chapter five blog

1. The issue of race - does the government do too little or too much to reduce the instances of racial discrimination?  Why or how so?
2. The issue of gender - same question as #1.
3. The issue of sexual orientation - same question as #1 and #2.


I believe most of the racial discrimination has been resolved ,and that even though instances may happen today the government is usually very quick to jump on it because of the laws and amendments that are now in place. I believe this is only the case with some races though. The obvious recent racial discrimination fault of the U.S. government would against people of muslim and middle eastern descent since 9/11 or even since the earlier attempted terrorist attacks SOME of the general population have issues with these people and I think when the government rounded up 5,000 muslims living in America around that time it was more of them trying to look like they were doing something to satisfy those people. The racial profiling that police officers use may still be a problem though for obvious reasons not all Mexicans are here illegally, not all black people are gang bangers, not all white people are saints, and not all muslims are terrorists and I feel like sometimes that's what it comes down to when profiling is used.

I feel the same way with gender equality I believe that most of the government does good to not discriminate and to prevent discrimination. Does it still happen? yes, but for the clear fact that not everyone follows the rules and not everyone speaks up when they've been wronged simple as that.

Sexual Orientation is a different story. I believe that the government does not do enough to prevent instances of discrimination of this category. While no cases come to mind I'm sure that there have been issues recently of a gay or lesbian person being discriminated against in the workplace or other place where the government could do something about it, but they haven't. I think that there should be more laws in place against the discrimination against gays/lesbians just for the simple fact that they are human beings too and they have lives and work just like everyone else does. Sure, it's the states right to say if they want to legalize marriage or civil unions (which I think is the equivalent to black people having separate fountains, but that's just my opinion), but I think it should be a national government decision instead.

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