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Jimmy Carter A Call To Action Analysis

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In the book A Call to Action, Jimmy Carter talks about different ethical problems in our society. Most of what is mentioned in his book has to do with women and how they are treated and viewed. He starts the book with what he saw when he was a child. He says that as he was growing up he began to notice things that were going on around his town. He didn’t see any racial or sexists things against people in his childhood. He noticed that his town was interpreting Bible lessons to accommodate the most convenient standards. People would be married to each other, but would live with someone else and have children with them. Jimmy Carter saw the the separate but equal ruling of the U.S Supreme court and couldn’t believe that no one raised objections. His friends and playmates would go to different schools, churches, couldn’t vote or serve in a jury. Jimmy Carter begins the second chapter by showing his concern about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. World leaders signed and ratified this agreement to protect human rights, but they are not being protected and some religions have exempted themselves. Those relions are keeping women and girls from having the equal rights as the men do. The agreement has led to war if people try to stop those religions or countries from holding back women. If nothing is done they will continue to be treated badly, but if someone says something a war could be caused. Many countries also use war to solve many problems that don't require

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