Discrimination In The 19th Century Essay

I really have no opposition to the statement in which this assignment is based, that is, “Industrial capitalism, as it operated in the 19th century America, was anti-human, anti-Christian, anti-democratic, anti-freedom, misanthropic and psycho-pathetic in its practices, and destructive to individual workers, who organized labor unions to fight for freedom, democracy, and justice in both the workplace and society.” Clearly 19th century industrial capitalist had no regard for human virtue or much of a soul either. Young children, some, younger than 12, most, no older than 18, were recruited from usually poor and augural towns in New England, to work for textile mills in cities far off, so that they could not easily get back home; that plight in itself is psychopathic, among coaxing them to work by promise of opportunity and betterment of life. Naively, hundreds of children and their parents agreed to …show more content…
We can observe discrimination in the workplace based on gender identity, ethnicity, and gender of sex. The government has set laws against workplace discrimination along with minimum wage rates. However, it can still be seen as an ongoing issue. Minimum wage is still low, and hardly enough to support a single independent, much less, a single parent with children, or a family. People are still not completely independent earning sufficient wages to support their needs. Most people will seek out government assistance just to scrape by. People are still working long hours for low amounts of money while industry banks of their efforts and hours spent working. The government also offers people the ability to borrow government money to attend school. Ideally, once a graduate is finished in school and begins their new career, they should have a sufficient means to repay the loans. Unfortunately, a college degree does not guarantee a high paying job or even a job at