The Unfair Treatment of Muslim Women

inequality within minorities is “The Myth of the Latin Woman” by Judith Ortiz Cofer. “The Myth of the Latin Woman” is an essay based on the real life experiences of Judith Ortiz Cofer. The story talks about the racist inequalities she has went through as a women of Hispanic descent. “a young man, obviously fresh from a pub, spotted me and as if struck by inspiration went down on his knees in the aisle. With both hands over his hearts he broke into an an Irish tenor’s rendition of Maria from West Side Story”

examples of injustice in America? Before you start to answer that question, consider what the word injustice means. Injustice is like a plague. If one person doesn’t speak up about unfair treatment, they are allowing injustice to infect everyone. The Webster dictionary definition states, “Injustice is an unfair treatment or situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored (Merriam-Webster).” There are various examples of injustice in the Criminal Justice System, the occupation

color here in the United States but can still view it as racism. Racism is present almost everywhere. A series of videos backs up this claim. In America, racism can be seen widely through the treatment of African Americans in jobs, schools, traffic stops, and more. In France, the racist treatment of Muslim women is seen in the attacks of their choices of clothing. This shows the variety of racism in one country to another. 1 A YouTube video called How Racist Are Ferguson Police? goes on to explain the

of the federal poverty level based on the Hamilton Project. One mistake, even a penny short can lead people into poverty, even a dollar can literally mean a lottery win, because every bit counts, it’s either life or death. Discrimination against women is

orientation or gender. Therefore, individuals should understand and recognize the three most common types of discrimination in this century, which are based on ethnic background, gender equality and religious affiliation. Racism is defined as the treatment given and received between different races. In other words, it is the belief that one race is superior to others. In fact, people of color are one of the most pointed out, because of their distinctive features. The sad reality is that in the past

has portrayed several stereotypes of the Muslim culture into the American minds. The media’s racial stereotyping of Middle Eastern people has produced consequences for the Muslim culture, such as hate crimes, racial profiling, and discrimination. An abundance of research on film media before 9/11 of the negative impacts of stereotyping from film of the Muslim culture has been done, little has been done to see its relationship to modern stereotypes of the Muslim culture post 9/11 in the Millennial generation

established in order to conclude unfair treatment based on people’s looks, beliefs or choices. Human Rights is also another important element which demonstrates

am going to talk about is the unfair treatment of Middle Eastern people in America and the rest of the world. Since 911, Middle Eastern men and women have been mistreated, there have been attacks on Muslim churches and several hate crimes that have caused so much tension in these past couple of years. The tension has recently risen with this recent Presidential Election. Donald Trump has introduced a new Immigration Plan that doesn't allow people from mainly muslim countries to come to America. Donald

it’s been captured evermore so more by handheld technology. The unequal treatment of people based on race goes back to the ancient peoples. The book To Kill A MockingBird demonstrates it well. In the book there's a trial in which a black man named Tom Robinson is being accused of rape by a white women and her father (Mayella and Bob Ewells). There was no evidence against Tom but he was still convicted. This shows how unfair the justice system was and may even still be. As many European nations

two types of plural marriages which are polygyny and polyandry. Polygyny are marriages between a man with many women while polyandry are marriages between a woman with many men (Wong and Cox). In Malaysia, plural marriages are lawful and occur as polygyny among Muslims. Polygynous marriages have sparked debates on whether the principles of these marriages give justice towards Muslim women. For years, polygyny has been viewed as a free practice, a way for men to fulfil their sexual desires and contravention