Sadly in the world today there are many types of discrimination, prejudice, and disparities that hinder society and keep it divided. Three very prevalent and troublesome inequalities are that of class, gender, and race. These prejudices that we still allow to be a part of our societies in this day and age tear us apart, weaken communities and distract us from more important issues that threaten everyone.
In Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley’s, “Amid China’s Boom, No Helping Hand for Qingming,” is about a teenage boy from China who killed himself because he didn’t have enough money to pay for his tuition and take the exam to get into college. China’s government shows little to no sympathy for the extremely impoverished peasants that make up part …show more content…
She states that the control, abuse, prostitution, pornography, and exploitation of women only serve to perpetuate the their inferior statues that was giving to us by the Bible in the creation stories. Men want sex and use the excuse that they can’t control their desire, that it is part of them. This creates the opportunity for a huge illegal market, which uses women as commodities for men to purchase. As long as women are seen as objects to purchase and as objects of only lust there will always be discrimination against them. In Robert Draper’s “The Military’s Rough Justice,” he discusses the two specific cases of sexual assault cases in the military and how they were views and handled. Most of the time women are discouraged from reporting these incidents and when they do can sometimes be punished. Sadly even if the predators are found guilty it is over turned or punishments can be lessened. In this article discrimination or women is perpetuated because assaults against them are dismissed or viewed as a nuisance or even a …show more content…
He states that African Americans need to put aside there frustration with things that whites have done in the past and whites need to stop getting upset about things lik affirmative action. Once we do this we can turn our attention to common enemies and focus on ways to make out country better. Beth Virnig’s “A Matter of Race: Early-Versus Late-Stage Cancer Diagnosis” discusses the inequalities between whites and African Americans when it comes to cancer stage diagnosis and survival rates. This study shows that African Americans are much more likely to be diagnose in later stages for most cancers and have a lower survival right. There are a handful of different reasons that this could be possible but they all basically boil down to the fact that African Americans still do not have equal opportunity in this country, therefore they are less educated, less insured, have lower incomes, and receive lower levels of care. In Sendill Mullainathan’s “The Measuring Sticks of Racial Bias,” he discusses how many studies have been done to show that blacks are still discriminated against in many different ways. They are less likely to be picked for job, to be offered certain medical treatments, to be shown apartments and much more. Mullainathan suggests that
In Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley’s, “Amid China’s Boom, No Helping Hand for Qingming,” is about a teenage boy from China who killed himself because he didn’t have enough money to pay for his tuition and take the exam to get into college. China’s government shows little to no sympathy for the extremely impoverished peasants that make up part …show more content…
She states that the control, abuse, prostitution, pornography, and exploitation of women only serve to perpetuate the their inferior statues that was giving to us by the Bible in the creation stories. Men want sex and use the excuse that they can’t control their desire, that it is part of them. This creates the opportunity for a huge illegal market, which uses women as commodities for men to purchase. As long as women are seen as objects to purchase and as objects of only lust there will always be discrimination against them. In Robert Draper’s “The Military’s Rough Justice,” he discusses the two specific cases of sexual assault cases in the military and how they were views and handled. Most of the time women are discouraged from reporting these incidents and when they do can sometimes be punished. Sadly even if the predators are found guilty it is over turned or punishments can be lessened. In this article discrimination or women is perpetuated because assaults against them are dismissed or viewed as a nuisance or even a …show more content…
He states that African Americans need to put aside there frustration with things that whites have done in the past and whites need to stop getting upset about things lik affirmative action. Once we do this we can turn our attention to common enemies and focus on ways to make out country better. Beth Virnig’s “A Matter of Race: Early-Versus Late-Stage Cancer Diagnosis” discusses the inequalities between whites and African Americans when it comes to cancer stage diagnosis and survival rates. This study shows that African Americans are much more likely to be diagnose in later stages for most cancers and have a lower survival right. There are a handful of different reasons that this could be possible but they all basically boil down to the fact that African Americans still do not have equal opportunity in this country, therefore they are less educated, less insured, have lower incomes, and receive lower levels of care. In Sendill Mullainathan’s “The Measuring Sticks of Racial Bias,” he discusses how many studies have been done to show that blacks are still discriminated against in many different ways. They are less likely to be picked for job, to be offered certain medical treatments, to be shown apartments and much more. Mullainathan suggests that