"For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable." (Edgar Ramirez) all people should be allowed to do the same things. There are multiple issues in the world that refer to discrimination such as racism towards women, elderly, and disabled people and abortion. Many people judge others or think that those who are different are weaker and cannot defend themselves; however, the people being judged are the equal to those who judge them. According to the Golden Rule, people should treat others equally. The Golden Rule says, "Treat others the way you want to be treated." On the other side of the argument, many people believe that women are less important then men and that they should not be allowed to have jobs or have the same rights as men do. …show more content…
They think that they are putting them out of their misery. Many people treat others with respect and kindness; others treat people with contempt. Numerous people despise women, people of different races other then theirs, and mentally challenged people. "Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized." (Adolf Hitler) In the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler started eliminating disabled people and Jews. They also killed them in very torturous ways such as gas chambers or shot them. They were placed in harsh conditions to live in. In the book called Stuck in Neutral written by Terry Trueman, there is a character named Shawn McDaniel. He has cerebral palsy. He thinks that his dad is planning to kill him. Even if Shawn does want to die he has no day in it. But what if they do not want to die? What if they love their life on earth and want to do more things? Everyone no matter how different should be able to live their life to its
Disability in our day in age is seen as being worse than death. People with disabilities should not feel like they don 't belong. They are just like everyone else and want to be treated like everyone else. Many without disabilities think that it can be contagious and stray to even look at people with disability. This is not the case for it 's not contagious and one should not be seen as a different person just because of their disability. They didn 't choose that life and shouldn 't be mistreated for what they are. “People with disability should be treated equally to everyone else.”
Dehumanization has been around for many years and seen all throughout our world’s history. Dehumanization means to deprive of human qualities, personality, or spirit. In history, people had been dehumanized for all types of reasons, whether it be because of race, gender, age, sex, or any other characteristics. One of the most brutal and memorable examples of dehumanization was the holocaust which took place in many different locations in Europe. Hitler was ruling German at the time and started this disturbing holocaust. Many Jews were dehumanized in this time. The Germans were horrible to the Jews and treated them like they were animals. The Germans had animalized the Jews as shown in the book Maus I and Maus II. Spiegelman depicts the Germans as cats and the Jews as mice because
The subjection of fellow man to both words and actions meant solely for animals or objects begins with the actions of the Nazis. Prior to even entering the work camps, Wiesel and his fellow Jews are tragically dehumanized. Wiesel comments that “[t]here was a new decree: every Jew must wear the yellow star” (8). In forcing labels upon the Jewish people in Sighet, Nazi soldiers are subjugating them to the wishes of Hitler, an evil and malicious man with no consideration for their names or their identities. In addition, the Jews are dealt even more severe treatment when they come to Birkenau. “’Strip! Fast! Los! Keep only your belts and shoes in your hands…” (Wiesel 32) the SS officers holler at the Jews. Then, without emotion or pity, the oppressors watch Wiesel and his companions bare their bodies. If these people were being viewed as human beings, the SS would not be able to maintain their gaze. By thinking of them as nothing more than animals, Nazi soldiers can keep up the nonchalance as they search out the strongest for the most labor intensive tasks, much like how a farmer would choose wha...
“Whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. She is clothed by her Maker with the same rights, the same duties.” - Sarah Grimke
The Holocaust occurred over an extended period of time, causing irreversible physical and mental abuse. It happened over many years as part of a deliberate step by step process masterminded by Hitler. One of the first things that people began to see and eventually believe was propaganda. The idea of propaganda was to get people to believe something by showing illustrations that share ideas. Generally those ideas were negative or misleading, and if someone is exposed to propaganda enough, then they are more likely to begin to believe it. Hitler knew that using propaganda would be a way to influence the people of Germany into believing that Jews were horrible and needed to die. Hitler’s mean tactics not only diminished the Jews, but also kept people in fear of their life and lives of their loved ones and therefore ready to obey his rules. When people are scared for their lives… they will do crazy things. According to A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust “Propaganda relies on emotion rather than on logic, concentrates on a few points which are presented in simple terms, and then hammers those points ...
...eir own humanity and become killers. This is why the United States and other world powers should create organizations like the United Nations to prevent the conditions that breed desperation, by providing, in order to prevent another such holocaust from occuring ever again. Works Cited: David Adler: We Remember the Holocaust, 1989 Henry Holt & Company, Inc. 115 W 18th St. New York, NY 10011 ~ Ole Kreiberg: Jewish Eyewitnesses, 3/11/1996 The Nizkor Project. Online. Internet. Available: http://www.nizkor.org/ ftp.cgi/people/r/reitlinger.gerald/ 3/12/1996 ~ McFee, Gordon Are the Jews Central to the Holocaust?, 2000 Online. Internet. Available: http://www.holocaust-history.org/jews-central/ 9/9/2000 ~ Abraham Resnick: The Holocaust, 1991 Lucent Books, Inc. P.O. Box 2890111 San Diego, CA 92198-9011 ~ Elie Wiesel: Night, 1960 Bantam Books 1540 Broadway New York, NY 10036
These examples show dehumanization towards the Jews as they themselves would forget who they are and would give in to the fact that they are just not human anymore. Besides being treated like animals and losing their identity, Jews are also threatened with death if they do not comply. This is shown when inside the Gypsy camp, an SS officer gives orders to the prisoners telling them that if they don’t work, they will be sent to “the chimney”. To the crematorium of the sacrament. Work or crematorium- the choice is [theirs]” (Wiesel
Women have the right to live their own life the way that they please. Women are not properties, nor are they incompetent. Women have the same opportunities to thrive in society as does any male, but some customs and traditions of some cultures prevent women from soaring to such heights. Culturally traditional men want complete dominion over their women. But who can blame them, it’s how they were raised and these things have been rooted in them since they were young children. When one thinks of a culture’s virtue, they automatically think of women’s behavior within her family context. A woman is gold in any society but yet is treated as properties. It is safe to say that one’s honor depend on a woman.
In fact, most of the handicapped people in society do not appreciate being treated in a way different from anyone else. They just want to be accepted as human beings.
David Suzuki’s essay “The Right Stuff” provides an interesting look at the need for sex education in high schools. Suzuki’s main assertion is the sex education needs to be taught in high school because it is not properly covered anywhere else and students will because interested in science class should sex education be taught first. Suzuki argues that impressions formed in high school are ones that last longer than at any other time in life. In addition Suzuki points out that teachers should start their science classes with human sexuality, which will act as a stepping-stone into other science, related topics. Unfortunately Suzuki fails to provide strong arguments to support his thesis. Suzuki enlightens his audience with his own personal narration however it does not allow for his main points to be argued to the best extent. Also he commits a logical fallacy, which in turn takes away from trying to prove the thesis. All in all Suzuki could use some vast improvements on this particular essay.
Women have been treated unequally since the beginning of time. Just recently have things began to change for the better for women and the future of our society. The increase in women’s equality rights will take time, but some day women and men will be treated equally. This cannot happen until each of us is able to look at a person and just see another individual, not a male or a female, white or black, rich or poor… a person as just a person.
I had a classmate that had cerebral palsy and was in a wheelchair. I did not feel any way about her because I did not know that she had cerebral palsy until she told me. I treated her like she was a normal person, but other people in my class feelings towards her were not so nice. She was would always ask questions in the class because she had struggles and people in the classroom would yell at her. They say come on you ask so many questions, but she never bothered me. The feelings that come up when I am around people who are disabilities like blind, deaf, cerebral palsy, are obese, and etc. is I do not feel any different when I am around someone who does not have a disability. I think that people with disabilities are normal. People who disabilities should feel like they are not different from me or another person in this world. They might have severe struggles; we should not judge someone on the struggles they have. People who disabilities describe themselves as “invisible” because people just pretend that they are not there. People tend to ignore them when they see people disabilities in public with disabilities. The words my family and community use to refer to the above groups of people is disabled because we had a family friend who was disabled. My parents hated when we or people we knew used the word “mental retardation” or just
There are a significant number of people who instinctively hate the disabled, although it is disgusting to behold such behaviour, it is not incomprehensible.
The first thought that crosses the mind of an able-bodied individual upon seeing a disabled person will undoubtedly pertain to their disability. This is for the most part because that is the first thing that a person would notice, as it could be perceived from a distance. However, due to the way that disability is portrayed in the media, and in our minds, your analysis of a disabled person rarely proceeds beyond that initial observation. This is the underlying problem behind why disabled people feel so under appreciated and discriminated against. Society compartmentalizes, and in doing so places the disabled in an entirely different category than fully able human beings. This is the underlying theme in the essays “Disability” by Nancy Mairs, “Why the Able-Bodied Just Don’t Get it” by Andre Dubus, and “Should I Have Been Killed at Birth?” by Harriet Johnson.
Less than a hundred years ago women had the courage to work outside of their homes and began to fights for their rights. In return women were treated unequal and were not provided with the same amount of education or women from their job. If men and women were treated equal, then the man would be able to do the women’s job and the women would be able to do the mans job. This amount of equality would knock out the stereotypical labels of what jobs a man and women should do. The world would be a less disrespectful and judgmental place if there were equality. If everyone agreed on equal rights, then the world would be a happy