The Myth Of Equality

During the time Reginald Rose wrote the play Twelve Angry Men America was not an equal place for all people. A democracy is founded on the ideology that all Americans should be given a fair trial in court before being declared guilty. The twelve jurors in the play come from various backgrounds but initially, all but one vote in favor of the boy’s unforgivable sentence; while two other jurors lift two strong social stigmas and overcome their bias. One juror decided to stand up and take the time out for proper reasoning that resulted in teaching the others two jurors a lesson. Final verdicts should be made on justifiable grounds or the foundation of America’s society could be left at risk for collapse. Justifiable final verdicts are skewed

Racial Disparity is denoting or diminishing a human species based on race and physical characteristics. Let’s start off by just stating the obvious, “Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense. Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests.” (http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/shadow-report-to-the-united-nations-human-rights-committee-regarding-racial-disparities-in-the-united-states-criminal-justice-system) I believe the biggest disparity in the United States is incarceration rates. In 2010 according to the prison policy initiative in the United States Whites make up for 64% of the population, Hispanics 16% and blacks 13% of the United States population. When it comes to the percent of United States incarnated population Whites make up for 39%, Hispanics 19% and Blacks 40%. This study shows that Blacks are incarnated more and at a more punishable rate. Not only are black people sentenced more but they are also sentenced harsher. In an article written by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph. D and research analyst says that blacks are sentenced 14 percent longer than whites. There is bias everywhere in the criminal justice system in my opinion not only with prosecutors but with officers of the law in any way, judges, etc. Another racial disparity in the

 Racism is a big flaw in our criminal judicial system, just the fact that at least one out three African American males is expected to go to prison shows that racism plays a big part in mass incarceration. African Americans make up a majority of the prison’s population than any other race. Poor and segregated locations are more closely spectated and followed by police officers than wealthy locations because, they expect poor segregated area to be more dangerous because of the people who live there and how the environment around them looks like. Police officers should not discriminate people because, of their status and/or skin color. For example, in the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” Atticus Finch proves the innocence of Tom Robinson a

I feel like the racial disparities produced in the criminal justice system has always been the same, unfair and discriminate towards a certain group of people. We(americans) are still stuck on the old ways of inequality of race. People with brown skin aren't equal to those that are white, at least in the criminal punishment part of it. And I think prejudice has a lot to do with it. I feel like when people look at blacks, mexicans, and other colored races, they assume they're just another criminal and don't deserve the same rights as whites. Law enforcement, especially recently, have just assumed the worst in a person of color and treat them like animals. They immediately arrest or kill just because it's easier to do than giving them a voice

Equality is the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity,degree, value, rank, or ability. Everyone, despite the color of your skin, age, religion, or gender should be considered equal. However, based on your background can debate how you see it. According to Anika Chaganti equality is “Equality is everyone having the same fundamental rights, no matter the circumstance. Equality is everyone having the same worth.”. Equality is a lofty goal our country still strives for. For African Americans, equality would simply be to be treated like every white person in America, treated fairly, given the same opportunities, and to be looked at like a regular human being, not as someone who is “different” or “strange”.

Racial disparity in the criminal justice system is widespread and it threatens to challenge the principle that our criminal justice system is fair, effective and

In the article “Is the Criminal Justice System Racist?” it states “a 1990 study of 11,000 California cases found that slight racial differences in sentence length resulted from blacks’ prior records and other legally relevant variables.” This statistic states that one of the main reasons the unequal incarceration rate exists is because some African Americans have a extensive criminal record compared to other races. Some may argue with statistic saying it’s wrong and racist. Given there is still discrimination in America against African Americans and all races. If you look deeper into police brutality stories you will find out there are many cases on Hispanics and Caucasians, along with many other races.

There is a very evident problem with racism in the United States Criminal Justice System. Society chooses to ignore this problem because many do not think they are a part of it. What they do not understand is they are a part of society, therefore a part of the problem. Even if a particular person is not doing anything to cause this problem directly, they are not helping the situation either. Society has to become aware of this issue and stop pretending as though it is something that will go away on its own. Others need to become aware of this issue so they can not only make others aware, but so they can find out the exact source of the problem and how to fix it before it is too late. The United States is supposed to be a free country where people feel safe, yet there are issues still happening today that people like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and others fought and risked their lives to change. Society likes to look back on history and say that things are different and the country has come so far and that everyone is equal. However, today’s news and statistics show that is not the case at all. If we do not take action now, we will be right back where we started. Many races are not treated fairly by citizens of this county and even the United States Criminal Justice System, especially African Americans. Nationwide, African Americans are stopped, searched, arrested, and incarcerated at rates much higher than people of other races.

You are driving down the highway, obeying the traffic laws. You look in the rear view mirror and you see flashing lights, cop lights, and a siren. You pull over and you are not too sure why. What is clear from research is that race is a consistent predictor of attitude toward the police. A study in Cincinnati found that black drivers had longer stops and higher search rates than white drivers. (www.nij.gov)There are 2.2 million people behind bars in the nation’s prisons and jails today. This is a 500% increase in the last 40 years, prisons are becoming overcrowded and it is only getting worse. Today, people of color make up 37% of the U.S population but make up 67% of the prison population. African American men are six times more likely to be incarcerated and hispanic males are more than twice as likely to be incarcerated than white males. Even white males commit the same crimes, and they still do not get the same amount of time as blacks and hispanics do. This raises questions, is our justice system fair? Is the criminal justice system operated to target people of color? The risk that African Americans are unfairly targeted should be a special concern for the U.S supreme court which it seems to not be. The color of someone 's skin should not be taken into consideration in the justice system, it is unfair to the person being charged, it is unjustifiable and it is

One of the main reasons that supports this theme is that If you abandon your differences for a life of total equality it diminishes individuality. We see this constantly throughout the story with the only up front example being on page 2 when Hazel tells George to take off some of his handicaps. But to that he response by saying “I don’t mind it,” “I don’t notice it any more. It’s just a part of me.” The reader now can clearly see the burden that many face in this society that dwells on normality rather than individuality. Another example of this is on page 1 where George and Hazel are watching a rather dull ballet they see how the ballerinas are forced to wear degrading items that only mask their differences. And they have come to accept it

In my school community, the quality I admire the most is our pursuit for equality. When we experience an incident of racial injustice, the community immediately takes action. Just last week, a student from another school called our player on the field a racial slur. The day had not even finished before more than 6 students reported the incident on social media and emails were sent to the vice-principal of the offending student. We defend every person in our community — especially the students who suffer from racial discrimination the most. Recently, our teachers placed flyers on all classroom doors in support of DACA students. My community never ceases to amaze me with how supportive everyone is with each other.

Women are inferior to men. What else could happen when they try to be men, they have sought to usurp us in all fields and elements of society, from cultural, economical, political, racial, and social to any other thinkable. This is entirely absurd, you cannot replace something that is your antithesis or your natural pairing, as examples a desktop computer has no value as a laptop, salt water has no use as fresh water, hunting dogs are lousy falcons, and guns are terrible shovels. These examples all work in the opposite direction as well; furthermore the earth or more accurately life on earth requires both salt and fresh water, the pair plays a vital role in the process one cannot replace the other in regards to importance. They can replace

Men and women when completing a task should be seen as equal when looking at the outcome. In the book it states, that “Women still face many challenges in the working world today, including unequal pay, sexual harassment, sexism, tracking to certain kinds of jobs, the “feminization” of jobs, the glass ceiling, and more.” Why though? A man is not given special powers that allows them to do something a women can not. Socialist feminists argue that all social relations, including relations between workers and the owners of the means of production, stem from unequal gender relations. Feminism is an intellectual, consciousness-raising movement based on the idea that women and men should be accorded equal opportunities and respect. Which I am sure

Insight into the thoughts on the development of the perfect human race and the respect given towards a certain human remain written in a book. Francis Fukuyama records his opinions in his book, Our Posthuman Future, in a chapter called “Human Dignity”. This chapter explains the authors’ ideas on the origin and the importance of an attributed characteristic called “Factor x”. It described as a factor to human dignity. Fukuyama goes in depth about respecting humans up to their abilities and the religious, scientific, and political standing points. The enhancement of human characteristics by biochemistry and the explanation of the “Genetic Lottery” also exist within this chapter. The purpose and goal of biochemical studies offers the

The literature on equality dated back long ago and was more of a statistical issue prior to Rawls’ philosophical contribution. The Rawlsian philosophy was based on providing justice beyond maximizing the civil liberties. His idea – ‘difference principle’ -was to make people equal by having a set of institutions that allocate the worst off individuals the maximum level of ‘primary goods’. He viewed, in this regard, primary goods as the goods necessary for the success of any life plan and hence ensuring an equal primary good bundles is a way of making a person responsible for his life plan choice. The other philosophers like Jensen (1969) and Herrenstein (1971) deduced in their papers that the existence of inequality is due to differential intelligence of the individuals and hence rendering the society an equal income distribution is merely an imagination. Their views were contradicted by the other thinkers like Bowles (1973) and Colinsk (1974) who thought of the inequality as an outcome of unequal opportunity. However, it was Dworkin (1981), Arneson (1989) or Cohen (1989) who introduced the personal responsibility into the literature on equality. Dworkin (1981 a,b) argued about how lack of internal resources can be overcome by external wealth distribution and introduced responsibility into achieving the equality in the society. Unlike Rawls, Dworkin emphasized on preferences instead of primary goods and showed that preferences of individuals matter into the welfare