My Outlook at this Point...

What are rights?  If this class has enlightened me to anything, its that one thing our country is good at, is making us feel comfortable.  African Americans, Women, Hispanics, etc.; many have fought for “rights”, and on paper have won those rights they sought after.  No discrimination in the workplace, in public, on public transportation, in politics.  Political, Economical, Equality; we have that now so the job is done right? We can just live our lives and be worry free because we’re all equal.

But what about social?  Have we achieved Social Equality?  Hell no.  This is a country where all are judged socially by what we have, what we look like, our religion, our sexual orientation, the list goes on and on.  Because of social norms and the highly judgmental views regarding what is seen as socially acceptable, there is still a mass amount of inequality.  So much that it in fact goes into the other aspects of “equality” I named. 

Jason Collins, the only active known homosexual NBA basketball player, had to wait how long to be signed to a team’s roster since his coming out?  Are women paid and distributed higher ranking jobs equal to men?  Is there still racism? Does is really matter how much money someone has to define their “worth?”  How can we say that there is true equality in the world, and especially in the United States.

When you think about it, this is one thing that has never changed through time.  Social inequalities ARE the root to the vast majority of all inequality.  As long as there is evil in this world, true equality will never be reached.  And through we may make our best efforts to bring change, it seems that where there is Good, there is Evil, and Where there is Evil, there is Good.  A never ending cycle that we as a society are trapped in…

Food for thought.