The Importance Of Equality In The United States

The United States was founded on freedom so we are technically supposed to have all terms of political equality. We do have political, social, and economic equality to an extent. Social equality for example, differs in states and with certain people. Things like race riots and killings of colors still happen today like recently in Ferguson. Our social equality has improved from the eighteen hundreds, but for for 2015 we could improve immensely. I do wish we had perfect social equality though, because I believe everyone should actually be treated equal no matter the race, age, or sexual orientation.

In America, the land of the free, people believe that it’s the greatest place to be. And America would probably be what everyone believes, but it has a very serious problem that could eventually destroy the country as whole. America is built upon Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but it has a strong equality issue that has to be taken care of. Equality is a social contract in America and unfortunately it is a broken one. A social contract is an agreement amongst the members of a society, but equality is a serious issue. Equality poses the biggest problem to America simply because in any country the people make the country, and if the people can’t get along either internal conflicts occur, or people eventually leave. Throughout America everyone regardless of race, color, or sexual orientation has experienced inequality in some part of America. Words are exchanged, fists are thrown, and in serious cases lives are lost because people are racists to one another. Equality is a broken social contract in America that will eventually be its demise if not attended to.

In the united states in american society.Men and women are treated unequal at times i think still thre is a little bit of unfairness. in the way they are being treated.such as them having a jail sentence. The men getting less time and the women getting more time depending on if the judge likes her or not.The system of unequality is in effect.because there are still unfairness in the way every man and woman are being treated.there are some equalitys in the world.men and woman are supposed to be treated equal.That is what people are fighting over people are still fighting for their

Over the years, equality has enhanced due to the improvement of presidential classifications. Up until the election of 2017, equality and civil rights have improved. Majority of the people have gained their civil rights, while equality has become more superior. There has been some complications with new rights. Society also lacks a supply of inspiring authority figures lately, more than in the past.

My grandmother has spent many years in the Middle East, working on the sick because she was a doctor. While she was there she had to escorted by her husband to go to work. Also, people were harsh towards for the way she dressed. In the Middle East such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the government has the ability to decide what the citizens get to know what's going in the world. Also, women do not have the same rights and they are not educated. In America, we get the privilege and the right to know what's going on in the world and women have equal rights as men. I am very glad I have the privilege to be equal as every else unlike many people in different countries around the world.

This is the year of 2016, it has been approximately 93 years scene the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced to Congress. Still after 93 years, the amendment was never officially passed. Now in 2016, women are dominating almost every job a man has done: a lawyer, a voter, a businesswoman, a politician, maybe even a president, but still are being seen as women from the 1920s. Why? In 2012, full time working women made 77 cents for every dollar a man made, this is a 23 percent gap between the genders (Rosen). Women work equally as men in their everyday lives, but are not treated nor rewarded equally. According to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, "Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't." (Arquette). The constitution does not prohibit discrimination as the law was never ratified. Sure, employers do not allow it, but they do

Lane Kenworthy in Foreign Affairs journal argues that it is hard nowadays make it in America because America has of late stopped being the land of equal opportunity both to its citizens as well as nonresidents or non-citizens. there is now less equality of opportunity in the United States than in most other wealthy democratic nations such as Canada, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom. As much as both Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney agreed on ensuring that equality prevails in the country, Barrack Obama believed that no matter where you come from or your cultural, racial or social background or gender, you have what it takes to succeed in the country. Ensuring equality of opportunities has not been easy because it has been difficult to access equal job opportunities and quality as well as affordable education institutions that equips one with the required skills needed in the job market (Kenworthy,2012).

As a caucasian teenage citizen of the United States of America, I am part of a privileged race. I am able to observe discrimination and segregation to other races and members of my country, as most of it is not being done to me individually. However, knowing that LGBTQ people and people of color are being dehumanized, even though the year is now 2015 and same-sex marriage is legal in all fifty states, infuriates me on a very high level. Equal rights in the United States is important to me because I strongly believe that everyone should be treated equally and with respect, no matter your sexual-orientation or race.

To this day, I still believe that equal rights is one of the biggest problems in the United States. People are constantly looking down on other for their gender, sex, race, sexual preference etc. This has been a problem since the beginning of time and I think that it needs to be stopped.

Have we really came far in the fight for racial and gender equality in America? We have made constant strides towards equality, but there is still a substantial amount of work to be done. The road ahead will be long and difficult, but for our society to become better we must learn how to be equal. According to Oxforddictionaries.com to be equal is “(of people) having the same status, rights, or opportunities”. The controversy within the topic of race and gender causes hatred towards individuals, nevertheless open dialogue and understanding will lead us to a better future.

What does it feel like to not have the right to vote, work, or even marry? Thousands of Americans through the centuries have experienced this, solely due to the way that they were born. America has fought for equal rights for hundreds of years. America has battled for the equal rights of slaves, segregation, women’s right to vote, and the right for men and women to marry the same gender.

For Generations, we have sung the star spangled Banner. It's our national anthem of America within reasoning because we are the home of the brave and the land of the free. America is pretty brave in my opinion; the United States of America is punishing people of poverty and of color in our criminal justice system and ignoring age and background and enslaving our pour. We are brave because we are having slavery occur and disguising it as punishment. Are present Industries are profiting off prisoners. So, why are we guaranteed equal rights? Yes, you may be appointed a lawyer. Yet is it really fair to say we are going to equal rights if you are appointed a lawyer by the court because of our Bill of Rights states if you cannot afford an attorney

As citizens of the United States, equality means that all individuals have the right to access a free and equal education regardless of their race, gender, disability, citizenship, or social status. True equal access should lead to the same outcomes for all students when seeking gainful employment, admission to colleges for advanced degrees, and for academic grades. However, this is not always the case because different students need different things in order to reach the same goals.

According to the Migration Policy organization, over 1.38 million foreign-born individuals moved to the United States in the year of 2015, so imagine how many immigrants reside in America today! People from other countries come to America for various reasons such as freedom of religion, to escape poverty, oppression, or to simply just live a free life. Little do these immigrants know, the grass is not always greener on the other side. The African American community, along with other minorities were enslaved for over 400 years, and faced severe racial discrimination for nearly sixty years. Unfortunately, a lot of minorities are still dealing with passive aggressive racism from each other but mainly from the Caucasian race (White Supremacy) to this day today. The American Social Value that I will be discussing is Equalitarianism, also known as equality. America is a fairly religious nation that trusts that God made each person in his image, so everybody in this nation ought to be given an equivalent open door in life. As per the constitution, each citizen ought to be given similar open doors regardless of their race, sex, religious perspectives, or sexual orientation. Although this is stated in America’s important documentation, this country does not always practice what it preaches.

Most countries strive for freedom and equality, but If you were asked a question of would you rather equality or freedom which one would you choose? From a quick glance both of them looks like they have their own ups and downs equality everyone would be equal and freedom everyone has rights and freedoms but is it all cut and dry with equality? Is it truly possible to have absolute equality, and if so why don’t we remember an instance what it happened. When you go down and look at the difference of equality and freedom it goes down to 2 different Capitalism allowing everyone in the market to have the freedom of what they do and socialism making everyone equal to one another. True equality is an unjust, ineffective, fragile way of running the government that will ultimately lead to it destruction if it hold to its ideal of equality.