should be treated with equal respect and dignity and should have the same rights. But these ideas are actually new in the history of most western societies. What? When you think about the ancient world or even medieval Europe, do you picture a king or a queen who has power over everything that happens to their subjects? That's because, for the most part of written history, there have been rulers and whole societies who did not respect the rights of their citizens. Things like where someone was born, or what race, gender, or religion they were determining whether they had any rights at all. Are you kidding me? In the ancient world, religious teachings like the Bible, the Hindu Vedas, and the teachings of Confucius taught people how to treat others the way they want to be treated. And in the Inca, Aztec and Iroquois societies, there were systems of justice and duty, but across most of these societies, laws didn't apply to everyone. And the people in power wanted to keep it that way. Well, well, well. During the Enlightenment, a period in Europe where education and learning were celebrated, rights for some people, usually white male landowners, were established through documents like the Magna Carta, the US Bill of Rights, and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man. These documents established freedoms and rights only for some individuals, while other groups like enslaved people and women were completely overlooked. Seriously? It wasn't until after World War II following the Holocaust and the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the world came together to try to establish universal human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been incorporated into the constitutions of almost every country in the world and led to 20 more treaties intended to protect humanity. Way to go. The idea of equal rights for all humans seems so obvious, but there are still places in the world, even right here in the United States, where groups of people are denied rights because of their gender, religion, race, or the language they speak. Fighting for equal rights is so important, but it's a good fight and we got to do it for us and for all the generations of people to come. It's about time. Malala Yousafzai was 11 when she started telling the world about her fight for education while she was living under Taliban rule in Pakistan. Now she's 24 and a graduate of Oxford University. Excellent. Maybe you already know that Malala survived an assassination attempt and that she's the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But did you know that NASA named an asteroid after her? Wow, it's true. In 2015 the asteroid is formerly known as 2010 ML 48 became 316201 Malala. It orbits the Sun every five and a half years and can be found between Mars and Jupiter. Now let's see what else is going on. Troubling news for bagel-lovers in New York City, the Big Apple as you know is famous for its bagels. But because of the supply chain issues we've been telling you about, the city's bagel shops are running low on cream cheese. It's so bad some shop owners have crossed state borders to buy cream cheese in New Jersey. That's unbelievable. No one wants to be stranded by a snowstorm, but shoppers in Denmark who had to spend the night at an IKEA store had a pretty good time. The shoppers watched TV and slept in the beds in the store's showroom, and they were treated to IKEA's freshly baked cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Delicious. A teenager in England knows the thrill of finding hidden treasure. 13-year-old Millie Hardwick of England was out with her dad, grandpa, and her metal detector when she discovered a 3000-year-old axe and other artifacts from the Bronze Age. Not surprisingly, Millie wants to be an archaeologist when she grows up, and she is off to a great start.
Sound Bit 6:48
Sharing your adventures is an interesting experience. And now...
Various Voices 6:54
What, what, what's the big idea?
Bethany Van Delft 6:57
Trivia on the Ten. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. But, what new acts being debated in Congress right now would amend the Civil Rights Act to explicitly prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity? Is it a) the Everyone Act b) the Equality Act or c) the LGBTQ+ act? Did you guess it? The answer is b) the Equality Act. This Act protects all individuals from discrimination no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity. It also expands protections in housing and employment to include federally funded programs and public places like stores and stadiums. Cool. The Act would help trans student-athletes who have experienced discrimination in certain states. But some lawmakers say the Equality Act would restrict religious freedoms. The majority of Americans support the bill, but it's currently on hold in the Senate. We would love to know what you think about the Equality Act. Email us at hello@thetennews.com and share your thoughts. Now we're talking. Time's up. But before we go, here's a quick note for the grownups. Thanks for listening to The News. Look out for our new episodes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and extras on Saturdays. The Ten News is a co-production of Small But Mighty Media and Next Chapter Podcasts and is distributed by iHeartRadio. The Ten News creative team is reading I Am Malala and includes Tracey Crooks, Pete Musto, Adam Barnard, Tessa Flannery, and Nathalie Alonso. Our production director is Jeremiah Tittle. And our executive producers are Donald Albright and show creator Tracy Leeds Kaplan. I'm Bethany Van Delft, and thanks for listening to the Ten News. The takeaway today Ten'ers is, to be grateful for the rights that you have and fight for the rights that people do not have. You got this!
