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Date: February 08, 2018 09:04AM
From the famous "This I Believe" program:
https://thisibelieve.org/essay/92236/I believe all people be treated equally. Race, religion, sex, age, and other petty differences should not matter. People in general are equal but hold different statuses in life. You can hold a higher status, have special laws for you race, and be considered above the rest but in the end we are all still the same. Every one has a right to be here, on Earth. They have a right to be heard. In school especially, as well as our daily lives, we learn in America to live by the idea of “freedom and equality for all”.
It may seem as if this is the standard of society, but these ideas of equality have been fought over since the beginning of written history. Even in America today, prejudice still exists. The Constitution created “The 14Th Amendment” which means, equal protection under the law. This amendment permanently changed constitutional law by empowering the Federal government’s jurisdiction to include local and state governments which would be required to abide by new standards of civil rights and privileges. The United States Senate dropped one of the original proposals stating, “No state shall violate the equal rights of conscience or the freedom of press or trial by jury in criminal cases”, something that the fourteenth amendment would address.
I hope that some day, when a person looks at another they won’t judge them until they actually meet them. Race, religion, sex, and age don’t make someone any less of a person. A person’s age should not mater. Both young and old should have the same rights. As long as a person is educated, they have a right to form an opinion about it. Children are no less of people because they are young.
Sex should not matter. Both men and women are people; therefore, they should be treated the same and with respect. Many men and women are harassed every day by the opposite sex. Without the opposite sex, it would mean the end of the human race. So, I believe both men and women are just as important as the other.
Religion should not matter. A person is raised to believe something. Everyone should have a choice on their “beliefs’’. No religion is wrong.
Reverse discrimination is also wrong. It isn’t a person’s fault that people of their race and sex usually have many troubles. All discrimination is the same. No one should discriminate against, especially if it is to bring themselves up. In society today we kill and will continue to kill to bring justice. Will we ever learn that as long as we keep trying to get people back for what others have done to us, there will never be peace?