In the Rights of Man, pamphleteer Thomas Paine extols America for being a melting pot of various diverse nationalities and religions, who promote freedom and liberty. Thomas Paine agreed that constructing an effective government would be on the premise that liberty, freedom, and diversity would be accepted and also would be supported by the common principles of society and the rights of man to achieve a cordial union. Unfortunately, Thomas Paine’s views on a utopian America were not only fiction, but was primarily fantasy. It was simply not true. Thomas Paine was oblivious to issues presented in 1791 America that violated the rights of man and he also neglected the issues regarding upper and lower class wealth divisions and status in government.
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According to the U.S Department of Education, more than 40% of American low-income schools do not receive a fair share of state and local funds. Regardless of the government issued “No child Left Behind” program, the department found that schools in poverty struck regions are left shortchanged and are provided with less resources for a necessary education than the affluent communities. A strong majority of these poverty stricken schools reside in minority communities like African American or Latinos. Unfortunately, since these schools are not being equally funded to their neighboring wealthy school districts, minority students will not have equal opportunities to educate themselves to their fullest potential. According to the Huffington post, as of 2010, minority students drop out rates were disproportionately higher than their White counterparts. Approximately, 4.8 percent of Blacks and 5.8 percent of Hispanics between the ages of 15 and 24 dropped out of grades 10-12, compared with 2.4 percent for White students. Also in 2010, the dropout rate for low-income students was five times greater than their high-income counterparts, 7.4 percent compared with 1.4 percent. Student drop outs, regardless of race, are not eligible for 90 percent of all jobs in the economy, and this …show more content…
This year alone, there have been approximately more than 400 cases of police brutality according to the Washington post. However, this in no way means that all police officers are racist. According to Jess Colarossi, a journalist for ThinkProgress, police killed more civilians in the first week of September than the total number of police officers killed so far this year. There have been various police brutality in minority cases, many of which happened in the last week alone. In fact on October 11th, Gyasi Hughes, a 14 year old African American teenager was a victim of police brutality when two police officers grabbed the young man’s neck and body slammed him into the ground in front of his peers. Two police officers cornered Hughes and started to physically harass the student. The defendant asked the officer “to leave him alone” because he did not commit a crime and then the officers grabbed his neck, slammed the student to the ground, and detained him. This is a prime example of police officers who use their power to physically and mentally bully others, especially people of color. A police officers role in a community is not to harass and physically abuse young minorities who have not committed a crime. A police officer’s role is to help protect the citizens of the community. Hughes was no criminal.
According to the U.S Department of Education, more than 40% of American low-income schools do not receive a fair share of state and local funds. Regardless of the government issued “No child Left Behind” program, the department found that schools in poverty struck regions are left shortchanged and are provided with less resources for a necessary education than the affluent communities. A strong majority of these poverty stricken schools reside in minority communities like African American or Latinos. Unfortunately, since these schools are not being equally funded to their neighboring wealthy school districts, minority students will not have equal opportunities to educate themselves to their fullest potential. According to the Huffington post, as of 2010, minority students drop out rates were disproportionately higher than their White counterparts. Approximately, 4.8 percent of Blacks and 5.8 percent of Hispanics between the ages of 15 and 24 dropped out of grades 10-12, compared with 2.4 percent for White students. Also in 2010, the dropout rate for low-income students was five times greater than their high-income counterparts, 7.4 percent compared with 1.4 percent. Student drop outs, regardless of race, are not eligible for 90 percent of all jobs in the economy, and this …show more content…
This year alone, there have been approximately more than 400 cases of police brutality according to the Washington post. However, this in no way means that all police officers are racist. According to Jess Colarossi, a journalist for ThinkProgress, police killed more civilians in the first week of September than the total number of police officers killed so far this year. There have been various police brutality in minority cases, many of which happened in the last week alone. In fact on October 11th, Gyasi Hughes, a 14 year old African American teenager was a victim of police brutality when two police officers grabbed the young man’s neck and body slammed him into the ground in front of his peers. Two police officers cornered Hughes and started to physically harass the student. The defendant asked the officer “to leave him alone” because he did not commit a crime and then the officers grabbed his neck, slammed the student to the ground, and detained him. This is a prime example of police officers who use their power to physically and mentally bully others, especially people of color. A police officers role in a community is not to harass and physically abuse young minorities who have not committed a crime. A police officer’s role is to help protect the citizens of the community. Hughes was no criminal.