Since the beginning of time, there has been an ideology that men overpower women in all aspects and that women are dependent on men, which is supported by some religions (“Women’s Rights”). This issue is still prominent all around the world today. People are putting in efforts to fix this problem, but to solve inequality in the scope of the entire world, we need to solve it in our own country. However, inequality cannot be detected easily because there’s not a definition that is unanimously agreed upon. Equality can be mistaken as having equal amounts of material wealth, but rather it’s having equal opportunities from where people would choose their own path. From the moment America was created, inequality was woven into its structure. The
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No definition for equality is unanimously agreed upon, making there a continuously increasing list of definitions. This is because equality encompasses many matters (Sullivan). One way to improve one’s understanding of the meaning of equality is determining the different branches of equality. According to U.S. Legal Forms, “discrimination based on race” for having more privileges and being economically advanced is classified as racial inequality. John Rawls, an American philosopher, defined equality as the uncertainty of the future of the founders of society. This way, people don’t get to choose whether they will be rich or poor (Sullivan). Another tactic to better one’s understanding of the meaning of equality is by comparing equality to a similar term. There has been a difficulty in differentiating between liberty and equality ever since the middle of the twentieth century. This dispute resulted from the industrialization era. This era altered the “balance of power” between labor, land, and capital (Allen). Equality in food, shelter, and clothing had to be achieved for Americans to reach liberty. “Equality of results” is what matters in the eyes of the law (“Liberty”). With the understanding of the different branches of equality and the borders separating two similar terms, the territory covered by equality can be narrowed …show more content…
This still poses an issue as to whether people are putting in enough effort towards creating equality. Marching, for example, is a minimum effort to change an issue in society. More effort must be placed if change is a goal (Bean). Equality cannot be fully granted at the same time. It comes gradually with great effort (Orr). The Congress of Racial Equality was created in 1942 by James Farmer to establish a place where race doesn’t matter. This organization advocated for civil rights and the repeal of the “Jim Crow” laws through nonviolent marches (Congress). This plight for equality is present to create a just society (Sullivan). The economy also cannot grow if there is no ambition, or strive, which would result from the thirst for more equality
No definition for equality is unanimously agreed upon, making there a continuously increasing list of definitions. This is because equality encompasses many matters (Sullivan). One way to improve one’s understanding of the meaning of equality is determining the different branches of equality. According to U.S. Legal Forms, “discrimination based on race” for having more privileges and being economically advanced is classified as racial inequality. John Rawls, an American philosopher, defined equality as the uncertainty of the future of the founders of society. This way, people don’t get to choose whether they will be rich or poor (Sullivan). Another tactic to better one’s understanding of the meaning of equality is by comparing equality to a similar term. There has been a difficulty in differentiating between liberty and equality ever since the middle of the twentieth century. This dispute resulted from the industrialization era. This era altered the “balance of power” between labor, land, and capital (Allen). Equality in food, shelter, and clothing had to be achieved for Americans to reach liberty. “Equality of results” is what matters in the eyes of the law (“Liberty”). With the understanding of the different branches of equality and the borders separating two similar terms, the territory covered by equality can be narrowed …show more content…
This still poses an issue as to whether people are putting in enough effort towards creating equality. Marching, for example, is a minimum effort to change an issue in society. More effort must be placed if change is a goal (Bean). Equality cannot be fully granted at the same time. It comes gradually with great effort (Orr). The Congress of Racial Equality was created in 1942 by James Farmer to establish a place where race doesn’t matter. This organization advocated for civil rights and the repeal of the “Jim Crow” laws through nonviolent marches (Congress). This plight for equality is present to create a just society (Sullivan). The economy also cannot grow if there is no ambition, or strive, which would result from the thirst for more equality