Equal opportunity

suffrage efforts started about a decade after Tocqueville visited America. However, women did not obtain the right to vote until 1920. That means, although women were deemed as equal, they could not fully participate in America’s democracy for roughly 145 years. Tocqueville noted that he understood men believed women to be of equal intelligence when he visited America. However, women were second to men in school during the time of Tocqueville. Many women could only get an education if the school…

Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced; Thoughts, which how found they harbour in thy breast Adam, misthought of her to thee so dear? (9. 286-89) In this passage, Eve expresses disappointment in Adam’s reasoning concerning her liability of being enticed by the devil. Eve is saddened that Adam, despite being close to her, believes that she would compromise her love and faith in Adam for the evil. Adam has little conviction in Eve and her…

that humans have ever encountered. Humans are extremely intelligent. Do these capabilities allow humans to justify their treatment of other animals? Singer would argue that no, humans should treat all beings capable of feeling pain or happiness as equals. Singer states “If a being suffers, there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being, the principle of equality requires that its suffering be counted equally…

of Education of Topeka is Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case that dealt with the issue of segregation and the racial definition of colored people. This was based on the Civil Rights Case in 1883, where the court stated, the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment provided no guarantee against private segregation. Adolph Plessy was of mixed descent (he was one-eighth African American and seven-eighth Caucasian). He was arrested on June 7, 1892 due to his…

“Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a short story about a dystopian universe in which everyone is equal through various handicaps. Vonnegut purposely makes this society equal on levels of intelligence, strength, and beauty. Other equality concerns, such as race, are avoided whether intentional or accidental. Vonnegut, throughout his story uses an array of imagery, details, and a particular type of syntax/language. He uses this not only when portraying his characters through their thoughts,…

demanded for their civil rights to be respected, just as any other citizen of the U.S. Unfortunately the courts turned their backs on them in a patronizing manner. The court stated that as long as the facilities in which they would be placed where “equals” the constitution were not being violated. They also had the guts to say that segregation was not discrimination. In 1890 the Louisiana law demanded that railroads should have the same commodities on both sides. The outraged African American…

furthermore, it will be a universe without free will. Likewise, the book “Harrison Bergeron” which says “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than nobody else; nobody was better looking than anybody else; nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.”*3 You can see that people are forced to be equal. It might seem like a reasonable idea at first but it isn’t as well as it appears because, it kills our identity as human; our…

barring arms makes men and women equal. There is a thin line between equality as a whole and using guns in order to close the inequality gap when it comes to self-self-defense. When taking all the fights women put up to become equal to men into consideration, as well as all the inequalities…

in a segregated school and were denied enrollment, have resorted to filing a lawsuit against the Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education. The district court reasoned that it was required to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedents supporting "separate but equal," the court ruled in favor of the school board. However, attached to the court's decision was a finding that "Segregation of white and colored children…

In the 20th century whites saw African Americans as a threat. Sharing railroads, public facilities, and having to work with blacks was an incompatible combination. Therefore, the south enforced a law called The Jim Crow Law, which legalized racial segregation. Blacks were restricted from using the same public and private facilities as whites. Both races were segregated into separate schools, transportation, bathrooms, drinking fountains, beaches and many more places. Later on, the Plessy vs.…