Examples Of Equal Opportunities In The United States

Opportunities are not Everywhere A guy named Shane who was seventeen at the time, grew up in a trashing, two-bedroom trailer house. His mother was divorced, and she raised Shane and his three younger siblings on her own. They had a car, but never had enough money for gas. They both worked at the local convenient store and Shane tried his hardest to help him mom raise the other three siblings. Everyone in the town would always laugh at Shane when they would see him at work. Outside of class, he tried his hardest to avoid the kids in his class. He was always embarrassed about his home environment and who his family was. Shane and his family never had the same opportunities as other families because of their way of life. Do you think you have equal opportunities as other citizens in the United States? Women, blacks and people who face adversity do not get equal opportunities. Equal opportunities are not …show more content…
No matter what ethnicity or gender, people will never have the same equal opportunities in their lives to pursue their rights, beliefs or career paths without some form of persecution. According to the article “Income Distribution: Equal Opportunity vs. Equal Results” states “Examples of unequal opportunity are policies that exclude people from schooling or other training because of race, ethnicity, religion, or gender” (Grennes & Strazds, 2014). Unequal opportunities are presented to many people in the world because they are excluded from schools, jobs, and other privileges that many other people may get. Accepting an opportunity is completely different than being provided with an equal opportunity. When a person is presented with an opportunity, it is their responsibility to use it to their advantage or waste it. Declining an opportunity can cause a better one to slip away, but an equal opportunity will never be presented to women, African Americans, and people who face