Essay On Equality In America

Liberty for an entire country is what the people of America signed up for when the Constitution of America was written in 1787. Instead, everyone but Caucasian men got served a first-hand detour into oppression. Slaves, workers in harsh conditions, and women were just some of the few groups who had little to no rights. As time progressed into new eras, protests and movements took place for specific reasons. Thus, began the notion to equality and civil rights for all. One key concept remains the same at the beginning of American history and throughout it, though. The distinct uniqueness of an American personality is that they will always have to fight to accomplish their dream in a modern day society of biased opinions of what it means to be free and economic inequality that can put a strain on an individual’s dream. “Freedom has always been a fundamental right and point of pride for Americans.”
The point in pride being that since the days of the American Revolution, Americans have been aggressive in their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
From the first inauguration of George Washington as our President to Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” and the 19th amendment for women’s rights, a variety of crowds in America have faced the battle for freedom. Although society has reformed in many ways with our civil rights, subtext prejudices have remained. One example of those biases is that people in poverty tend to not be invited in a higher class neighborhood, so to speak. Or the outlook, or appearances, of a person can be mocked in a society so bent on achieving perfection in looks. With that being said, people have to push past certain boundaries of society in order to have equal admiration or judgment bestowed upon them. If I were to analyze this present society with a historical outlook, I would say that the public has only changed the point of view of the battle, not the rules or even the prize:
freedom. It’s been often stated that America is in economic debt and that’s hardly an understatement for the entire population working to achieve their life goals. “Money is so inextricably tied to politics that the majority of the population has lost ground in policy making because they lack financial power.” Indeed, the government has put tension on our financial situations due to the fact of our debts as a whole to pay. This also occurred when the Great Depression hit America as a result of the stock market crashing in 1929 and banks failing to save people’s money. Economic inequality has always been a strong undermining reason for the “American Dream” failing in some cases. For minimum wage workers, they are stressed in daily life just for trying to make ends meet for themselves and their family. Never mind the fact that huge industries like Wal-Mart or Target falsely guarantee low prices. However, the simple significant upside to economic inequality is that it’s mostly irrelevant to an American’s everyday life. Effort to maintain and better one’s self is so set in an American’s mind that stories of success have proven and sometimes plastered in the media for America to witness. It may take hard work and dedication for some, but that is hardly a new thought for Americans. Hard work and dedication are the defeaters of not just economic inequality, but for all kinds of inequality disrupting America’s society today. And it’s the same drive that made America free long ago that is imprinted on the DNA of Americans to go out and turn their dream into a reality. Although society today has made it difficult to stand strong in all forms of one’s life, Americans can name their ambitious qualities proudly and owe it to the generations before them that fought hard for their rights in all manners. Society can make pursuing a dream hard with its perception of perfection and economic inequality, but the hard-working drive of an American perseveres and can succeed.