American Dream And Religious Discrimination

In “Working it Out” by Diana Eck, she writes about religious oppression in the workplace. The examples she gives on the many ways people have been fired, or the ways in which people's faiths have been compromised, reiterates that the amendment that states freedom of religion in the United States, is

The fundamentals of the wealth and religious freedom of the American Dream started around 1600s. The beginning of the American Dream started in the middle of 1700s where people were thinking America as a land of freedom, liberty, opportunity, and happiness. There was an illusion that the American Dream was alive for everyone in the year of 1831-1832. In the year 1930, people started to expect the government to help them to achieve the American Dream. After the World War II end, the government expected to have more people enter into the middle class with the responsibilities of improving the citizens’ living such as providing equal of opportunities and creating new technologies. Our American Dream should be equal for everyone by creating the

The controversy between marriage equality and the exercise of religious freedom is a confliction between nondiscrimination laws and religious freedom laws. Religious freedom seemed to be an important aspect of an American citizen, after all it is the very first amendment to the constitution. With each American citizen being granted equality by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination made against an individual based on his/her sexual preference may seem to violate this act. In history, religious organizations typically been immune from state and local laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. However, with the cases of Obergefell v. Hodges and Kim Davis this stance is challenged.

As our country changes we strive to modify the laws that were originally set into motion to maintain an overall balance. This causes issues, meaning a violation of the religious belief of individuals. I would like to believe the new laws are meant to make a better society rather than ruin all that we have left. It is possible that in generations to come, years after I myself have passed on, religion will have grown to be a distant practice. Change is imminent, nothing can stay the same way endlessly. If each state works on separate state issues, perhaps the rest of the nation will melt back together to find a constant means of accommodation for each and every American

The United States is one of the most culturally and religiously diverse countries in the world. The founding fathers of the United States wanted to ensure that its people would have the ability to practice their religion with no threat of persecution. In order to accomplish the goal of religious freedom and continue to ensure that all people of any religion would be free to practice their religion, the United States passed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits an employer from discriminating based on the religious views of its employees. As the citizens of the United States spend a large amount of time in their places of employment, religious practices that these employees feel are necessary for the true observance of their religion must be accommodated by the employers. This law contends that in cases where the accommodation of religious practices of its employees does not create undue hardships, an employer must make reasonable accommodations for employees to practices the beliefs of their religion. As the demographics of the United States continues to change with more religiously diverse people immigrating to the country, employers are coming under more pressure to ensure they are taking all possible precautions to accommodate the religious practices of its employees. These precautions are important as the once an employee has established a bona fide complaint of religious discrimination, the burden of proof then falls on the employer to prove they

Under the title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination. Discrimination of basis of sex, race, color, national origin, or religion. If a profit corporation have religious beliefs they will be able to argue they have the right to side-step Title VII and, for example, hire only those who sign a “statement of faith” or share the same religious

For instance, according to an article in the Washington Post “…black men still need two more levels of education to have the same chances of landing a job as a white man” (Marte). Minorities in general are disproportionately unemployed; Native American employment rates are far below those of whites, they have lower odds of employment than whites even after accounting for various demographic factors (Austin). When it comes to religious bias, Muslims are now experiencing more injustices than any other time in America. The bias towards American Muslims post 9/11, has affected their job prospects; researchers have discovered that “…applicants who self-identified as Muslim on their social media profiles were called back at a lower rate nationwide by prospective employers than Christians with the exact same names and qualifications” (Pal). Even when a Muslim does get the job, the discrimination continues, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported a 250 percent rise in the number of religion-based discrimination complaints post 9/11 (Pal). If your gender is female, you aren’t fairing much better in the workplace, the majority of America’s lowest paid workers are women. On average women make seventy-eight cents to a man’s dollar, even when you take into account the difference in job choice, men still earn more for the same role (O’Brien). Opportunities to move ahead economically are out there, but they’re definitely not equal for

Employers and employees can not make harassing or discriminatory comments towards others on the basis of religion

America’s constitution allows individuals dwelling on the nation’s soil to have freedom of religion. However, Christianity which is the dominant religion in America is reinforced through government institutions. American currency mentions god and majority of public schools holiday vacations are set to coincide with Christian holidays. Religions that are not Christian based are often viewed as wrong in society and publicly tarnished. Social workers need to advocate religious equality by educating individuals so that they respect other religious beliefs, as well as spirituality. Religions that are not dominate deserve the same respect as any other religious believe. Diversity includes religious and spiritual beliefs. No believer of any religion

The American Dream consists of three main ideas – life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, through American history concepts of the American Dream have been altered in order to keep up with the beliefs of an era. When the Puritans settled in the New World, their American Dream focused on practicing religion in the way they saw fit. One century later, during the Revolutionary Era, the dream of the people was to be politically independent. Although the American Dream changed, God and religion remained important to the American people.

Religious freedom and freedom of speech have been enshrined in American law since the late 18th century. Both are found in the First Amendment to the US Constitution and have been at the center of some of the most important Supreme Court cases in history. From Texas v. Johnson to Lemon v. Kurtzmann, religious freedom and freedom of speech have shaped discourse more so than any other fundamental rights in America. Yet now more so than ever, the issue of religious belief versus freedom of speech has permeated American society. This can most clearly be seen in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a highly controversial legal case making its way through the Supreme Court.

The American Dream for many households is to own a home in a safe neighborhood, a home that is available at a cost within the family's budget, and a home that is close to the wage earner's place of employment (Correa, 2014). However, not all households experience equal access to such opportunities (Viator & Halper, 2014). Unequal benefits of the neighborhoods are brought upon individual discrimination developed from class injustice and racial prejudice among people (Intrator, Tannen, & Massey, 2016). Thus, the rank of middle-and upper-class neighborhoods along with suburban living continue to symbolize the American Dream (Friedman, Gibbons & Galvan, 2014).

In American society today the separation of Church and State is more ideal than real. The lawmakers who are in charge of the construction of laws are supposed to do so while making sure they protect human rights; however, when these people allow religion to impact their decisions they may unknowingly oppress a certain group with different beliefs. While making these decisions they believe they are benefitting society; however, they are blind to the group they are oppressing who realize that they are being oppressed due to religious reasons. When lawmaker pass these kinds of laws they believe that they are saving society from immoral values. Even though it may be unintentional they implement their religious beliefs into laws that affect the

As the world expands and modernizes, the relevancy of religion has begun to diminish. The importance of religion has reached such a low in many different cultures that the most popular religion is becoming no religion. This category of people are consisted of atheists, agnostics and those who just don’t care enough to declare a set preference. As the times continue to progress, scientific discoveries have been explaining nearly every question about nature one can have which creates less of a dependance on any religion or belief in a higher being. Along with that, many religions come with an outline of how to live everyday life. Most people see these as just a set of rules that constrain them from living their lives

Looking at racial discrimination, a variety of religious views seem to stand as a foundation that is used to justify the actions of those who feel that they