The Equalizer

advantage and disadvantage, it’s good side and bad side. Many scientists and psychology major students in the sources below mentions how stereotypes can be opportune as it is viewed as a bad thing most of the time. Stereotypes can save time, act as equalizer between people and aim to make sense and help people understand why certain people act or behave in a certain way. However, Stereotypes can always convey a negative image and impression about different race, culture or a society. The…

The Civil War and its resulting Amendments 13th through 15th to be enforced through the Reconstruction all failed to due resistance by the white majority. Ensuring the segregation of white and black Americans was how white America made its feelings known, and so while black Americans were now free, they were not free to access all public places and spaces, including schools, public transportation, entertainment venues, parks, fountains and beaches. If one looks up the history of Jim Crow, it…

Fear has always been a feeling or instinct which has helped people survive threatening and dangerous situations. humans initially learned to have three sources of fear: germs and diseases, physical threats, and sources of poison (Minnesota M.U). The Amygdala is a gland in the brain that helps detect and create the human fear response. When a threatening stimulus is encountered the Amygdala sends messages that put a person in a state of vigilance and attentiveness. This reaction prepares…

changed since the early twentieth century, including education, healthcare, and parenthood. In society today, people need a lot of money to get a college education, and according to Richard Eskow in an online article, "education... is 'the great equalizer... the facilitator of the American dream. '" So, without a proper education, the American dream is difficult to pursue. Eskow also reports that household healthcare costs have increased by 73%, while the median…

enlightens us and urges us to get rid of negative mindsets such as pride, greed, and hate. It teaches us the truly important things in life including happiness, wisdom, and harmony. Education makes us humble and tolerant towards one another; the great equalizer strips away labels and shows us the similarities among us that we had never realized before. This theory holds true today because people who are enlightened by education are open-minded to different cultures and ideologies. Those who are…

for, but cannot achieve alone, the improvements that are necessary in our educational system. In analyzing the President’s speeches, Hairston found that, “While the phrasing of President Obama suggests education as a civil right and as the great equalizer, the policies of President Obama suggest education is a polarizing force which will continue to benefit the elites and bury those not born of privilege.” (Hairston, 2013 p. 234) President Obama himself is held back from accomplishing many of…

Standardized testing has been around for many of years here in the United States. Every year each student in grade levels of 3-12 is given a standardized test in the subjects of math, English, science, and history. This one test in each subject that the students take determines their faith if they get to move forward to the next grade or retake that class. Is this fair to students? Should standardized testing be banned from schools in the United States? Many will say that standardized testing…

Yet, despite the equality and order that law brings, there are many who despise the laws. They believe the rules are immoral, and that law inhibits a human’s free will. In “Antigone”, Antigone feels Creon’s decree unethical. To her, it goes without saying that all the dead should be buried. Everyone will die at some point, and no matter how we acted in life, we deserve burial, regardless of what a law says. This is just a literary example of the idea that laws may be immoral. Laws are…

In 1964, President Johnson declared war on poverty. Since then poverty has been an ongoing problem. No matter what the income, poor economy, or overall prosperity countries in the world, the United States is not immune to it either. Even today there are still people starving, homeless, struggling to find shelter and more. Among the world’s 35 richest countries, the United States holds the distinction of ranking second highest in child poverty. This is why children growing up in poverty…

2nd half has started and we are angry, we are losing so we keep putting pressure until they lose the ball. Once we recovered it we had an open shot and we took it. The ball was in the air going for goal. My teammate celebrated that he scored the equalizer. Our parents were Going crazy that we scored. Then we had another chance to score and we took advantage. We were up by one. My team won that game 2-1. I was happy we won two games. Next game was at 3. We lost 3-1. The other team was very good.…