Equality is worth fighting for because they're everyday struggles people encounter on an everyday basis. Many believe that equality favors one gender more than the other. Equality is, “A state of affairs in which all people within a specific society or isolated group have the same status in certain respects, often including civil rights, freedom of speech, property rights, and equal access to social goods and services.” Education, ignorance and safety play a huge part in equality.
Equality is important because it makes the safety of members of minority or "less privileged" groups just as important as majority and privileged groups. For example, The Black Lives Matters movement is aiming for black lives to be valued equally to white
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Adnan Syed is currently is jail for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. He states till this day he didn't murder her, he has many standing behind him believing that he's telling the truth and that he would never lay a finger on Hae. However, he also has many people standing in front of him saying that he had a motive to killing Hae Min Lee. Was he discriminated because of his age? Keep in mind Adnan was a young teen when these accusations came flying out of the sky. Was he discriminated because of his religion and or race? Adnan Syed was a Pakistani Muslim. The Serial podcast brought international attention to Adnan Syed’s …show more content…
Ellen's childhood was filled with unfortunate events. Starting to the passing of her mother that she adored to the physical and mental abuse that her father always threw at her. After her mother committed suicide by swallowing an entire bottle of pills, Ellen was tossed to one bad home to another. Starletta, Ellen best friend whom is colored who sometimes provided Ellen a backbone and a place to stay on many occasions, guided Ellen to the path of life. Starletta helped show Ellen that skin color wasn't a difference and didn't make her any different from others. “My aunt is so glad to be out of a colored town. She unlocks her door now because she feels safe.” This specific quote was pulled out from Ellen Foster. This quote basically reflects on how white people felt towards African Americans in the seventeen hundreds. Many white people back then and many more white people now start locking their cars and doors every time they see a African American walk next to their car and or house. Discrimination played a huge part in African American lives causing them to feel alienated from the white world and hatred that surrounded them. In the end of the novel Ellen learned that skin color doesn't and will never define a
“Children are not blind to race. Instead, like all of us, they notice differences” and the character of Ellen Foster is no exception to the rule (Olson). Ellen Foster is the story of a strong willed and highly opinionated and pragmatic child named Ellen, growing up in the midst of poverty and abuse in the rural south. Her life is filled with tragedy from the death and possible suicide of her mother to the abuse she endures at the hands of her alcoholic father and his friends. Despite her hardships as such an early age, she never gives up hope for a better life. In addition to her struggles with poverty she is surrounded by a culture of racism in a society that is post Jim Crow
Is there such a thing as equality? Can you truly look at a person and say they are your equal, or are we too judgmental? No, as humans we are doomed to see the flaws in others and ourselves. The only way to truly have equality is to either have perfection, or to discard individuality all together. Seeing flaws is the only way to improve both ourselves, and others. To have equality is to sacrifice progress. Someone has to be the weak one. Without weakness there is no basis for strength. Without flaws there is no preference, and without preference there is no love. Life would become shallow and unfulfilling. Humanity needs someone to love and someone to hate.
Can you imagine being convicted of first degree murder at only 17 years of age? Adnan Syed couldn't believe it either. In fact he was mortified when they charged him of brutally suffocating, his ex-girlfriend Hea Min Lee, to death. Adnan Syed was a pawn that the Baltimore detectives played with, a mere dupe to cast off as the true killer. Syed is like many Americans, he was never granted a fair trial. There is some actors that make Syed guilty, but perhaps it was just pure coincidence that got Adan wrapped up in this whole mess. One simply can't overlook the major factors that make him innocent enough to grant him a second trial. Adan has spent half of his life in prison, due to a wrongful conviction that happened many
Why does it matter? Why do humans harp on the topics of justice and equality consistently? The answers to above mentioned questions aren’t easy to formulate, and they open up a door to greater questions about morality, humanity and so forth. Humans live in a cooperative society. The aim of this body of organization is to advance as a whole and individually simultaneously. John Rawls’ states this goal of human society in Distributive Justice published in 1979: “We may think of the human society as a more or less self-sufficient association regulated by a common conception of justice and aimed at advancing the good of its members.” Hence, our society is shaped by an idea of justice – one that is applicable to all members of this society, and this set conception of justice promotes the advancement of the society and the individuals living in
Teachers, friends, classmates, relatives and parents could not believe he kills his girlfriend. The reality sometimes is very hard to face especially when feelings are involved. Parents never will accept that their own child who was raised with comfort, love and support could be capable of murder somebody. Disturbing people could be disguised very well under a charming appearance. Many serial killers were known as decent, brilliant and admired persons. When a teenager is carrying a burden as Adnan was, probably feeling guilty for giving back to his parents, his religion and customs could transform him in another person for a few moments when he felt betrayed, humiliated, dishonored and abandoned by the person for whom he did all this. Then he kill Hae Min Lee in a rage 's attack or probably as Jay said Adnan was planning the murder in detail; that is why the police could not found enough evidences to probe him clearly
Family’s usually tend to force their kids in to the religion they follow and expect them to make no sin which leads to the hide and seek game between the parents and the kids. Adnan’s family were Muslims that migrated from pashuar, Pakistan. Where the smallest thing as a man and women that are not related cannot be having a conversation what so ever. Dating was not acceptable, it’s either marriage or single. Adnan was not allowed to date or have girl friends or be a normal American teenage but he did it anyways without his parent’s knowledge. The prosecutor at the time claimed that Adnan’s motive to strangle Hae is that he gave up his religion, put himself in a river of sin and dissed his parent’s by dating a girl but when Hae called it off he was left with nothing. He killed her out of not love but pride. Even though this is an understandable point, Adnan was never really a strict Muslim. He goes out clubbing, drink alcohol, have sex with different girls…pretty much everything a Muslim person should not be doing. Him dating Hae didn’t make him anymore sin that he usually make in a daily basis. He never felt like hae have taken him out of his religion road because he was never in one. He didn’t have a motive to kill Hae because they both moved on in to other people but kept a good friendship between them so all of a sudden he couldn’t have felt betrayed enough to kill her. The reasonable question here is why did Adnan tell the police officer in the first interview that he was expecting a ride from hae that day and later when interviewed again denied asking hae a ride because he have his own car and don’t have a reason to ask her for a ride knowing that she always picks up her little cousin from school right when she gets out of school. Why would he lie about that, and did he really ask her for a ride as Jay and some of Hae’s friends claimed or he did not. Even though this
Many would argue against it, if we were all equal we wouldn’t have so many movements such as black lives matter or the hands up protests. These movements go hand and hand with Truths purpose to have equal rights. Many people believe that if African Americans were treated the same as whites then the cops would not feel the need for unnecessary action based on the color of the suspect's skin color. Of course, this is a lot more specific than the needs for general rights however this is in the same category of
Equality is not something we get to have when we come into this world. It is something that is being fought for and will continue to fight for as long as people think of themselves and do not think of the consequences that may occur from their own actions. In the book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco they narrowed in on what structural violence is. The different examples of injustices that were occurring around the countries. Lastly explains the ways the oppressed used there actions, words, and ideas to fight the injustices. Injustices are all around world many of which still have a lot of control to this day and take a toll on the less able. Allowing large corporations to dictate what will be said and done.
In the next few chapters she discusses how they were brought up to fear white people. The children in her family were always told that black people who resembled white people would live better in the world. Through her childhood she would learn that some of the benefits or being light in skin would be given to her.
First, Ellen is born influenced by her parents to be racially prejudiced. Due to the time period Ellen’s mother and father were racist. After Ellen’s mother died from committing suicide her father began to be a drunk. Ellen was forced to get out the house because she hated him and wishes he was dead. While Ellen kept away from her father she met a colored girl named Starletta. Starletta became Ellen’s best friend. Ellen went over to Starletta’s house very often. Ellen was best friends with Starletta but was still racist. In the book it says “… I do not think I could drink after them” (p.29) and “I try to see what Starletta leaves on the lip of a bottle…” (p.29). It also say “…I have never seen anything with the naked eye” (p.29) and “If something ...
It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.”(00:06:54-00:07:31). Unfortunately, inequality between the sexes began hundreds of years ago and has grown tremendously through each generation. It seems almost unfathomable that even today, the fight for gender equality, one of the most vital building blocks of feminism, is still alive and
Many say he’s innocent, but others say he got exactly what he deserved. Adnan Syed, a seventeen year old boy at the time was arrested for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Nearly 18 years later, the alibi’s Adnan had became inconclusive after Asia Mcclain claimed she was forced to write the letters to aide Adnan. At the age of 35, Adnan Syed, is still fighting to prove his innocence with the help of a family friend, Rabia.
Sitting in a courtroom for a crime you didn’t commit, the future of your life depends on the jury and BOOM! You are in prison for the rest of your life and only 17 years old. On January 13, 1999, a senior of Woodland High School, Hae Min Lee was murdered by manual strangulation and later that year her ex boyfriend was convicted for first degree murder. He was convicted for a crime he did not commit. In the podcast “Serial”, explains this murder case with interviews, recordings from the trials, evidence, and even Adnan's perspective of everything based on this murder. In the podcast you never find out if Adnan is guilty or not but with all the evidence against him doesn't prove he killed Hae. Adnan Syed is not guilty.
The novel takes place during a time period where slavery still somewhat exists and where white people are presumably better than black people. This ties in with the theme of race identity, but for the fact that there is also the ignorance that exists, such as that of Ellen’s mama’s mama, it is its on theme. Her grandmother ignorantly accuses Ellen of the death of her mother for “allowing it to happen.” She also accuses Ellen of being just like her drunken father, unlike what one of the grandmother’s slaves says that Ellen is very similar to her sweet mother. The ignorance in the text is almost unbelievable in today’s society, yet there is still ignorance, but less of than the time period of this novel. It shows how during this time period, people believed “ignorance is bliss” and chose to believe only what was taught to them, rather than learning and making their own decisions about topics with such ignorance. Ellen grows from the beginning of her journey to the end by growing out of this ignorant state so prevalent in the time that she was brought up in. By the end of the story she is well educated and has her own opinions, rather than biased ones based off of what she had been taught all of her
“Equality is based on the idea of fairness whilst recognising that everyone is different, and diversity is about the ways in which people differ and about recognising that differences...