In the article “The Space In-Between” by Santiago Quintana and “All guts, No Glory” by Molly M. Ginty shares three points in common discrimination, adjusting, and accomplishments. Throughout the articles both authors discussed how people were prejudice towards them how they adjust to their environment, and what obstacles they overcame; what they accomplished.…
The passages I will be using are, “Texas v Johnson” by William J. brennan, “ In What, of This Goldfish Would You Wish ” by Etgar Keret, and lastly “ American Flag Stands for Tolerance” by Ronald J. Allen. Barbara Johnson’s quote “we as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves ties into these passages.…
A symbolic scene was in part two, chapter three and four, when a salmon was mentioned to Jack and Rosemary. This was symbolic moment that foreshadows how Dwight is holding both of them back. Jack and Rosemary has made a long trip from city to city that draws comparisons to how the salmon makes a journey from salt to fresh water. The salmons body changes and the actually skin of the fish decays because of the water change. Like the salmon, Jack and Rosemary has entered a new life with Dwight that is making them not fit in. They are out of place and being forced to live an unhappy life. Like Jack and Rosemary, they have entered a environment that could lead to death, like the fish, Jack mentions that “they were already dying…the change from…
To accept and respect is the concept of human diversity. Being able to understand and recognized individual…
Diversity; this is the difference in people’s culture, color, race, background, moral believes and religion. In other for diversity to be effective, people need to accept others for who they are in the society such as people who do not share the same values.…
No matter what the topic is, there will always be someone who disagrees with your perspective and view on certain subjects, but instead of trying to convince them otherwise, the only thing you can do is accept it. “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” Stated by Barbara Jordan. In the texts, “What, of This Goldfish Would You Wish for?” short story by Etgar Keret, “American Flag States for Tolerance” a newspaper editorial by Ronald J. Allen, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson also a short story, by Shirley Jackson. The texts can relate or contradict the quote about the idea of acceptance. It also discusses and identifies the differences, or similarities, in the people that are explored in…
DIVERSITY - Diversity is essentially another word for different, it recognizes that people are different and unique in many ways such as, personal characteristics, background, culture, personality, race, disability, gender, religion, belief, sexual orientation and age. It means recognizing and understanding individual’s differences and embracing them, to allow people to feel more valued.…
Discrimination is recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another, we as people have/get discriminated since we were put on this planet. A Class Divided; was a lesson taught by Jane Elliot to her third grade class, her plan was to teach these third graders about discrimination, to put them in the shoe of minorities at the time. These third graders experienced discrimination in their classroom to teach them about their many questions about how minorities were treated and what it can do to you; many minorities were prejudiced and stereotyped, causing them to have aggressive behavior.…
|Are you going to focus on similarities, differences, or both? |Differences – Because it will allow the reader to determine which|…
The flag symbolizes many different things to different people. Such as sacrifice, liberty, or even freedom. But every time I approach the flag, it reminds me of all of the soldiers who have fought to gain and maintain our freedom. One of the words I would use would be liberty because when I see the fifty stars and thirteen stripes on the flag I already know what they stand for. First the lines represent our first thirteen colonies, and the fifty stars represent the fifty states. There are even meanings to the colors too. For example the blue symbolizes justice and freedom. The red symbolizes honor and valor, and the white stands for purity.…
She suggests that we live in a world of opposition where difference is viewed as deviance. Those who are seen as deviating from “the norm” are those who are colored, poor, aged,…
This term meaning variety is the understanding that each individual is unique and comes from a different background. This includes race, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, disabilities, gender, language, political views, wealth, etc. We must accept these different variations of people and celebrate who they are as a person. The United States has only advanced when it comes to diversity. Back then we had many issues on women’s rights, racial injustice, and a lack of freedom to express certain political or religious views. Society has become much more accepting of each other’s differences, no matter what they might be. The acceptance of everyone is important and diversity is a major reason the United States has advanced throughout the…
It is not a mystery that humans have differences. Some humans have different mental and/or physical differences. History has shown that differences (physical or mental) have let to wars and disagreements. The novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, show that categories between race and ethnicities have been used to empower and oppress by murdering those who are “inferior” and treating differently those who are “inferior”.…
The United States flag is one thing our entire nation should be proud to own up to. The flag should be protected under a constitutional amendment. Because our flag is the one thing that unifies us, everyone should protect it as it does to us. I defend the flag; it should be protected because it is a symbol of our country and it is very threatening to some people to burn the flag.…
"The variety of experiences and perspective which arise from differences in race, culture, religion, mental or physical abilities, heritage, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and other characteristics.…