[Inequality]

Below is the link to watch part of John Edwards speech on inequality.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8122509468274917453&q=racial+inequality&total=36&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

This video is of a speech about inequality given by John Edwards. He talks about how race and inequality have played a part in making America what it is today. I picked this short video because of what John Edwards says in it. John Edwards talks about how there is absolutely no question about it, racism and inequality has significantly shaped America into what it is today. According to him there are two Americas. The people who are struggling, who are good, hardworking people, just want a world to live in where they have a chance. This relates to the class material because Johnson talks about inequality, privilege, and oppression. He talks about how making changes to the system of racial inequalities would be hard to change, in the like, John Edwards said, “We have a lot of work to do to bridge that gap between the two worlds of America.” Privilege and oppression are linked to his idea of the two worlds of America. There is a huge inequality between the people who have a lot of privilege and those who have a lot of oppression. A huge gap is starting to form between the middle class and the upper class, but it is still not as large as the one between the lower class and the upper class. If we do not work to fix the problems Johnson talks about and bridging the gap Edwards talks about then these gaps will just continue to grow bigger every year.

I think that inequality should be abolished. Every man, women, and child is equal not matter what their skin color is or what nationality they are. We should all be treated fairly with no privilege or oppression. Privilege was something made up by the white people so they could feel better about themselves, it should not still exist today. It is a shame that hard working, good people with integrity can barely better their standards of living. On the other hand people who are privileged and have no integrity have no problem becoming wealthy and staying that way. They are living the luxurious life while most of the rest of the country can barely paying the bills every month. People in our country need to stop talking about fixing these problems and actually do something about them.