Imagine wandering into a store and being advised to leave because of your race, sexuality, gender, or religion. All you want to do is buy food for your family and the next store is miles away. You end up going home with no food to feed your family. Believe it or not this happens daily to ordinary people around the world. There are many people in this world that think they are better than someone and others are less that them, and because of this many people are being treated with no respect and are not being able to do regular day activities other people do. To stop that everyone should be treated equally. If all people were treated equally there would be more job opportunities for everyone and that would help create diversity in jobs. …show more content…
People need to look at people as people and not just objects. There has been research that shows that there are 20 to 30 million slaves in the world an 800,000 of them are from human trafficking. (dosomething.org) There are many people in this world including america that are tricked into slavery. People will tell others that they will give them a home and feed their families but in reality they just want them to come and do work for them with no pay and they are even sometimes threatened with violence. Most of modern day slaves are immigrants. In an article about modern day slaves they said “They come here believing that they have found a lucrative job and an opportunity to obtain a green card. In reality, they have been lied to and end up getting trapped and forced to work with no pay”. (endslaverynow.org) Just imagine thinking that your life finally has hope and to have that hope be taken away from you by a person just because they think they are better than you. If we all just treated each other equally the modern day slave rate would go down at least …show more content…
My next reason why everyone should be treated equally because it affects many children's lives. Studies have shown that “the first years of any child’s education are an impressionable time. They lay the foundation for how a student conceives of school — and how he or she views his or herself in relation to the larger community. However, many young children of immigrants — who account for around a quarter of all children under age 8 in the U.S. — face discrimination at school during this formative period.” the article then goes on to say, “This results in a multitude of negative psychological, academic and social outcomes. And children of immigrants in the early grades may be especially vulnerable as they are only beginning to develop an understanding of how they fit into their family, culture, and community. Research suggests that students who are confident in their cultural and ethnic identity can buffer the impact of discrimination on their well-being”. (newamerica.org) A lot of discrimination comes from teachers more than students. Everyone wants their kids to be in a safe learning environment and kids are not getting
At a young age many people learned if presenting a problem, they must have a solution other wise the problem becomes an empty complaint. Has anyone complained about inequality? Does everyone treat people equally? Many people protest their thoughts on inequality. Some do not understand the problem, since they stand higher up in the food chain of wealth. Glenn Reynolds, professor, writer, and blogger wrote an interesting piece talking about ideas and his thoughts on how to make the world treat and think of each other equally. His article goes into many specify ideas that help pursued his audience. Mr. Reynolds builds his argument by staying on topic, provides different numbers surveyed, and strong ideas on how to change the problem.
Not all students are given an equal opportunity, especially in the social category race. If a student didn’t view himself white, or viewed as white, he or she wouldn’t receive an education equal to a white student. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the courts ruled that he was not white even though he was seven-eighths white and one-eighth black. Adding to this problem was that a majority of southern states adopted a drop of blood policy, that classified anyone an African, no matter how distant the ancestor. What also was a problem was that all different types of people call themselves all different types of races. Many immigrants from Mexico and Cuba identify themselves as Hispanic, or Latino and Latina, but 87% of Americans born in Cuba and 53% born in Mexico identified themselves as white. Instead of race, many immigrants identify themselves by their countries of origin or world
Bales and Soodalter researched, and found out “14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States from overseas and enslaved each year. They come from Africa, Asia, India, China, Latin America and the former Soviet Unions.”(446). These people are forced into slavery and forced to work in any job in return of a low wage or no wage at all. In the 1800’s, African Americans were only being put out for slavery, but now everyone can be a slave. People no longer care. Also, they used to exchange/sell slaves for about $40,000 and now slaves are being bought for a couple hundred dollars (446). African Americans were forced into slavery before, but now people from other countries are being tricked into slavery in exchange of a couple benjamins. It is difficult for us to say that they should not trust or believe in anyone. Its hard to have lived in poverty your whole life and as soon as they get an offer or a better life they take it right away hoping to make their dreams come true. With these statistics Bales and Soodalter prove to us how much slavery has changed over the years and lets us see for our selves that it doesn’t get better, but yet
Slavery has always been one of the most, if not the most, shocking phenomenons of our world. Slavery, by itself seems very unnatural and entices mixed feelings various different people especially in our country during the 1800s which had been divided into the north and south due to this controversial issue. In the north, for the most part, people had believed that slaves had the right to be free and slavery was unjust which is why it was abolished in 1804. This differed from the south in that generally, it was believed that the slaves were incapable of doing anything other than slavery and thus should be kept as they are that is until 1865 when the 13th amendment ended slavery in the south. Some people, however, are descendants of those who used to be slaves years ago. Some faced “slavery”, or forced labor that would classify as the equivalent of slavery, even in the contemporary times. While others simply do not understand the possibility of one human being considering another human being its slave. By definition, slavery is one of the first historical forms of exploitation, under which a slave becomes the private property of the slave owner. In other words slavery converts an individual human being into a “belonging”, if you could call it that. This phenomenon has done a lot of harm to millions of people, in that it takes away lives and destroys the fate of the people who could have otherwise been happy. It is common knowledge that slavery was
It offers concrete strategies and proposals to reverse racial disparities and move our society towards full equity, Cultural Diversity 3 Inclusion and dignity for all people.” Having fairness and unity in our communities would be very nice because everyone would be treated equal. Another thing is that sometimes people are treated less than equal because of the racial, ethnic, or gender group to which they belong. When people are treated unfairly it can have a negative impact on the way they view the world, which is sad because they did not make themselves.
In order to stop crimes from happening, everyone needs to fell equal to one another. Hate crimes are common against women and minorities. However, if all people thought that no one was better than anyone else was, crime, such as hate crimes, would decrease dramatically as would their victims.
Equality is important and means treating everyone fairly and giving everyone the opportunity to feel included.
“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” -John F. Kennedy (Brainy Quotes) Eventually, all of us will be treated equally in society. The Constitution is bringing us closer to equality because it adds amendments that cover equality for everyone. Although some people argue that equality is based on opinions and a document can’t give everyone equality, the constitution has amendments that bring us closer to equality. Our country has become more tolerant and fair over the years and if we keep moving forward, we will surely reach equality and end discrimination.
M1): Analyze the importance to public services of good citizens respecting equality and supporting them by respecting the key concepts associated with diversity.
According to the principal of equality, all individuals should be treated equally regardless of class level. Based on this
Is discrimination and inequality truly equal? Is there one group that is more discriminated against than the other? A key concept that addresses tensions between U.S. feminism and feminisms globally is the idea of intersectionality. Before this course, I had never heard of this concept. This concept to me demonstrates the idea of levels of oppression. “In the 1960s and 1970s, African-American women activists confronted the puzzle of how their needs simply fell through the cracks of anti-racist social movements, feminism, and unions organizing for workers ' rights. Each of these social movements elevated one category of analysis and action above others, for example, race within the civil rights movement, or gender within feminism or class
Equal treatment is an important act that every teacher should follow regularly because it provides equal opportunities for his/her students and maintains a healthy environment where every-body has a fair chance to excel. It might mean attending to weaker kids regularly to help them but underscoring that every student should grasp the concept. Since a classroom is comprised of multiple ethnicities and cultures, and also students with various disabilities, a teacher cannot even attempt the risk of discriminating because it would promote ideas such as racism and hate. An educator’s action can spark battles and rifts among students and even parents due to cultural and racial issues. A teacher’s non discriminated approach
Certainly, Alexie’s illustration of his childhood struggles are an enlightening experience. While he does not directly address the question, it does shed some light on the ongoing debate. Equity vs Equality, which is more beneficial. Equality has been used since Jim Crow when southern schools installed the mentality of 'separate but equal'. This mentality exhibited that even though they were separate, nothing was ever truly equal. This mentality failed. Looking at our system now, one cannot help but point out the similarities to the old Jim Crow system. As Albert Einstein would say, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Equity is the opposite. Equity would ensure that those who needed extra or additional help would receive because that would be fair.
Equality should be something everyone gets. Some people don’t like the thought of equality, and want to be superior to other cultures, religions, or races. That’s what is known as inequality. Some people are ignorant about equality, and choose not to believe that we are all born equal, that some people are born better than others, due to race or religion. This topic runs around these 3 stories, the topic of equality and inequality.
Others might argue that we have no control over the way people are being treated or treat others. In some aspects that might be considered sensible, but has anyone thought if equality was more accommodated vas a law or a must then we would be at fault for any mistreatment or unfairness, anywhere and everywhere. Slavery for an example was a part of the way the United States was organized, until some individuals stood up for colored to be treated with the same dignity and equality like everyone else. If the people that stood up for the rights of the colored didn’t care then I probably wouldn’t be here writing this essay on equality. Equality shouldn’t be found in only a few places but rather everywhere around the world. There should be no reason why anyone anywhere is being treated