As our class reaches the end of our declaration of independence seminar/debate. I couldn't help but to wonder whether equality can truly exist. Sure, we're almost to the point now in our society where every individual has been given equal rights by the government; but this cannot guarantee that they are treated equally. A perfect example is school bullyings. All students in school share the same student code of conduct and have the same rights. Even though students are given the same rights, these rights are ultimately artificial. They cannot guarantee to stop actions that are almost human nature to us, which are to single out, alienate, and ridicule the outlier or the weak. This phenomenon can be seen through history: the Spartans abandoned malformed male babies, the Witch trials, the British discriminating the colonists, whites discriminating blacks, Tannen being discriminated by a man at a talk show (men discriminating women). It is evident that discrimination is somewhat implanted to our human nature. With this in mind, people should question whether it is possible that someday, people will eventually stop subconsciously differentiating others and treat everyone the same. Considering this, another question arises: if everyone is viewed equally, how is it possible for us to fall in love? Or elect a leader? We would no longer have the ability to categorize and prioritize, or feel different things about different people. The world would be a better place in the means of everyone will be treated fairly , but we would lose sentimentality which is a part of what makes us human.
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