America and its “Values”
Dose America value its values? Take a second to really think about the answer to that question. Some would say yes, some would say no. I guess it really just depends on who you are asking. Although America has come a long way from where we’ve started, we still have some issues that need to be worked out. Some values that we claim to have that we don’t always value. Just a few of these values are Freedom, Freedom of Religion, and Equality. As Americans we claim to uphold these values when in reality we don’t always do so. We say that here in America we are Free. In all actuality in America we aren’t really free; I say this for the simple fact that we can not marry whom ever we want. In a list of given freedoms it …show more content…
America fails to inform those that practice any religion besides Christianity that they will be discriminated against. You may end up being a victim of a hate crime, your house of prayer may be vandalized, and regardless of the way you see things people that are Christian will tell you that you are wrong. That isn’t very fair and doesn’t seem like Freedom at all. “Hate crimes are the second highest reported crimes in America yearly. In 2013 1,744 hate crimes were reported and of those reported 68.4% of them were hate crimes against people of the Jewish religion, 9.5% were of “other religions”, 9% of them Islamic, and less than 5% included Catholics, Protestants, and atheists/agnostics (“Law Enforcement Crime …show more content…
If everyone were equal to the next then we’d be treating each other like family, not enemies. A lot of people claim that racism doesn’t exist today, but it does. It exists more then what people lead on. “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls (“Martin Luther King Jr.”). The friendship of different races is a dream that everyone told this man wouldn’t come true. I must admit we have made some progress since his speech but we haven’t made complete progress. Different colors/races go to the same schools, play together, marry, befriend each other, but still kill each other and discriminate against one another today. Take the Ferguson case for an
Dose America value its values? Take a second to really think about the answer to that question. Some would say yes, some would say no. I guess it really just depends on who you are asking. Although America has come a long way from where we’ve started, we still have some issues that need to be worked out. Some values that we claim to have that we don’t always value. Just a few of these values are Freedom, Freedom of Religion, and Equality. As Americans we claim to uphold these values when in reality we don’t always do so. We say that here in America we are Free. In all actuality in America we aren’t really free; I say this for the simple fact that we can not marry whom ever we want. In a list of given freedoms it …show more content…
America fails to inform those that practice any religion besides Christianity that they will be discriminated against. You may end up being a victim of a hate crime, your house of prayer may be vandalized, and regardless of the way you see things people that are Christian will tell you that you are wrong. That isn’t very fair and doesn’t seem like Freedom at all. “Hate crimes are the second highest reported crimes in America yearly. In 2013 1,744 hate crimes were reported and of those reported 68.4% of them were hate crimes against people of the Jewish religion, 9.5% were of “other religions”, 9% of them Islamic, and less than 5% included Catholics, Protestants, and atheists/agnostics (“Law Enforcement Crime …show more content…
If everyone were equal to the next then we’d be treating each other like family, not enemies. A lot of people claim that racism doesn’t exist today, but it does. It exists more then what people lead on. “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls (“Martin Luther King Jr.”). The friendship of different races is a dream that everyone told this man wouldn’t come true. I must admit we have made some progress since his speech but we haven’t made complete progress. Different colors/races go to the same schools, play together, marry, befriend each other, but still kill each other and discriminate against one another today. Take the Ferguson case for an