Minority rights

Being a minority race, such as an African -American is a complicated mix that is further strained by the geographic area. Depending on where you live, being a minority can influence and strain an individual’s identity. In the article written by Sheryl Sandberg, “A Woman’s Place,” she explores the difficulties between being a minority in the city of Silicon Valley. Similarly, in Somini Sengupta’s article, “ Why is Everyone so focused on Zuckerberg’s Hoodie?” he also examines how being a minority…

Amendment as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Bakke argued that his denial to the university violated the Fourteen Amendment Equal Protection Clause which states “equal protection of the laws” for all born or naturalized in the United States. Therefore…

Socioeconomic Class The minorities that live in low-income communities have to deal with lack of green space because it is now seen as an additional purchase in most communities. For those that are low-income typically are located in the city and have to face the dire consequences of local businesses. The businesses can release fossil fuels, chemicals, and other toxic wastes that have negative impacts on the health of many people. Studies have shown that pregnant women prexpose their children to…

any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin”. Now all affirmative action has done is start discriminating against majorities instead of minorities. Affirmative action was created so no one was discriminated against, not just shifting the discrimination of the minorities to the majority (Elizabeth Slattery). 7 The USA has had slavery for 188 years and segregation for 99 more (USA Today). Affirmative action is only 56 years old, meaning the US has…

programs require colleges to accept a specific percentage of a racial group. Affirmative action can be defined as a policy favoring minorities that provides them with equal opportunities for education or in the workplace.Oftentimes affirmative action is viewed as positive discrimination. Supporters of college affirmative action policies believe it is necessary to provide minorities with a chance to reach their full capabilities. However, with race based affirmative action policies, colleges are…

Fate: Sealed yet Alterable It is human nature to crave knowledge. People cannot help it, and oftentimes it is a favorable quality. Awareness should be desirable, right? Sometimes. But when dealing with fate, awareness can only hurt individuals, as shown in both Oedipus Rex and Minority Report. Both movie and play clearly illustrate that when a person tries to change their own destiny, they only end up bringing themselves closer to it. They also show how attempting to alter another’s destiny…

The terminology used in the article, “the glass ceiling”, is used not only for the women who face hardship in attaining leadership occupations, but also for the minorities that also face that trouble. Wilson believes that improvement in diversity in the workforce can bring forth the results of increased productivity and profitability, cultural awareness, greater equality, less segregation and stereotyping, decreased…

Affirmative action is one of the different actions that deal with racial inequality problems. In 1961, President Kennedy first introduced affirmative action to America, according to Ford and Whiting (122). Affirmative action’s target is to reduce and eventually put an end to the discriminations in education, employment, advocate racial diversity, remedy mistakes and eliminate barriers toward equality (Ford and Whiting, 121). One of its important goals is achieving educational equity. Nowadays,…

However, minority influence also played a huge role in inspiring the world to take action against this construction and help save their reservation. Minority influence is described as “the case where a minority of group members influences the behavior or beliefs of the majority” (Aronson et al., 2016, p. 248). The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is a minority compared to other groups in the United States, yet they have made a lasting…

Minorities in the workplace are still slender in today’s society. When I refer to minorities I am speaking on the Blacks and Hispanics. Though Black and Hispanics earn their degrees from top universities in computer science and computer engineering graduates at twice the rate that leading technology companies hire them, they still aren’t getting the jobs they deserve. Many technology companies blame the lack of minority job applicants for the severe shortage of the minorities. Although…