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Equality is an important cultural myth in the United States, although beliefs may appear contradictory to actions" (Jandt, pg. 206). Equality rights for all different diverse groups within the United States is still a concept many Americans have not dealt to appreciate or even accept. Equality to me means that we all have the same rules for both men and women. Is it really fair that women have more protection laws than men? Is it fair that a homosexual man gets punished for hitting a woman, although clearly homosexual men are placed below women in society? Is it fair and equal to have double standards for men to have sex deemed as the right thing and women as whores? Is it fair that Caucasians still have more advantages than minorities? Is it right to deny health care to those who cannot afford health insurance? None of these are right or even fair. As a gay man myself, I am faced with the ever ending question of equal rights marriage amongst the LGBT community. Was it right to say that two men or women would hurt a child? Is it even right for heterosexual couples to divorce and still end up hurting a child? NO!!! This is outrageous. Whatever happened to the separation of church and state. How is right that we cannot learn about religion in school, yet we use religion to control the state? It is wrong and immoral in so may different ways. From Women's Rights to Civil Rights to Rights of Freedom and now the LGBT Rights, we have yet a long way to go as Americans and the world. The following clip is a song from The Black Eyed Peas called "Where is the Love?". I like the entire song because of what it stands for and I believe it means not only equality, but unity, diversity, freedom, and fairness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc. From the 3:00 to 3:15 minute marks, one of the singers describes a question to the cop of why he is putting up those question marks. This song demonstrates how far America as a nation has not yet made too much effort into being diverse among so many things. Jandt also discusses that "the sense of equality extends to freedom to decide with whom to associate and occasional disregard for hierarchical structures" (Jandt, pg. 206). In the end, equality will prevail and people will soon discover that they have been wrong for the structuring of their ways of thinking and traditions.
I AGREE WITH YOU 100%!!!! VERY NICELY WELL PUT!!! Youre right why does america have all these alligations, assumptons, predjudices, and have the nerve you come up with a word like equality to make it seem as though we all are equal? When at the end of the day we all know were not. However i will say that i even though we dont have the same struggles when it comes to equality i will say that they are very similar in many ways. I struggle with equality as far as being an african american female beause i get treated differently in society we are looked down upon as ignorant, loud, ghettom uneducated, and good for laying on our backs. So as far as equality goes i would have have to disagree and say that it doesnt exist in my eyes because yes the civil rights movement is over i still am a witness to being treated unfairly.
ReplyDeleteEquality is something that we strive for. The fact that there is a blatant lack of equality in this country saddens me. As An African American I find it outrageous that in the 21st century people who are in love can not be married. I can imagine a world where I was free to love whom I chose. If there were the case for me, I would have the beautiful family that I have now. My daughter is biracial and want her to grow up in a world where race and gender are negative factors when perusing her dreams. Since when live in a era where we literally look up to the people on television I think its great that people Like Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie refuse to marry until everyone is free to marry. I once heard a comedy make the point that "we should let homosexuals share the same misery has us and get married. Great post.
ReplyDeleteOnly time can tell when America and the world will start becoming societies of equal rights and values.
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