Discrimination is something that happens everyday, based on someone’s race, sexuality, gender identity, appearance, etc. This is something that has been happening since the beginning of time; and will most likely not stop any time soon. Martin Luther King made a huge difference within the racial section of America; and President Obama made a controversial decision to make same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Even though great people have taken huge strides to make a difference in the world, equality is still something that is not fully in place. I see it every day, and at my job, I am expected to treat every customer with the same amount of respect I would treat anyone else.
I believe in equality. I know of someone who is very close to me, they are possibly my best friend… but he is different. He does not always get treated in the same ways as many other people do; but he deserves to. He is discriminated against almost every day, and it hurts me when he tells me what someone has said to him in that day. One of the stories that has helped shape my belief tremendously …show more content…
Older people sometimes struggle with equality because of that, and they were also raised in a time period where racism, homophobia, and many other things, were very popular beliefs. That’s one of the reasons I will try to teach my children to treat everyone nicely no matter what they look like or who they are. Equality helps; it helps everyone feel included. It helps people feel like more than just a nobody. What they are is something they can identify themselves with, and if someone treats them differently because of what they are, they don’t feel the need to identify themselves as what they are because what they are makes them feel like crap. Just because someone treated them differently. It will just end up helping the world in the end; by spreading all of the love that everyone
I believe in equality. I know of someone who is very close to me, they are possibly my best friend… but he is different. He does not always get treated in the same ways as many other people do; but he deserves to. He is discriminated against almost every day, and it hurts me when he tells me what someone has said to him in that day. One of the stories that has helped shape my belief tremendously …show more content…
Older people sometimes struggle with equality because of that, and they were also raised in a time period where racism, homophobia, and many other things, were very popular beliefs. That’s one of the reasons I will try to teach my children to treat everyone nicely no matter what they look like or who they are. Equality helps; it helps everyone feel included. It helps people feel like more than just a nobody. What they are is something they can identify themselves with, and if someone treats them differently because of what they are, they don’t feel the need to identify themselves as what they are because what they are makes them feel like crap. Just because someone treated them differently. It will just end up helping the world in the end; by spreading all of the love that everyone