Rights Of Man Analysis

In Thomas Paine’s book, Rights of Man, he depicts America as being brought together by diversity. Paine claims: “the poor are not oppressed, the rich are not privileged…Their taxes are few…there is nothing to engender riots and tumults.” America is considered a “melting pot,” due to the vast amount of diversity . Since 1492, people from all over the world come to the land of opportunity. However, there are many cases that indicate that present day America is not brought together by diversity, specifically due to high taxes, privileges of the wealthy, and racial and religious discrimination. Taxes in America are incredibly high, especially concerning the middle class. My parents, coming from the middle class, stress over high taxes on top

Since the beginning of colonization in America, Native Americans were forced from their land. In 1830, the Indian Removal Act was put into place. As a result of the Act, many Native Americans walked thousands of miles to specially designated territory. On the journey, thousands of Native Americans died. After 9/11, Muslims became the target of religious discrimination and racial violence. Even though the attackers were Islam Extremists, individuals still discriminate against Muslims who live in America. For example, recently, a Muslim fourteen-year-old boy was handcuffed and escorted out of school in Texas after bringing his homemade clock to school. In an interview, the teenager said that his classmates called him “ISIS boy” and that his teachers told him he couldn’t pray at school. Donald Trump, a Republican candidate for the 2016 Presidential Election recently made a statement proclaiming that he would restrict all Muslim people from moving into America. He discriminates against an entire group of people based on their religion, and he has many supporters that agree with his plan. Muslims are not the only group of people Trump discriminates against. He also singles out people from Mexico, claiming they are “drug dealers and rapists.” African Americans have been discriminated against for hundreds of years. Several cases, one even in Minneapolis, have involved a cop shooting