Guided+Resources


 * RESOURCES:**

http://academic.udayton.edu/Race/01race/minor01.htm
http://www.glad.org/rights/vermont/c/family-law-in-vermont/ http://www.liberalslikechrist.org/about/equality4gays.html

www.nctequality.org/52things.html
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-According to Merriam Webster, // equal // is defined as" being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value". **
 * What defines equality?

- a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
 * What is Racism?**


 * How are minority groups treated differently?**

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- treated bad, not a lot of respect, discourse of cilvil rights poor education, no political power. no wealth, unemployed. As opposed to other people who have wealth, employment, political power, education and cilvil rights, and respect.=====

- In MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech," he tried to explain to people that the people must accept each other for who they are on the inside than what they represent on the outside

 * Minority Groups**: Minority groups are any group that lacks power in our society.
 * Racial: Blacks, American Indians, Asian Americans **
 * people are still big on racism, blacks are still treated differently along with other people in minority groups. People treat them differently because they are not the same as others.
 * Congress of Racial Equality: was an organization from 1942 to the mid 60s that was open to " anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and is willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world."
 * Jim Crow Laws:

Religion: Muslims, Amish, Mormons
Muslim: Amish:
 * According to an annual survey, 58% of the people surveyed said Muslims face large amounts of discrimination (after 9/11)
 * Kareem Shora (director of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee) says that the survey shows that people still have the "us versus them" mentality
 * After 9/11 new policies were created, discriminated Arab-Americans
 * created with the Patriot Act of 2002
 * regulations requiring men from 25 Arab countries to register with the US government, regardless of immigration status
 * wiretapping telephone lines
 * 'voluntary' interviews with Federal Bureau of Investigation officials at Arab-American home
 * negative perception of Muslims, idea that Muslims don't belong in America
 * anti-Amish sentiment has taken the form of pelting the horse-drawn carriages used by the Amish with stones or similar objects as the carriages pass along a road, most commonly at night


 * Sexuality: Gay, Transgender**
 * 19 states currently allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children in a two-step process. One parent adopts the child and the other parents can apply for rights
 * People that are gay cannot have a non-U.S. spouse become a full citizen
 * They cannot collect benefits upon death of a spouse
 * With federal taxes they cannot file jointly as a married couple
 * The Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America can ban homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
 * The Clinton administration said that gays can be discharged from the military for homosexual contact and for stating their sexual orientation, but the military is not allowed to ask them their orientation.


 * __Equality in US Documents:__**

====**Declaration of Independence:** It says ""all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness", which was written by Thomas Jefferson. It really meant that only white men were equal, not women or children.====

- Question asked "Does Equality really exist in America?"
 * __SURVEY:__**

yes: 6 no: 28 maybe: 7

"No. Just one example- Celebrities. they go to jail for 2 and a half hours, for something that any other person would go to jail for years for. - Caleigh Lans"

"Unfortunately, no, and it never will because we live in a world that allows multiple opinions to whatever they desire and therefore there can not be peace and equality." - Anthony Feldman

"i think americans have more equality than other nations, but it is impossible for equality to ever really exist." –Christina Esqueu

"not really, even though everyone says it does, in our minds we still are somewhat prejudice...its etched in our brain from childhood, people who don't look like you are different" - Victoria Pane

"No. Not only is there enormous socio-economic inequality in America, but also racial prejudice and discrimination against people based on religion, gender, sexual orientation." –William Murphy

"Discrimination is discouraged, but racist jokes still go around as a laugh. I don't like the truth but the truth is that yes, Mexicans are landscapers, custodians, and other rather lower-paying jobs. And many of them are sending their money back home. It's all rather sad. Today, your social rankings are based on your job, education, and money. It's horribly materialistic I know, but it has been like that for a looooong time." - Sung Jin Kim

**What can we do to create an equal America?**
Join an impact group, fight for the rights of others, start a group of your own to make America equal rights for everyone, and fight form more equality in America for others.