Intolerance In America

The world has a population of seven billion people and of that seven billion, people differ in numerous ways, whether by color, age, gender, race, ethnicity, or beliefs. Due to those differences, people tend to treat each other unfairly. Reasons for such discrimination stem from intolerance; people’s unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from their own. The United State, a nation of diverse culture, is no stranger to intolerance. Common types of intolerance in the U.S are religious, racial, gender-related. These types of intolerance trigger issues that are complex. It's without a doubt that intolerance associated with race and religion breeds racial and culture clashes.

The United States has a diversity of religious

It’s evident that America has racial problems. There have been many shouts and speeches that silenced racism, however, did it silence it for good or just long enough? In the twenty-first century, racism has disguise itself in a new form; systematic racism. “Rooted in a racist foundation, systemic racism today is composed of intersecting, overlapping, and codependent racist institutions, policies, practices, ideas, and behaviors that give an unjust amount of resources, rights, and power to white people while denying them to people of color” (Jay,200). In 2014, an unarmed eighteen-year-old African American man, Michael Brown was gunned down by a white Ferguson police officer. A grand jury later acquitted the officer which sparked violent protest through the city of Ferguson calling for justice (Mclaughlin). Due to intolerance, Caucasian authorities are racially biased toward Black people. For example, instead of analyzing an African American male from a clean slate, the authorities use prejudice to characterize him or her as violent and aggressive (Hall). A 2012 FBI data report found that US police kill black people at disproportionate rates. However, some people view this data as misleading and blame the black victims being noncompliant as the true reason for their deaths. However, this real life situation reported by CNN totally debunks that theory. Although Charles Kinsey was compliant with

Genetically, a person is either born male or a female based on the basis of their reproductive functions. Sadly, being born out of the one can come as a disadvantage or advantage. In our society, being born the male holds the advantages. Historically and culturally, males are viewed as more dominant than females, thus sculpting the patriarchal societies of today. All this eventually leads to a major societal problem of today; sexism. Sexism is prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex (Hing). Identical to the issues that pertain to race and religion, sexism stems from intolerance. In America today, sexism foster sexual harassment in the workplace. Furthermore, in the United States, one in three women between the ages of 18-34 has been sexually harassed at the workplace (Alanna). According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, although 98% of companies have sexual harassment policies, the amounts of sexual harassment claims file with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is significantly high. However, those stats may be even greater in number. Sadly, many women don’t report harassment due to fear of retaliation (Alanna) The recent allegation against Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein have ignited social movements that highlight and bring awareness to sexual harassment. One is the Women's March and the other is the online #MeToo campaign.