How Has Society Changed Over Time

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Throughout history, humans have noted conflicts within the world and we have attempted various times to advance, develop and solve world problems. We have directed our focus to lean towards advancing our society and making it the best it can be. Whether these changes occurred with personal things, societal things or even technological, they have greatly impacted onto who we are today. Sometimes we may not realize how significant that can really be to our lives. It can be little things, but for the most part, we tend to lean towards the larger changes that we can learn to appreciate the easiest when we have had a string of conflicts because of those things. Despite what many people may argue, society had definitely changed for the better and …show more content…

One thing that changed in many places is racism, which only promoted cruelty, brutality and inequality towards different races. In history, people with darker skin were treated unfairly and were seen as less than people with lighter skin. They were sold, bought, beaten and stripped of their freedom for large portions of their lives. Sometimes, they were forced to complete labor for their entire lives, never once getting a break and never being treated equally. African Americans were turned to slaves, and were pushed into forced labor without a second thought, which also meant that these slaves never even had the chance to stand up for themselves. Thankfully, many of them managed to find a way out, however, that wasn't always the case. Throughout the years, racism has lessened and has vanished from the minds of most people, seeing as how the society had become more open, diverse and accepting. Several more people are more accepting of other races and …show more content…

For the past couple of years, people have been complaining about how technology is advancing too quickly, and that our own success could be the fall of us. Many people believe we depend far too much on technology and we have gotten accustomed to everything easier and aren't motivated to work as hard anymore. Not only that, but for a while now, racism has taken an appearance throughout 2014 and 2016, taking the lives of several African Americans. Some of them were caught by police, and murdered for a crime that did not deserve that punishment. Looking into records of those officers (or towns), it was even proven that there had been racism involved between the victims and their killers. Times had gotten better, but nowadays, people are being more careful, seeing as how some people seem to take advantage of their authority, thinking they could get away with it. Still to this day, not all women are treated equally, with lower payments than men and sexism still in society, this seems to linger around. Hopefully, justice will

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