Civil Rights And Discrimination In The United States

Race is, a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, or an ethnic group. In the USA, we are made up of literally hundreds of different ethnic groups, with different races. From African Americans to mexicans, and from scottish to Chinese, we all are different. Does that mean we can put them down, and fight them because of the difference? On September 25, 1789, the United State’s government passed a bill, The Bill of Rights. This bill gives every US citizen, 27 rights. From the freedom of religion, to abolitioning slavery. The fourteenth amendment says we all have the Right to be free from discrimination. So even with a law that says you can’t discrimination, people do.

One very monumental event in the history of the United States is the ratification and signing of the United States Constitution.This took place in the year 1787 .The Bill of Rights is actually the part of the constitution that defines the rights of the citizens of the United States.This significant document helped spell out individual rights and freedoms.Although the signing of the U.S. Constitution solved many problems it failed to solve the problem of discrimination against African Americans,women and gays and along with that the ongoing issue of Slavery.

Jury duty is a constitutional and fundamental right guaranteed to American citizens. Jury service is a way for citizens to directly participate in the judicial system. Jury duty and jury trials have been around for so long that people take it for granted. The jury was one of the factors that caused the American Revolution because the English common law system did not allow alleged criminals to have the sixth amendment rights that the United States has today. In fact, The Declaration of Independence charged that King George III deprived the colonists of a trial by jury (United States Federal Judicial Center, n.d). The Founding Fathers of the United States established the role of the jury and the right to trial by jury in most criminal and civil cases in the Constitution but that clearly cannot be fulfilled unless there are people serving on a jury.

The First Amendment guarantees U.S citizen with basic freedoms such as religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. In the 2010 case between Salazar and Buono, the First Amendment was put on trial in the Supreme Court Justice. The Supreme Court examined whether a religious cross, meant to honor World War I Veterans, violated the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment. Frank Buono, a former preserve employee, filed the lawsuit to get rid of the religious cross in the reserve permanently, stating that it was built on federal land thus creating a sense of favoritism of one religion over another in government. By establishing favoritism towards Christianity the U.S government violated the Establishment Clause. This paper analyzes the rhetorical situation between the governments interference within religion

Ethan Hall Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2305-71433 29 September 2017 Civil Liberties are basic freedoms and rights that are guaranteed to us by the government through the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Federal Law (“Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties.”). Whether they are freedom of speech or a right to an attorney, these basic rights are a right to all of us. 1 Civil rights are the basic rights to be free from unequal treatment based on certain protected characteristics (race, gender, disability, etc.) (“Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties.”). Whether it is outlawing slavery or giving women the right to vote, these civil rights are aimed at equality.

Civil Rights is a very overwhelming event to explain. The way these men and women lived was absolutely terrible. The video explained events that I never knew existed, and provided an eye opening experience I will never forget. As a young white woman who grew up in the twenty first century, I have never had to face obstacles such as these men and women faced. When living in the United States freedom is the overall dream, but no one actually has complete freedom. I unfortunately have not had to opportunity to vote, so I cannot relate their experiences to mine. I do however understand the value of a human being. There is no “perfect” human in the world, just those who think they are.

In the past, discriminatory practices interfered with recruiting and hiring diverse subjects to fill employment opportunities in America. Therefore, in 1964, legislation passed the Civil Rights Act to prohibit employers from discriminating based on race, color, sex, national origin or religion. Under the law enacted, it does not matter if the discrimination is intentional or unintentionally, and the burden of proof falls upon the defending agency to prove its hiring and recruiting practices are related to job performance. For example, the Baltimore police department excluded 95% female and 32% Hispanic men because of a 5’ 7” height restriction (Gaines & Kappeler).

The US has many laws such as the Civil Rights Acts, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the Voting Rights Act that guarantee equality for all, regardless of race, gender, and ethnicity. Though these laws exist, they do not do the best job of ensuring equality. There is a sickening amount of inequality in the United States.

By far the most important piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the history of the United States was the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which finally ended the system of dual public schools in the Southern states and abolished Jim Crow segregation is hospitals, transportation and public facilities. Only the 1965 Voting Rights Act was of equal importance, and no legislation since that time has had as much of an effect on politics, economics and society in America. It benefitted not only blacks but women, the handicapped, Hispanics, Native Americans and members of other minority groups, who have managed to hold onto most of their gains in spite of the conservative backlash of the last thirty years. Unlike the First Reconstruction of 1867-77, the Second was never completely repealed by the reactionary and racist forces in the U.S., although they have certainly tried. Although violence against civil rights workers by the Ku Klux Klan continued, especially in Alabama and Mississippi, this type of federal intervention soon undermined the institutions and organizations in the South that had kept blacks as second-class citizens since the end of the First Reconstruction in 1877. Therefore the civil rights revolution was very successful as far as it went, but by no means a complete revolution, especially in social and economic life. Martin Luther King recognized fully this at the time, and even Barack Obama is well aware that structural and institutional racism is

For many years civil rights and equality have been an issue in this country. Will every human ever be completely equal? Or is this just something we are all hoping will naturally happen? These are questions that arise in everyday life. In recent news, there have been multiple examples of inequality for the people in this country. So many citizens of the United States do not feel safe with the way our country polices itself. I feel like police take for granted the power that they are given.

The ruling of this case was a major landmark in United States. It affirmed that the congress could make use of its constitution powers provided under Commerce Clause to make privately owned businesses abide by the provision of Civil Right Act of 1964. In addition, the ruling of this case was a major step in fight against discrimination of African Americans. It illegalized private discrimination for the first time.

In the United States today discrimination is still an issue in society. As a society progress has definitely been made, but it has never fully gone away. Some of the most discriminatory action takes place in the American justice system. Young minority males between the ages of 25-29 are subject to being treated the most unfairly while whites of the same age are still being treated better than any race in this country. African American and Hispanic males are being incarcerated at higher rates than white males in America. Not only are minorities being incarcerated more, but also they are subject to harsher sentencing terms, fall victim to police racial profiling, and have disparities in the war on drugs. Also whites are still the dominant

This first photograph belongs to a digital album collection called "Civil Rights -- A Long Road" by The Library of Congress. A total of 20 photographs, these photographs were taken by members of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI) photography group. This album documents both the social-economic conditions of the African Americans and the progression of the civil rights movement.

The difference between civil rights and civil liberties are, “what right is affected and whose right is affected”. Civil rights are the basic right and privilege to be free from any unequal treatment based on characteristics like, gender, race, disabilities, origin, religion, and or any other characteristic in a setting like employment and housing. Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that are guaranteed to you by the bill of rights and the constitution. The civil liberties include the right to vote, the right to marry, the right to a fair court trial, the right to be free from unreasonable searches of your home, the right to privacy, and the freedom of speech.

The Civil Rights can be seen as the rights belonging to people by way of their status within a country, especially the if governed and guaranteed by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and by the acts of Congress, which consisted of civil laws, due process, fair protection from laws, and the toss away of discrimination. Goals are all there for all types of people Black, Hispanic, White etc. within this equal rights saga. In turn there was more people focusing primarily on Black people in the 50's and early 60's. Other changes happened within the Latino, gays and women society because of this and were inspired by the changes made because of this movement.