Examples Of Equality In America

The Unity and Equality of America In the past, America wore a public facade that merely exemplified the idea of harmony and equality. Today, it is no different. In his excerpt, Paine suggested that formed by all types of people with all types of backgrounds, America is the prime example of unity in a place where it is least expected. To nearly all people, America is the land where dreams can be made true and all citizens are created equal, but those promises are often broken. Although America was meant to be a sanctuary for those in need of a home, or a land of opportunity for those with aspirations beyond their own countries, the need for superiority and hierarchy surpassed any hope of an equal society. Paine’s idealistic version of America

Not only has America been polluted by injustice and inequality in recent years, Paine’s utopian idea of America never existed to begin with. In the 1700 and 1800’s, there was a greater unequal distribution of wealth than can be seen today. Ninety-nine percent of the wealth in circulation in America resided with one percent of the population. Contradictory to Paine’s statement, the rich have always been more privileged, and the poor have always been oppressed. Although a middle class has emerged in the American economy, that class is slowly shrinking and America is reverting back to its previous extremes of solely upper and lower classes. Not only was there inequality between classes, but the country built on immigration decided to ban immigrants. The Naturalization Act of 1790 was an act put in place to restrict African and Asian immigration to America. This first piece of legislation set off a chain reaction that only led to more drastic immigration prevention laws. The