Many of the minority groups such as African Americans, Asians, Mexicans, and Native Americans all had violated human rights. First, multiple minority groups had different articles violated Minority groups African Americans, Asians, Mexicans, and Native Americans not one, but multiple violations to the bill of rights. Also, the group among us researched more about African Americans instead of the other four. I researched about all minority groups they all are treated as badly. They seem not human or animal to the abusive people. The human bill of rights is the legal rights humans have. We care about theses laws because if ignored and get people in trouble. Article fifteen of the bill of rights were violated the most out of all groups. It is important to us because we have to be aware of that article and look for it better. Finally almost all groups were violated under article fifteen. …show more content…
To begin, one of the minorities, African Americans had article five violated because seventeen year black girl went to a white school and got spit, on, and surrounded in a angry mob. People need to realize that these things still exist, but is hard to catch because of the rarity of this happening. Next, physical abusement has been mostly the torture in all minority groups. African American children were sprayed with high pressure fire hoses which dug into their skin. The people in charge of the city operated the and targeted black people. Why would someone do that? The answer is still unanswered. One other type of torture was mental torture which was not common. Gases similar to nicotine affect the brain and take control and have them make the victims do unimaginable things. The same thing happens when you smoke, if too much nicotine affect the brain also. The main reason is don’t let that stuff get to you, stand up for
...ver, the minority groups started fighting for their rights so as to enjoy their privileges as stipulated by the constitution. The minority groups comprised of African Americans and Hispanics. This led to the formation of a number of civil rights for the African Americans were continually being infringed by the whites. As the USA was fighting against racial discrimination, it was still criticizing communism by the Soviet Union. The president recommended that the senate pass bills that would regard and promote equal rights and privileges for all the American citizens. Despite the failure of the recommendation, Truman, the president then used the executive powers bound to him in the desegregation of the armed forces. This led to the passing of the civil rights act and the voting act in the 1964 and 1965. This allowed for the African Americans to have the right to vote.
“.When you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters.” –Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Over the years, many groups of people have been denied basic human rights based on simple things such as gender or race. These acts go against the UDHR, or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UDHR is a document of the equal and inalienable rights/freedoms all people are born with.
To the African American community the 15th amendment was the most important amendment to the constitution. The 15th Amendment was made to provide every man, no matter what color he was, the right to vote. This made every man equal, although not all were treated that way. The 15th Amendment was very significant to many Americans of different races. This Amendment changed their lives forever by allowing them to vote.
Barker (2014, p.1) suggests that the law may be defined as a rule of human conduct, imposed upon and enforced among the members of society in which laws are inaugurated to ensure that social order continues. As a result, laws ensure that members of society may live and work together in an orderly manner by following the same rules. However, laws have different affects on individual members in society and from this point of view, this essay will focus on how laws in society affect individuals in minority and disadvantaged groups.
From the very beginning of time African Americans have been a culture of resistance. That is resistance from slavery, resistance from torture, and resistance from wrongdoing. Families were torn apart, women were raped, and children were tortured. In an article by Atlanta Blackst they list some of the ways African American slaves were tortures, and it’s horrifying. Some slaves were burned alive, lynched by meat hooks, castrated, and even Mutated. This is the easy part, as after being tortured they had many years of psychological suffering. They didn’t have family to turn to because they were most dead or sold to another slave
Furthermore, race has always been a serious matter in the Supreme Court and other government administrations, but they fail to recognize the issue. The injustices that minorities had to deal with in the past are the same inequalities that minorities, especially African Americans, still have to face in today’s society.
Disparate treatment is a form of discrimination that is forbidden by laws in which all employers must comply, including fire and emergency services. Disparate treatment in the workplace is applicable to many functions of the workplace including, discipline, promotions, hiring, firing, benefits, layoffs, and testing (Varone, 2012). The claim of disparate treatment arises when a person or group, “is treated differently because of a prohibited classification” (Varone, 2012, p. 439). In the 2010 case, Lewis v. City of Chicago, six plaintiffs accused the city of disparate treatment following testing for open positions within the Chicago Fire Department (Lewis v. City of Chicago, 2010). The case is based on the argument that the Chicago Fire Department firefighter candidate testing, which was conducted in 1995, followed an unfair process of grouping eligible candidates, therefore discriminating against candidates of African-American decent. The case was heard by the Seventh District Court of Appeals and ultimately appeared before the United States Supreme Court, where Justice Scalia delivered the final verdict in favor of the plaintiffs.
The Fifth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth amendment are supposed to be in place to treat everyone with equality. From our own declaration “all men are created equal” (Jacobus, 412), these amendments are in place to protect our rights and keep us safe. The Fifth Amendment states that no person shall….. “Be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law….” (Jacobus, 412) However even though we have these laws here to protect us discrimination once plagued our country because of a person’s color, race, or religion. Throughout our history there were many instances of this unfairness, for example “Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company.” (Jacobus, 412) This case was a huge breakthrough in the fight against discrimination saying that any form of discrimination is a “badge of slavery” (Jacobus, 412) which is a direct violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. “The Supreme Court stated that in enforcing the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Congress is empowered under the Thirteenth Amendment to secure all citizens the right to buy whatever a white man can buy and the right to live wherever a Whiteman can live” (Jacobus, 412). Another historical event that changed the way real estate is handled was the case of Shelley v. Kraemer. This was about Caucasians wanting to impose a deed restriction that only allowed white people to hold deed to land. The State courts granted the motion but the Supreme Court reversed it saying “the action of state courts in imposin...
Other than that, what brings racism into our nation is because of the classes of society, which draw in us into honing racial separation. Racial segregation is the point at which a man is dealt with less positively than someone else in a comparable circumstance on account of their race, shading, plummet, national or ethnic inception or migrant status. This had totally changed the world in creating division, such as the terms of “black white” or “wealthy poor”. Racist behaviour may be direct (overt) or indirect (covert) in particular. Direct racial discrimination is the unfair or unequal treatment of a person or a group on racial grounds. An example would be an employer who won't hire someone on the basis of their cultural or linguistic background.
Humans have established their own rights in society for many, many years now. However, because some humans differ from the norms that are built in society, they are shunned and denied their rights until they conform to society’s norms. There have been numerous groups of people who have been denied their rights in America. African Americans, immigrants, Native Americans, and gays have been isolated simply because that is the way they were born into this world and others do not find them “normal”. There is another group that has also been mistreated though: people who identify themselves as transgender.
I would argue that rights are not adequately protected in the Untied States. Many considered America to be” the land of the free”, the land where there are numerous opportunities, and a place where there is “liberty and justice for all.” However, that is not true at all. Your rights are adequately protected depending on your race, socio economic status, gender, educational status, and so much more. We have seen many times where black people are killed by police officers, yet they are not found guilty of crime. There are many cases where a male and female commit the same crime, yet the female is given more time. A white male and a black male can commit the same crime, yet the media will acknowledge that the white male had mental health issues while they
Diversity, we define today as one of our nation’s most dynamic characteristics in American history. The United States thrives through the means of diversity. However, diversity has not always been a positive component in America. In fact, it took many years for our nation to become accustomed to this broad variety of mixed cultures and social groups. One of the leading groups that were most commonly affected by this, were African American citizens, who were victimized because of their color and race.
Racial Discrimination, and Oppression and are still major problems in society. Many great historical leaders such as; Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X , and more have fought for the end of racism and oppression yet it lingers like stray dog. Many times when people mention racism and oppression they overlook it, as though it weren’t a real issue in the world today. Ending racial discrimination and oppression is exceedingly important although we are of different race, sex, and language we have the same color blood and we’re human with emotions. The ending of racial discrimination and oppression, could lead to less suicides due to suicides, poverty, unemployment, and uneducated individuals. The information I will be presenting in this critical
From a moral standpoint, torture is wrong and unacceptable. Many religious people are against this act of violence because they see it as a violation of the dignity of a human being. Humans have the right to not have intentional harm upon themselves from others. The ban on torture furthermore supports this certain right. Not only does torture violate people’s rights, but they also violate the demands of justice. In the past, many of our nation’s people have been tortured and we have had a problem with it; but when it’s not you the one that is being tortured, it seems to be fine. Have you heard of the golden rule, “Treat others only as you consent to being treated in the same situation? (7)” This applies very well to this problem.
Will Kymlicka writes in the Multicultural Citizen that national minorities and immigrant groups should be given room and protection to practice and express their cultures. He argues that cultural expression is key to individual freedom and allows for a greater freedom of opportunity. National minorities, as large ethnic minority populations within a nation that have historic and cultural ties to the land (Kymlicka, p. 79), should be given the utmost cultural freedom and protection culture as it enhances the nation as a whole. Immigrant groups, who by immigrating have given up their homeland, will in time assimilate into a dominant national culture, but should be given strong protection from discrimination and room to express themselves. But what happens when a national minority oppresses immigrant groups to protect its own culture? Bill 60 of the Québec government pits national minorities against immigrant groups complicating Kymlicka’s views on liberal freedom and culture. The answer to this problem lays in looking back to John Locke’s political society to show national minorities take priority over immigrant group in relation to culture.