Basic Human Rights

- July 13, 2017

The fundamental rights that humans have by the fact of being human.

Race:

•Race is a significant social issue because people use racial differences as the basis for discrimination. Much of today's racism can be traced to the era of colonialism that began in the 1400s.

•When Europeans began colonizing Africa and the Americas, the white settlers adopted the idea that they were superior to the other races they encountered.

This false notion became known as "the white man's burden," and was used to justify the Europeans' taking land and enslaving people. In this way, naturally-occurring racial differences became the basis for systems of exploitation and discrimination.

Discrimination:

•The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Religion:

•Religious discrimination involves the persecution or harassment of a person because of his or her religious beliefs or practices.

•Throughout history, many people have been victims of religious discrimination. A primary reason that the Puritans and other groups left Europe and came to America was to escape religious persecution.

•Lets take the Jews as an example, through world war two many Jews were killed, held hostage and abused of just because of what they believed in, so some decided to leave the country while others hide or fought.

Gender:

•The meaning attached to being male or female, carries different connotations of value in different cultures.

•Traditionally, a higher value was been given to whatever is defined as male.

•Anglo colonists brought with them the ancient English custom of coverture, by which a married woman's civil identity was "covered by" or absorbed into her husband's for virtually all purposes except crime. Therefore, all of the personal property she brought to the marriage became her husband's as well as any earnings or income thereafter.

Looks:

•Discrimination by looks is exactly what you hear. In many places you would go to a job application and you may qualify, but the wont hire you because you have a tattoo or piercings.

•Well-groomed people have an advantage in job interviews. At the other end of the spectrum, it's not against federal law for employers to refuse to hire people with a less-attractive appearance. Under the law, grooming is considered a personal choice, not a "protected" characteristic

•Examples:

•Hooters hires employees by their physic.

•A Chicago ordinance was typical: "Any person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting subject . . . shall not . . . expose himself to public view”.

I believe that everyone should be accepted by who they are, not because they're from a certain country, what they believe, if they are men or women nor what they look like cause in the end we all should have the same rights… we have the right to live and die so why did the Nazi didn’t want Jews to be with blonde or blue eyed Germans if they were from the same country? Why do people judge by looks or appearance? Why do others make fun of those who go on stage and perform because its what they like? They should first look at their flaws before looking at other’s and know that not even the president is more valuable than anyone else cause we’re all made of flesh and bones, that we are fragile and we will all end up in dust…