Second-class citizen

Some of the primary causes of the French Revolution were a strict class structure, heavy debt, and high taxes. France was a land with a minority ruling class of nobility that had contempt for the common people and their suffering. The commoners or ‘middle class’ was the largest and most productive portion of the French population. They paid the most taxes, yet benefited the least and had no political influence. Furthermore, there were food shortages caused by frequent famines. King Louis XVI

and the living conditions the lower class lived through, nevertheless, the violence and genocide committed in order to create reform were immoral. Prior to the French Revolution, people of influence abused the political system in order to allow them to live in luxury. The government consisted of the first, second and third estate. The First Estate is composed of kings, queens, and other royalty personnel which is around one percent of the population. The Second Estate consists of nobles and clergy

The discussion by Malcolm X in “The Ballot or the Bullet” is set in a time with a lot of political unrest. This unrest was concerning in the matter of civil right issues. He talks about his idea in order to solve this problem, which is Black Nationalism. All throughout this letter he speaks about how Black Nationalism can and will fix every problem. Even if you have a different religion he wants all to join in and forget about any conflict you may have but that. Malcolm X writes this letter in a

I believe that the tone of the second reviewer was in a more positive tone towards Beethoven’s work for the audience to read. He believes the readers should take the idea of Beethoven as an original and rare. Beethoven was original because of the unique and “customary” pieces he had composed. Beethoven was rare because he explains how many have overlooked his work because many were “accustomed to Haydn’s and Mozart’s work”. 3. In what ways can the second review be seen as a response to the first

revolutionary movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that put an end to institutions such as absolutism, feudalism, class privilege and legal inequality, and spread the principles of natural right, equality and freedom throughout the world. One significant change that benefited all aspects of French society was the abandonment of the rigid class structure. While one theme that remained in constant during the French Revolution was the people’s desire for the government to change

Just like slavery and the Jim Crow laws of the south, mass incarceration today is a new way to segregate African Americans it’s a way to create a new caste system in which African Americans are treated “second class citizens”, prevented from equality in racial, social and political rights. Michelle Alexander jumps into the equity framework and clarifies how a ton of practices and convictions from subjection times are quite recently marked diversely now. Alexander argues in her book The New Jim Crow

their social class. However, the ancient Indian Caste System still relates to life as an American today. There are five main classes to the Indian Caste System. At the highest level there are the Brahmans. They are treated the finest having food, leisure time, and they do not have to do laborious work. Second are the Kshatriya or the warriors. The warriors are in charge of protecting Brahmans and keeping them safe. These people must always be healthy and be in shape. The third class is the Vaishya

revolutionary movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that put an end to institutions such as absolutism, feudalism, class privilege and legal inequality, and spread the principles of natural right, equality and freedom throughout the world. One significant change that benefited all aspects of French society was the abandonment of the rigid class structure. While one theme that remained in constant during the French Revolution was the people’s desire for the government to change

my heart for many reasons and I firmly believe that the lack of equal rights is what fueled the French Revolution and led to the violence and chaos that occurred during that time. Due to the Monarchy that the French had at the time, citizens were under a feudal class system that kept their people from being equal in government. This division between classes is just one of the things that aided the violence that occurred during the French Revolution simply because people were not equal. No one was

of color are also the intended target of second-class citizens after all only criminals were classified this way. Like Jim Crow, African Americans were classified as second-class citizens they were viewed as less human than Caucasians likewise to how slaves were viewed as inhuman. Alexander states “once a person is labeled a felon, he or she is ushered into a parallel universe in which discrimination, stigma, and exclusion are perfectly legal… second- class citizenship begins the moment you are branded