African American Equality

Equality is something differently defined by every person. Every religion, every country, even every separate legal system has its own definition. The United States claims everyone is equal and free. However, still holds basic rights from certain groups of people. Does this seem equal or give off the sense of freedom? Equality, to me, is defined as giving everyone an equal opportunity to make something more of them self. It is not a handout of money or material things. Equality is giving all the people the same basic rights with the same opportunities regardless of things such as ethnicity, sex, or religion. Ethnicity has long been an issue of equality in the United States. Though we have come a long way from slavery and things such as the Ku Klux Klan, we still face racial issues and tension today. African Americans today feel so strongly about the problem that some started a movement called “Black Lives Matter” in July of 2013 as a result of the George Zimmerman case. George Zimmerman was a Caucasian male who shot and killed an African American teen, Trayvon Martin, whom was committing no crimes at the time. Zimmerman was oddly found not guilty even after confessing to …show more content…
That of a woman was $34,009. With such a large income gap it hardly seems believable that this conveys a since of equality in any manner considering they work the same hours and women still receive less pay. Another matter in the sex category has to do with marriage equality. In the summer of 2015, marriage between two people of any gender was ruled legal in all 50 states by the Supreme Court. The decision made by the Supreme Court outraged some religions with hatred toward the system. Before this action was taken, the simple deed of marriage between two people of the same gender was unobtainable, taking away some peoples sense of equality, freedom, and also a civil