...Course Date Equality for Americans Noah Webster said that, "Equality - the soul of the republic". For more understanding, it is worth to hold a digression into history. In 1787, only white people were considered as free people. African-Americans, on the other hand, were enslaved and recognized as "other". Women were deemed as men’s property and, accordingly, that meant their inability to vote for anything. Therefore, in this paper the concept of equality for Americans from the past till now will be considered. The basic document for modern people, the Constitution, which guarantees equality and full rights, has been corrected many times. It is worth mentioning the amendments 8, 9 and 10, which abolished slavery and guaranteed equal rights to everyone including African-Americans and the other ethnic groups. Amendment 19 carries the right to vote for women ratified due to suffragists’ motion. Amendment 24 abolished the poll tax, which was created to hold African-Americans, most of whom were poor, from voting. These amendments helped Americans become an equal nations union and established justice. From the very beginning, the American colonies had been far from Europe and its aristocratic rule. When a person has to withstand hunger, disease, and the other dangers on an uncharted ground, everyone is a friend to him and does not matter if he is the son of a merchant or a graph. The lack of power has made men free and equal in the visible sense. Equality was laid...
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...compared to previous generations. Women today have caught up to men in college attendance, and now women are more likely than men to gain a college degree. Women in the United States are working more and the number of women in the labor force is nearly equal to men. Gains in education and involvement in the labor force have yet to translate in to wage and income equality. Unmarried and divorced women holding the responsibility of raising and supporting their child is to blame for women’s lowered earning. Women today are less likely than in the past to be the target of violent crimes, including homicide. Examples of concepts or constructions of masculinity and femininity in society and in the media are that men are to be masculine by being strong, brave, and dominant. Society and the media say women are to be feminine by being emotional, passive, and sensitive. These concepts or constructions date far back in history and is still pushed in today’s society and in today’s media. If a man is to display femininity or a woman to display masculinity, they could be viewed as mentally ill, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Society and media believe that this cross between...
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...Transgender Rights, Equality, and Respect Jamie Hogan Transgender issues and rights seem to be at the forefront of media for the first time ever. While Caitlyn Jenner has been met with excessive criticism, she is the main reason this topic is so popular in the media this year. Many people seem to be frustrated with hearing about her, but I will use her as an example to make the topic more easily understood. Every time I see an article about her, it is followed by countless comments calling her “Bruce” and using the incorrect pronoun. This also happens on every other article I have seen about anyone who is transgender. While some people are doing this intentionally, there are many people that identify transgender people inaccurately simply due to lack of knowledge. It is not a common topic and so I wanted to help educate as many people as I could about what it means to be transgender. Transgender rights were already an important part of my life. I was friends with three people that are transgender. My best friend from high school is one of those people. I remember when she told me she wanted to become a girl. I did not react in a surprised way. I just told her “Do whatever you need to do to make you happy. That’s the only thing that matters.” She told me she loved my reaction because I did not act like it was a crazy idea. She said it was like she told me she like pasta, like it was a totally normal thing to say. Although she was my first transgender friend...
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...Women Equal to Men This world has many questions to ask about Global Warming, Why Animals are going Extinct, Technology advancing quickly and The Growth of population. A common question that is commonly debated everyday is Are Women Equal to Men? Of course each gender has their answer to the question. Men say that they are more dominant and have harder responsibilities. The Women say that Men do not have harder responsibilities and they can do the work Men Do. Men work to provide income for the family and Women stay at home cook, take care of the kids, wash clothes, and do house chores. This is the kind of wife every Man desires. Men and Women must realize their respective equal roles and strive the complement each other in their shared struggles to improve life. Traditionally Men are the ones that go out and make money to provide for the family. This is why they think that they work harder than Women. They say that women are weak and cannot do the jobs that they do. For example imagine a women being a carpenter. This would be abnormal for a woman to do hard labour work and make carpentry. Men are the ones that have experience of formal jobs, get higher paying jobs, and have more opportunities. “Men-the-sovereign will provide woman-the-liege with material protection and will undertake the more justification of her existence: thus she can evade at once both economic risk and the metaphysical risk of a liberty in which ends and aims contrived without assistance” (Beauvoir 346)...
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...Vincent Serrecchia Professor Cruz Latino Politics 28 February 2012 Debate Paper #2 According to Webster’s dictionary, the definition of liberalism is as follows, “a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties.” The first known use of liberalism in our society was in 1819, and from then on it has always claimed to stand for the greatest social good. As for liberalism being incompatible with identity politics, I disagree. I believe identity politics is compatible with liberalism. Liberalism is considered democracy free while identity politics focus on the self-interest and perspectives of self-identified groups. My first experience with a Latino politics debate wasn’t exactly positive because it made me nervous knowing I had to express my views towards the question that was assigned to our debate. At the beginning of the debate I was a little nervous to speak my opinion because I felt that I did not know enough about the Latino culture, as well as having a hard time understanding the readings. I was afraid that what I was about to say could come off as offending to some of my fellow classmates and, in defense to that, it would cause another debate. However, after having the opportunity to listen to the first debater give their opinion on the question, I felt more comfortable to speak my opinion without the risk of...
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...Exercises 7.1: Work: Let A = {a1,a2,…an} If R is a relation on A , R AxA and if R is antisymmetric also: If (ai,aj)R and (aj,ai)R then a i = a j Then if (ai,aj)R with i j then (aj,ai) R So we can construct R where Ris maximum taking: R = {(ai,ai) , 1 i n} U {(ai,aj) , 1 i < j n} R= n + n2 = n+n(n-1)/2 = n[1+(n-1)/2] = n(n+1)/2 Answer: Maximum value for R= n(n+1)/2 and it´s only 1 antisymmetric relation with this property (the one constructed above) Exercises 7.2: Work: We know that (a,a)R for all aA Since (a,a) R and (a,a) R if we apply definition of R2 (a,a) R2 for all aA then R2 is a reflexive relation on the set A Work: Each entry is 0 or 1 and we must count how many matrices 6x6 satisfy A = A tr The number of matrices that A = Atr is equal to the number of matrices that i construct selecting the entries in the diagonal and above. 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21 Answer: 21 Exercise 7.3: a) Relation matrix is M=1 1 1 1 10 1 0 1 10 0 1 1 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 b) I will do it by hand c) Work: Using the Fig 7.23 For k = 1 e is the only vertex that has no edges starting at it Then we remove e Result: e For k = 2 d is the only vertex that has no edges starting at it Then we remove d Result: d < e For k = 3 b and c are the only vertices that has no edges starting at it we select c (it can be b too) Then we remove c Result: c<d<e For k = 4 b is the only vertex that has no edges starting at it Then...
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...In the play, “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail,” written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, we see many diverse viewpoints Thoreau may have had. One may see many influential experiences in Thoreau’s life—what motivated Thoreau what mattered and what didn’t to him. He believes in what he wants to believe and no one can change his mind. What Thoreau might be trying to tell the audience is they can stand up for themselves and there is equality between everyone. Through out the play Thoreau stands up for his rights. He gets extremely in depth and makes you think about what he’s really saying. He stands up for his rights, but doesn’t care if anyone agrees with him or even likes him, “…to be liked, you never disagree. And if you never disagree, it’s like only breathing in and never breathing out...” (13). Always trying for people to like you, one can almost feel suffocated. If you can’t make yourself happy it’s hard to stand up for yourself. People change themselves to be someone they aren’t just to be liked. Thoreau finds great disgust with going along with others. He expects everyone to “speak out” and not back down from what they believe (85). Thoreau doesn’t care if you’re the President or a beggar on the street. He believes everyone is equal. He believes we are all human, equally and wonderfully made, and no one is better than another. No one should be placed higher than another on the social scale, “I’m opposed to social distinctions…” (77). In society we...
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...Homework this week: 1.5b, 1.7ab Quiz 2: 1.4c, 1.5b, 1.7ab 1. Solving Formulas A formula is an equation which represents the relationship between two or more variables. Example 1.1. (1) The formula x = y means that x and y are the same. (2) The formula C = 5 (F − 32) represents the relationship between temperatures in 9 degrees Fahrenheit F and Celsius C. A formula is called solved for one of its variables if that variable is isolated on one side of the equals sign in the equation. Not all formulas can be solved for all of their variables. Example 1.2. The formula we wrote relating Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures is solved for the variable representing degrees in Celsius C. We solve it for degrees in Fahrenheit F : 5 C = (F − 32) 9 9 C = F − 32 5 9 C + 32 = F 5 Written in the normal way (with the solved variable on the left-hand side) our solution is 9 F = C + 32 5 2. Solving Linear Inequalities 2.1. Inequalities and Interval Notation. An inequality is an expression representing the way that variables or numbers are not equal. We will learn to simplify expressions which describe how a variable is less or greater than another. In mathematical notation for fixed real numbers a, the inequality x < a represents all numbers less than a; we can write this equivalently a > x. The inequality x > a represents all numbers greater than a. The previous inequalities are called strict, since we are not allowed to take x = a. If we can take x = a, the inequalities are written x ≤ a or x ≥...
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...Desmond Scott Professor Barley English-1A 16 June 2016 Thinking Forward The question is to have or to have not, to become or succumb, to thrive or to survive. The United States is an interesting case of the “haves” and the “have nots” considering it’s one of the wealthiest nations in the world and yet there are still those who sleep on the street. Bambara’s illustration in “The Lesson” serves as an exposé on the mentality, self-esteem, and environment primarily of the “have nots.” The pivotal point in the story is that the children are introduced to a new, yet profound truth. That truth is this: There’s more to life than just the ‘hood. Though the story took place roughly 4 decades ago it’s quite obvious that there are still inequalities in America. A general explanation of this issue would be that we still have an upper-class, middle-class, working-class, and lower-class which indicates the unequal distribution of wealth. However, as it relates to this particular story despite the main inequality of in the story, Bambara presents a dichotomy of two different groups of people with two different realities colliding head-on. When Sugar says “You know, Miss Moore I don’t think all of us here put together eat in a year what that sailboat costs.”(Bambara 7) She indicates that she and the other kids live in a reality where their families live paycheck to paycheck and to even think of something a nice as F.A.O. Schwarz is a pipe dream. On the other hand, Ms. Moore lives in a reality...
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...Applying Concepts Team D MTH-220 June 30, 2014 Wayne Neidhardt Applying Concepts Solve To solve and graph the equation provided using the system of inequalities formula, one must find the x and y intercepts. Our first equation will be written as 50x+20y+230≤ 1500. First to find our x intercept, we will let y=0. Our equation will be written as 50x+200+230=1500. Next we want to solve for x, by deducting 230 from 1500 and dividing 50 from both side to get x=1270/50. Our x intercept will be 25.4. To get our y intercept, we will let x=0. Our equation will be written as 500+20y+230=1500. Now we want to solve for y by deducting 230 from 1500 and dividing 20 from both side to get y=1270/20. Our y intercept will be 63.5. Overall our intercepts for the first equation will be (25.4, 0) (0, 63.5) For our next equation, we will be using the same concept to find the x and y intercepts. Our second equation will be written as 30x + 20y ≤ 500. To solve for x, we will let y=0, to get 30x+20(0) =500. Next divide by side by 30 to get x=500/30. Our x intercept will be 16.66 rounded off to get 16.7. To get our y intercept, we will let x=0 to get 30(0) +20y=500. Divide both side by 20 to get y=500/20. Our y intercept will be 25. Overall our second equation intercepts are (16.7, 0) (0, 25). Since both of our equations contains a greater than and equal to symbol, our line will be solid. Both of our equation will be shaded to the left because x and y is less than the proceeding number...
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...hands shook and I started studying as quickly as I could. Suddenly, a hand shut my binder and I looked up to see my American friend. She had a goofy grin on her face as she said, "Stephanie, please... you're Asian. You're probably gonna get an A again." As I looked at her blankly, unanswered questions quickly filed my head. Am I really ready? Will I get an A on this test? Did I study enough? I quickly mumbled, "Sure" and took my binder out from under her hand. Ten minutes passed and the teacher started passing out the test. I had to get a 100% on this test. Everyone had always expected me to do well on everything. This incident has reminded me that even though our society has greatly improved in terms of equality for all, we still have work to do. Dr. King's dream of equality has been the goal our society has wanted to achieve since his death in 1968. Since then, our society has grown from a deprived nation that only looks at one's skin to a nation where everyone has an equal chance at everything. Although we have improved greatly, there is still one thing that blocks our path to fully reaching Dr. King's dream- stereotypes. Stereotypes are false generalizations about different groups of people. Over generations, an Asian's stereotype has been that we, as Asians, never get less than an A+ or an A on our report cards, excel in math and science, study a lot, and are usually anti-social. Although some things could be true, not all of these things are true about every Asian in Columbia...
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...It is often said that we learn from our past, but is that really true? Inequalities have existed in our society for thousands of years; from the kings verses the surfs in medieval times, to the treatment of slaves, to the inequalities of women. Today we still have people who face prejudice and inequality every day. If we really learn from our past, why does inequality still exist? Why can’t we live to the belief that “all men are created equal?” Our society today is, however, a lot better than it was when the United States first became a nation. The examples of past inequalities have shaped today’s society because we now have an increased minority participation in the government, equal education is promised to everybody, and most people have the chance at any job they want. In today’s government, there are 61 women in congress, and 13 in the senate. 36 blacks and 24 other minorities were also elected into congress. (congressional, 2001) When the first members of the United States congress were elected into office, there were no minorities or women included. Back then, it would be unheard of for a woman or a freed slave to help run the country. Blacks first started to be elected into congress after the civil war. This was made possible by the passage of Reconstruction Acts by congress, which enabled free male slaves to vote. Because blacks were the majority in some areas of the southern United States, it became possible for them to be elected and to hold office. Women still, however...
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...willing to create rational and moral judgements for society or a thug who had no moral responsibilities such as a thug who was aware of how irrational the society really is. The character from her novel Anthem Equality 7-2125 would certainly agree with her as he is a person in the former group. He was right to denounce the way of his leaders in moral terms and to leave the City. On Ayn Rand’s Essay In her essay “How to live a Rational Life in an Irrational Society” Ayn Rand states that the only way to keep society rational is to judge others and be prepared to be judged yourself. In her essay Ayn Rand states, “An irrational society is a society of moral cowards—of men paralyzed by the loss of moral standards, principles and goals. But since men have to act, so long as they live, such a society is ready to be taken over by anyone willing to set its direction. The initiative can come from only two types of men: either from the man who is willing to assume the responsibility of asserting rational values—or from the thug who is not troubled by questions of responsibility.”. This is because not judging only benefits the evil overall and not the...
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...Equality Everywhere Imagine two societies where in one, the manes of all people are normal and in another, they aren’t. Now, imagine how they would both focus on the term “equality”. Harrison Bergeron is about a dystopian society and a lone man who questions society. Anthem is about an anti-dystopian society and has a lone man who also questions society. Both Harrison Bergeron and Anthem have societies focused on equality, but a big difference between the two are the character names. The names of each character differs as to what the audience is reading. In Harrison Bergeron, the names are specifically stated and are normal, unlike in Anthem. Everywhere in the book can be proof of this, for example, George, Hazel, and Harrison Bergeron have...
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...who they are then they will be able to live their lives much better than trying to be someone that they are not. The second article that is commentary on the transgender community and gives a broad definition of what being transgender really is. While same sex marriage is something that is now allowed and accepted in the Supreme Court, the battle is not over. All over the country,...
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