Religious discrimination

Discrimination Frederick Douglass once said “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe”. He is demonstrating how if there is injustice there will be no safety for everything around us will be based upon injustice. Injustice is an unfair act of cruelty that involves ignoring the rights of a person or a…

possible for people with different cultural and religious backgrounds to interact. While people in general have the same needs and often the similar goals, not all religions have the same practices. Some may have similar beliefs such as the denominations of Christianity but are often separated by details. In fact, religions have different ideals, which is the reason for the division. Although an individual may only be directly affected by one religious culture because it is the one that they…

For years, affirmative action policies attempted to iterate the idea of racial discrimination by giving minority applicants a leg up in the admissions process. Nowadays, taking action to end racism is the challenge and responsibility of every single person in our society. The admissions process is very fickle, but it must be understood to make light of the situation. Recently, diversity and affirmative action have been a popular topic of conversation causing large debates to emerge: whether or…

legal profession are still a relatively new occurrence. According to the American Bar Association report, there are 34% of women in law firms. For minority women it seems as private practice is a better alternative. They are less likely to face discrimination and more likely to achieve their desired standing. Women in large law firms only account for 4% of the total number of attorneys . There is still a lot of bias towards minority females making it difficult for them to succeed and achieve a…

Every chapter, every page, and every line the reader can tell there is a societal division. A focusing theme in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. The characters and readers are all aware of the effects of the caste system in Afghanistan during the time spent there by the protagonist, Amir. The unique point of view in which Hosseini, describes the societal conflicts allows the reader to gain insight on both, Afghan society and various characters. Throughout the novel, there is a difference…

My two previous blog posts were created by merging my analysis of the topics mentioned with my own personal experiences. For today’s blog post, I would like to take a different approach in analyzing the modules presented in our class. Today, I would like to reply to a video I have seen posted on a friend’s Facebook wall. The video was created by Lauren Southern, a very outspoken anti-feminist. Currently living in Langley, she is part of the Libertarian Party and has studied Political Science at…

An Analysis of “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” Hurston’s audience is not explicitly specified but she seems to be talking to society in general. She arranges her essay in a way where the true purpose of her argument is not stated to the reader until she’s almost done with what she has to say. Her main argument is that skin color is just skin color and that on the inside, people are all the same. She alludes to it throughout her speech and gives many examples that serve to support what she will…

Feminism “We want equality!” a passionate feminist yelled, starting a chant among the crowd of women’s rights activists. Feminism is defined as the social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. This movement has been dated back to centuries ago and still continues today throughout society. Some call feminism brainwashing, others call it genius. Personally, I believe feminism is essential and shouldn’t even be second guessed. Equal rights were once mocked and now they are snowballing…

Derived from the Latin word identatis, the English word “identity” means “the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized”. People find their identity, and identify themselves through, various modes such as gender, race, career, politics, income, ethnicity, and generation. One’s personal identity is never truly fully developed or defined, but rather it is ever evolving and expanding through experience, time, maturity, and knowledge. However, one of the most dominant…

otherwise known as cultural norms in which people within the same environment limit themselves based on tradition customs and roles within a society. As stated in the ICERD (the International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination) statements 1 and 2 both negate all differences of human races based on any specifics in which normally…