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The Dimensions Of Equality In The United States

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In the context of equality and distribution, it is also important to discuss the dimensions of equality. One of the dimensions of equality is membership in the community. Membership in the polis is important because the members are considered to be the recipients in the dimensions of distributions. Members are always treated equally or not even viewed as members of the community. Stone (2012) gives an example of how African Americans were not considered as members of the United States community, even after liberty was given to every men on the land. Stone (2012) mentions how white Americans, especially in the southerners, understood the meaning of liberty differently, “to white southerners, it meant ‘the power to do as they please with other

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