All men are created equal

have the best life because of the white wealthy men. African Americans were treated poorly and had no rights which was unfair seeing as they did all the work in order for the men to get their money. The Declaration of Independence says “all men are created equal”, but that was a lie because if all men were created equal then African American men would be allowed to participate in the Constitution. The Constitution was only for wealthy white men, but that was unfair on so many levels becuase…

that our society is equal, it’s really not. The injustices faced today connect to the racism of the 1930s in Sharon Draper’s novel Stella by Starlight. Stella’s mother was sick and the white doctor wouldn't see her and Stella’s father had to take a difficult test to vote and pay poll tax. African Americans were looked down upon and albeit this may not be the case now, there are several other discriminatory actions that people are confronted with everyday. Women are paid less than men and don’t…

was hoped women that women would be able to work their way up into an equal position with men. Many people argue the goals of feminism have been met. This is fundamentally false, despite what some statistics claim others prove women and men are still not equal within the business world. However, by destroying society created myths women can reach their full potential, earning executive positions, and eventually receiving equal pay. Using statistics many people are attempting to prove women are…

approximately equal, but everyone is also commonly unique. Atticus Finch, a character in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird tries to save Tom Robinson, a black man, from a wrongly accused crime. One of Atticus’s statements is “our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal.” Anywhere, all men should be created equal, but that is not the reality of human nature. Harper Lee’s use of dialogue and symbolism show that man will not perceive others as equal. The…

northern and southern states. The northern states fought for the idea of freedom and equality, which means they wanted no more slaves and the Southern states wanted to keep slaves for economical purposes. Also, women were not treated right , at the time men were biased to the idea of equality for women's rights. Sojourner Truth was one of the very few women that stood up and contradicted men’s ideas for women's right and helped changed sexist points of…

Title IX- A Law Worth Keeping Title IX is a federal law created in 1972 that prohibits sexual discrimination in education and school athletics. Sexual discrimination in education can be interpreted as females not receiving equal scholarship opportunities as males, as well as women’s programs or men’s programs getting less funding so that the other gender’s programs may gain. The main reason that Title was created was to prevent sexual discrimination in places of education. Although some believe…

feminism is based in the views of equality between men and woman. Second Wave feminism worked to create greater equality in social aspects and establish clear rights of woman. Second Wave feminism spread globally and created a large recgonition of the inequality women face. Second Wave feminism’s global affect irreversibly changed western culture and created progress internationally. Second Wave…

poverty and caused family issues. The stress of these issues caused men to drink excessively. They would get drunk every night in the pub and come home drunk to their families and sometimes abuse their family because of the level of drunkenness. This led to the creation of the American Temperance Society in 1826. Its members convinced people to stop drinking because if men were less drunk society would be better. The woman would work all day, watching the kids,…

issues associated with the first wave of the women 's movement is women 's suffrage. Suffragists used multiple platforms to spread their message and to advocate for their rights. "I Wonder If It Is Really Becoming" is a political cartoon that was created with the intention to further the suffrage movement, and to inspire women to fight for their right to vote. The creator of this document took her stance in a bold, compelling way. Therefore, the author of this document successfully achieved her…

Of the two individuals that we studied on this week, I feel that Walt Whitman spoke more to the 21st century. The poem explores the themes of the self, the all-surrounding "I," sexuality, social equality, the human body, and what it means to live in the contemporary world. Whitman speaks to a general idea of self, a shared aim between his individual character—the Walt Whitman he often portrays as the good guy in his poems—and the Democratic self, which is the communal personality that most…