In The End Death Claim Us All Analysis

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“In the end death claim us all”. This is a phrase that for me represents what equality means. No matter the social class, the race, the nationality or the gender of a person we should all be treated the same way and be able to have the same rights. Throughout the history of the United States, the majority of the people had to struggle with different problems to be able to have the right of equality. Most of this people are African Americans, Women, and Immigrants. Even today we can all be judged by other and treated differently because of how we look.
Death is one of the biggest symbols of equality for all the human beings. No matter the race of a person death is something that we can 't stop. Because of the color of the skin African Americans were treated as animals, before the Civil Rights Movement. In the poem “the Grave of the Slaves” by Sarah Louise Fortin, she describes how black people were treated and the
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Today the people who are rich or millionaire have more opportunities of getting where they want to go because they only need their money. Women still fighting for some things like equal payment because even today we can have the same jobs that men have but just because of our gender we receive less money. There still big problems between African-Americans and Latinos because of the discrimination between them and the police of the United States and even though we try to fix the situation there is more problem every day. In the end, for me, I think that even though we have being treated different because of how we look and judge for the same reason, we are all equal and that 's a right for everyone to have, we are human beings. No matter if someone is rich or poor, woman or man, immigrant or native American we are all equal under the eyes of God we are all

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