The Power of Neutrality In every life, everyone comes across choices and decisions, some insignificant while others are vital and mold our very future. In some cases one may decide to take action when others will turn the other way and imagine it doesn’t exist. Everything one does or doesn’t do molds and transforms life either for the better or for the worse. Even the decision to do nothing, has an effect on one’s life and the lives of others. If nothing is ever done, change will never come, and without change our evolving world as we now know it will cease to exist. Neutrality is a choice in life that seems almost insignificant but can have important consequence. “To be, or not to be: that is the question.”(William Shakespeare) Neutrality is a stagnant path one can choose in life. But with no change, comes no solutions and no growth. Turning a blind eye is a choice; turning one’s head the other way and pretending something doesn’t exist, in hope someday, somehow it will work itself out. However, without activism there can never be change. Slavery was looked upon by many as evil, while others saw it as a necessity to their economic existence. Although, there were many people who despised slavery , most decided to do nothing, to be passive, of the issue; unknowingly accepting the idea of slavery and in turn becoming part of the problem, not the solution. Eventually these silent phantoms gained the courage to speak up to abolish slavery after years and years of acceptance. Not until 1861 did these ghosts finally come to realize that if they didn’t take action no one would. These phantoms couldn’t rely on others to do their deeds for them. Through this recognition these passive men decided to take action about racism and put an end to colorblindness, resulting in the American Civil War between once passive men and the men following and allowing slavery to continue, the Union and the Confederate. Due to the delay of action there were many years of slavery and bloodshed that could have been avoided, millions of lives saved, if action was only taken sooner. Due to the utter silence of these phantoms and the incapability to take sides they became part of the problem, not