Saturday, April 11, 2015
Journal April 11, 2015
2. Although America claims to be founded on equality and justice, people still discriminate one another. This can easily be seen by looking at politicians, who are the "spokesmen/spokeswomen of the people." Politicians are supposed to promote equality and justice, the two cornerstones of America. Turning on the news, however, shows a different story about politicians. One politician is corrupt and is siphoning government money into personal accounts. How is that just? Another politician is pushing through laws that prohibit homosexual people from getting married. How is that equal? Another politician is encouraging police to hand out more tickets and incriminate more people to pull in more money for the city. How is that fair? Although it is easy to see that this contradiction is going on today, one has to ask themselves where it stems from. Is it the system, or are humans just engineered to discriminate?
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ReplyDeleteMatthew, perhaps it is not discrimination that humans are engineered with but judgements. Evolutionarily, humans had to make snap judgements about everything to see if it was prey or predator, safe or lethal. Nowadays, humans have retained this judgement but no longer have to apply it to safe or not safe only. I think we have applied discrimination to our instinctive snap judgements, and these discriminations are based on cultural bias. What do you think? Do you think that discrimination is instinctual or that it entered our minds only with evolution?
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point about the unfairness of the legal system, it was very strong and understandable. I feel that the people that follow under those unfair laws help them pass through unquestioned. How do you think we as citizens can help abolish the rules that our superior figures are setting?
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