Rising action

In the debate over Affirmative Action, Liberals take their stand as an advocate for affirmative action. They believe that America needs to atone for the history of racism, cruelties and social discrimination towards African-Americans and other minorities. This is achieved through the preferential, or favoring, treatment of minorities. Conservatives do not believe in affirmative action. They believe that people should receive benefits based on ability rather than race. On the contrary,…

Voices of powerless women in other countries is what created a change and better opportunities for them and others in their country. Many women improved their lives by using their voice and actions. Speaking up about what is wrong, saved a whole town of women from continuously being raped and beaten. Speaking up about poor educations, allowed a better education for others presently going to school and in the future. Many women stories in the…

America has progressed very far when it comes to racism and discrimination, it still has a long way to go. Affirmative action policies are essentially used to combat long term racial failures and promote equality. These policies are aimed to increase the proportion of minorities and women in jobs and educational institutions historically dominated by white men. The term "affirmative action" was first introduced by President Kennedy in 1961 as a method of redressing discrimination that had…

President John F. Kennedy created the affirmative action program to provide equal opportunities for everyone in education. While this program started in the 1960’s, problems continued to present themselves as shown through the many court cases, such as Brown vs. Board of Education and Fisher vs. The University of Texas. Some people believe affirmative action is needed because it increases the number of underrepresented minority acceptance, leads to diversity in higher education, and eliminates…

In the mid 1960s, farm workers experienced many hardships and labor without being given enough resources to live comfortably. Cesar Chavez argues how farm workers should be treated like humans and that we should fight for their rights in his speech, The Union & The Strike. Fighting for the workers’ rights requires forming a union which will show how power can come in numbers. Using moralistic and ambitious diction, an audacious and zealous tone, logos, pathos and syntax, Chavez was able to share…

In the short story, “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and in the poem “The Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti the authors portray a tremendous amount of symbolism. “The Chrysanthemums” is a short story about a middle-aged woman named Elisa, who is married with no children and is very unsatisfied with her life. The poem, “The Goblin Market” tells a story about two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted by goblins to eat the forbidden fruit they offer them. In the short story and the…

Less than a hundred years ago, life in America was remarkably unlike life in today’s society. The difference lies not only in the way he people lived or worked, but also in the way they thought. Prejudice ruled over the minds of many, which resulted in the unequal treatment of people based on their race or gender. Set in the American South in the 1930s, the biographical film The Great Debaters follows the debate team of Wiley College, an all black institution, and its coach Melvin B. Tolson in…

During the Victorian era, one of the underlying issues that society was faced with is race. In fact, similar, derogatory characteristics were allocated to different groups of people such as white, middle class women, Blacks and members of the lower class. These different groups of people were seen as irrational, superstitious and sharing the same physical qualities like skin colour for example. However, race in the book Jane Eyre applies not only to colour, but nationality as well. In addition,…

In the mid 1960s, farm workers experienced many hardships and labor without enough resources to live comfortably. Cesar Chavez argues how farm workers should be treated like humans and that we should fight for their rights in his speech, The Union & The Strike. Fighting for the workers’ rights requires forming a union which will show how power can come in numbers. Using moralistic and ambitious diction, an audacious and zealous tone, logos, pathos and syntax, Chavez was able to share his ideas…

Fitting in is being “socially compatible with members of a specific group.” Fitting in is one thing that multiple people want to be able to accomplish without having to change who they are as a person. They want to be given the chance to fit equally into a place where they don’t feel like an outcast. Social equality is described as the same status in certain respects, which includes freedom of speech, property rights and equal access to certain social goods and services. The existing differences…