Second-class citizen

In his article “The Second Amendment’s Second Class Citizens”, David Graham makes the argument that black citizens in the United States are prevented from fully exercising their right to carry arms, based on two of the most recent cases of police brutality attacks: the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. After reading the book Negroes with Guns, I agree with the argument that although the second amendment is supposed to benefit all American citizens, throughout history and especially

I want to start out making an attempt to clarify my culture. I am a hardworking, educated, married, middle-class white Christian woman. This definition is an attempt at addressing the many aspects of culture and ethnicity as they apply to me. As I progress through this class, I find the need to know my own culture so that I recognize bias and stereotypes that affect my communication with others. Chapter four of Cultural Diversity and Education covers multiple facets of culture and ethnicity from

Throughout Western thought from Ancient Greece to 1600, women are portrayed as second-class citizens; their roles in society were inferior to those of the dominant groups in society. Women during this time filled traditional roles of caretaking, birthing and manual labor. Women were tools used in society in the form of property or as a source for bearing children, preferably boys. Women were compared to other luxury items such as gold and horses and often praised for their beauty. Many texts portray

Hardship and loss of freedom comes to mind as I think about an immigrant black woman. If they had other forms of persuasion other then the “glamour” or positive side of England that they heard about through tales, would they less enthused and reluctant of being the follower. Would the immigrant black woman still be as naïve? Once becoming a part of a different society, she has to adapt to the ways that she is unfamiliar with. She has to erase in a form of what she knows and feels is correct

Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre the treatment of names are utilized in a way to place characters into the role of second class citizens, but once certain characters shed their names they gain themselves a new sense of freedom. In the book Beloved the renaming of Baby Suggs assists in removing her from the role of second class citizen. The name Baby Suggs is an interesting chose for a grown woman who is often called Grandma Baby by her grandchildren (Morrison 113), her name

Throughout Western thought to 1600, women are portrayed as second-class citizens, their roles in society were inferior to those of the dominant groups in society. Women during this time filled traditional roles of caretaking, birthing and manual labor. They were tools used in society in the form of property or as a source for bearing children, preferably boys. Women were compared to other luxurious items such as gold, and horses and often praised for their beauty. Although many texts portray women

from them. They did not have all the same rights as the men back in the day. Susan Glaspell depicts the marriage between men and women as men being upper-class and telling the women what to do, and the women as almost slaves, forced to do what their husbands tell them to do. The women in the play, Trifles, were treated like second class citizens. They are many examples of this like when the officers tell the wives to stay behind, the officers do not investigate the women because they do not think

lower stat to men, and there was a large lack of equality in that time. Jesus’ treatment of women was unorthodox. Jesus treated women with equality and respect. This was unusual because during the time of Jesus women were considered to be second class citizens. They were considered inferior to men, and forced to do all the housework and cooking. Men were seen as the more dominant role, women often were seen as lazy, and dependant on men. In their own household, they were seen dominant, but in the

unorthodox. Jesus helped many groups that were considered second class citizens, but the three main groups, were Women, Samaritans and Outcasts including Tax Collectors and the Poor. The working of Jesus with these groups was recorded in the Gospel of Luke. Jesus’ treatment of women was very unconventional. Jesus treated women with equality and respect. This was unusual because during the time of Jesus women were considered to be second-class citizens. Women were considered inferior to men, left to do all

freedom, dignity, and respect. Mary Wilkins wrote her short story, “The Revolt of ‘Mother’” which mainly focused on a woman to stand up against her authoritarian husband. She wrote it during the time when women had no voice and counted as a second class citizen if not a slave. The writer realized that speaking out was the only chain breaker, especially for the one who was acting as Sara Penn to free others and herself from the cage since she was not treated better than her husband’s cow. Mr. Adoniram