Direct Pursuit Of Gender And Racial Equality

When America entered World War I, men went off to war, and women had to step in. They were recruited to what was seen as “men’s work”, such as postal workers, factory workers, railway guards, etc. Women were finally able to go to work, but equal pay was an ongoing issue from that point on. Women started to enjoy some basic rights that male citizens enjoyed but women were once denied. Rights such as being able to work and receiving an education, but they were still shut out, completely, from political activity.

A necessary and common fight for equality has been one that has survived throughout all of man’s existence. Due to recent racial divide and the product of racial profiling, a movement has risen up to combat these common issues. The most recent and most well-covered is the Black Lives Matter Movement. Even though it has been lauded by some media sources and individuals as the next great movement to champion for civil rights, the Black Lives Matter movement is not the same as the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s nor is it likely to be as successful. If the Black Lives Matter Movement continues with discrepancies in ideology, lack of clear leadership, and trends of hate, the movement is doomed to fail.

One of the the most controversial topics of discussion in our nation is the Black Lives Matter movement. This movement has sparked up immensely because of the President in office right now, Donald Trump, and many events transpiring around the nation. The country is at separation between the people who think that Black Lives Matter is a real issue and the people who think it is not. Without a doubt, people need to be considered equally, no matter what is said at the end of the day. America was founded on the idea that every man that walks on the soil will have just as equal opportunities as the next, no matter the race. Three essential reasons people are determined to fight for this cause is to end job discrimination, stop police brutality, and gain equal rights within society.

In the mid 1800’s in the US, women were responsible for completing duties at home and raising their kids. Their everyday routine consisted of waking up the kids, cooking all three meals, cleaning the house, washing dishes, doing laundry and completing all other household chores. If they lived on a farm, women would help with farming and raising livestock. Married women were considered property to their husband. The status of a woman is based on her husband's status. All women, regardless of social status, were not granted any rights. During this time, some women were into politics and began to question the establishment of political authority. The common question was why was political authority only granted to men. In the mid 1800, in some

For decades black Americans have been treated as animals, looked at as if they are monsters, and killed like bugs. Actions like Police brutality and racism is what caused Black Lives Matter. The creation of the Black Lives Matter was a response by the black community to give a voice to black Americans affected by the increase of wrongful deaths due to the law enforcements and vigilantes across the country. This has been going on for so long that it seems like we are stuck in the past. For years, even decades black Americans have had to live the struggle of being equal. Even when things are going good and we think we finally have the same rights, something happened to change that. It is time to shed a light on the real purpose of Black Lives Matter and why they are important to today's society.

Men were able to live the American dream but women weren't. Men were able to be a the man of the house without getting told what is what. Women on the other hand weren't able to because if a women would to get a divorce, it would be the women's fault. Also women were expected when they got

Women have been fighting for equality since the early 1700’s. Abigail Adams was one of the first advocates to bring up the topic in Massachusetts on March 31st. (5-1) Abigail writes a letter in response to her husband John Adams. In her letter she tells her husband to “Remember the ladies” when drawing a new federal government. Another case of equality came about in the early 1800’s with Deborah Sampson. Sampson pretended to be a man named Robert Shutlif and was shot twice in the Revolutionary War. (5-9) At the time of the Revolutionary War women were consider to be inferior to men. Even the first ladies had a number of privileges they could not receive because they were female. The Revolutionary War increased people 's attention to political things and made issues of liberty and equality very important. During the time of the Revolutionary War people began rethinking of the rules for society which also led to some reconsideration of the relationship between men and women. In the North, where states abolished slavery after the Revolution, black women attained rights to marry, to have custody of their children, and to own their own property. Only on paper they had the same rights as white women. In the Southern states, lawmakers continued to reject enslaved women these simple human rights. But even in the South, a larger number of freed black women enjoyed the same privileges under the law as white women.

As the years progressed from the 1700s into the 1800s, women started to see that they were not treated as equal as men even though they could do anything men could. During the late 1800s was when women first started to fight for more rights and equality. They started forming more and more women groups, and even went on labor strikes to protest the diversity. Although it seemed that as hard as they tried to gain this equality, the harder it was for them to obtain it. They were treated horribly and unequally to men. While African American men received the power to vote in 1870, women still did not have a chance at that right. Even though many people disagree that women were treated fairly, the studies show that they were discriminated against. The treatment of women in the late 1800s was discriminatory because they

I stand here today to present you with the issue that needs to be addressed immediately: racial injustice and police brutality. America is base on the fundamental principle of equality and freedom to be individual. However, this cannot happen due to the unjust to we, the blacks. Our ancestors helped through the civil revolution, many great people- such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, President Obama that try to create equality for people. America is a place where people of different color love and accept each other despite their differences. Throughout history, black people being treated brutality that led to the death of many innocent blacks who were killed by police officers, and we need to put a stop to this. People will always hear that their black male or female were killed by a higher authority figure; however, they still face no consequences. Most of the time the police officers that are not held accountable for the killing of unarmed black males because no criminal charges are pressed against them. There are still police officers on the street, discriminating blacks because they do not believe that blacks are equal to them. Many police officers that will kill even a young black male or female and then get a away with it. Yes, all human lives are valuable, but today I am specifically addressing the black lives matter movement. Blacks lives matter movement is important because we are addressing the white supremacy in our nation. It is an cry out for help

While driving down the road, I see a sign, “Black Lives Matter”, and I ponder on the question to myself, “what equality is there in humanity”. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”( Congress, 1776). I ask myself, at the time the Declaration of Independence was being written, did they forget to disclose the statement,” except for Black people.” The vast majority of social media sources, in 2016 have displayed the slogan, “Black Lives Matter”. I asked myself, have Black lives ever mattered in the United States of America, and what can citizens do to provide inclusion of membership for everyone. The history of the United States has shown racial disparities for over 200 years, and while the emancipation of slaves and the Civil Rights movement has shown some progression towards unity; the divide is apparent in everyday life.

People of money and status were the only ones making the rules which made a harsh and unjust reality for some. In early America, women were controlled by their husbands. Women were referred to as belonging to their husbands, they were not treated equal to men. They weren’t allowed to vote and had to stay at home to take care of the house and children.

As said before, I am originally from Massachusetts and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. When I came to Georgia, people acted differently than what I was most used to. Because of that, I have a different perspective on the “Black Lives Matter” movement. I love black people so don’t get me wrong here. I just believe that other things should be done in our black communities to stop having to deal with our people dying for no valuable reason every day. I feel like the “Black Lives Matter” movement is just a big blame game. I say this because all we are doing is blaming people “white” race for killing our people. Even though this may be true in some way, there are things that we can do as a race apart of this movement to stop our people from even coming in situations where we could possibly end up dying. There are things that we can do to prevent these problems, like holding programs and mentorships that teach our youth what to do when approached by a police officer. We also need to find ways to get our people out of gangs, selling drugs, doing drugs, and getting into jail. We need to teach our youth to grow up and become successful and not just have the goal of making it to their sixteenth birthday or graduating high school. They should learn how to become successful business owners and not just work for others their entire lives. As a part of this movement, we need to also take

The Black Lives Matter movement has swept across America. It 's branched out with chapters in over 31 cities and held rallies and boycotts across the United States(Sidner). The Black Lives Matter movement started with the outrage of the death of a young man. It continues to take over headlines and raise awareness on police brutality and inequality. However, the movement has met resistance from the All Lives Matter group. This group thinks that Black Lives Matter is a movement to express hatred towards other races. However, statistics, the views of fellow citizens, and the overall purpose of the Black Lives Matter movement, can prove that the movement wasn 't meant to express hate on other races and that we need to support the movement instead of going against it.

We can only achieve equality in this country when we succeed and become such an economic commodity that they must listen to our voice and our demands. Black lives not mattering isn’t anything new. It been going before Treyvon Martin and before Rodney King. It started the day they wrote in the constitution that a negro was 3/5 of a person (Baltzell). Since that day our lives has not matter in every way, all the way to our mind not mattering in educations. We know that fight we have a steep uphill fight. However, if all we do is talk about being mad about our life not mattering and just hash tagging that it is wrong that our livelihood is held in less esteem. We will accomplish nothing. America only changes when her prejudice gets in conflict with her capitalistic needs. You want to force America to listen that our education matters? Show the monetary value of a black student. The Montgomery bus boycott worked because they force white store owners to face the reality of the strength of the black community buying power (ushistory.org). If we want America to care about black education, we must make corporations feel the power and influence of the black community knowledge and innovation. We must make our intellectual property something that can only be shared in when we have a place at the table. To do that we must succeed in the face of everything. So again, I bring it full circle it’s about how we view our situation. I can’t tell you anything new about our situation all I hope to tell you is how to look at it. We could see turmoil and despair when we survive the state of blacks in America. We could look at the fact that blacks seem to be stuck in the same level of wealth and equality since 1975 (Neil Irwin). Or that Black applicants with no criminal records are less likely to get a job then white applicants with a criminal record (ROSS) (Cross).

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