https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7 Discussing inequality. en-us 2021-03-03 14:40:07 UTC 2021-03-03 17:02:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264564209 I think people are overly addressing racism to the public society, now everything everyone does is considered ignorant or racist. The only thing that can truly fix racism is time and maybe including black history and culture in school curriculum. I believe the biggest thing that will help racism right now is training the police more properly. So there are a few things we could do to help but people can't expect immediate results like they do.]]> 2021-03-03 16:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264564209 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264564808 Jonah Marcus- The news and many social media outlets were talking a lot about racism in America and the BLM movement while the protests were going on. As the protests died down though people started talking about it less as if racism just ended due to us being aware of it for a couple of months.]]> 2021-03-03 16:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264564808 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264566460 Although many individuals and groups address racism, do their part and speak out against it, it is not enough. It is not enough to make a general statement that the US addresses it enough. It will be enough when there are no longer ignorant and uneducated people causing this issues to continue and still exist. Choosing to ignore it is part of the problem.]]> 2021-03-03 16:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264566460 3008128 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264566986 I think that we still have a lot of areas in US where people are uneducated, but for the most part we are doing a good amount to spread awareness of racism in this country. I would say that Affirmative Action is something that went overboard with helping the black community, but otherwise I don't think we have done anything to over-help the black community.]]> 2021-03-03 16:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264566986 tbrake https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264568663 I believe the US is not doing enough as a country to SOLVE the problem of racism. We DO have an overload of discussion and discourse about race that I think is overwhelming for people and turns a lot of people off from the issue, but I don't think there's enough action. I also feel like there is action sometimes in the wrong places (like renaming buildings, for instance, I'm not sure how much that does to help solve the problem of racism, it seems like more of a distraction from the actual issue). So what I want to think about is, what can we actually do about the problem? ]]> 2021-03-03 16:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264568663 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264574260 2021-03-03 16:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264574260 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264581601 I feel that we are doing a little less then we could be doing to address racism, but we aren't doing bad to address it. I feel that we are doing well to talk about it, but I feel that we should address racism more of a problem, and try to get rid of it.  - Shreyas]]> 2021-03-03 16:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264581601 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264581657 I think the US is giving some efforts to help the racism crisis. I think we could do more to put words into action. -Jess]]> 2021-03-03 16:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264581657 30093574 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264581703 the US still looks over a lot of poor areas in regards to lack of funding. They have more ethnic groups and a lot of the time they are discriminated against with payment and job acceptance. - alex grife]]> 2021-03-03 16:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264581703 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264582316 It matters where you are in the U.S. The state governments can be really bipolar, so it's hard to say whether or not the U.S is addressing racism correctly. The results that have been produced over the past 70 years are remarkable, but people think they aren't enough. As a whole, the U.S has made a lot of progress, but depending on where you are and what you're doing, everyone's exeriences and opinions can be different. - AJ]]> 2021-03-03 16:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264582316 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264583059 I believe the US is not doing enough towards racism. There is a lot of hate crime against people only for their race. When you actually start bringing up the injustice, there is police backlash especially when it was BLM. Even now, there is a hate crime against Asians. There is inequality in the US and there isn't much talk about it. They are talked but forgotten.  -Alisha ]]> 2021-03-03 16:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264583059 4006385 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264585158 I put my sticky where it is because I feel like the US isn't solving any racial problems. I feel like the way they handled the capitol building being stormed compared to BLM protest is a great example of this. When people fight for the equality of black lives they are met with tear gas and police officers. I feel like the way the US handled this situation demonstrates how much work needs to be accomplished. - Sam]]> 2021-03-03 16:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264585158 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264588652 i think the fact that people are addressing that racism is a problem is progress, but if things are being completely taken care of these conversations wouldnt be so hard. it also seems a lot like a trend, everyone should be equal and treated equal, i dont understand why it has to be political, isnt it common sense?]]> 2021-03-03 16:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264588652 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264590339 The news talks about it a lot and tries to spread awareness but there is more that can still be done physically. Every place in the US is different and some are more racist than others. There are some places where racism will never go away but many places are getting better or have gotten better with it. - Aydan]]> 2021-03-03 16:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264590339 30095901 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264594985 My sticky note is closer to the side that the US isn't doing enough to address racism. We see racist posts on social media everyday and as many times as we share and report the posts, more and more posts are made and there is no way to stop it. The government doesn't seem to do anything about the posts when they should be looking at social media apps and telling them to take them down. -Jenna]]> 2021-03-03 16:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264594985 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264596411 I think the US Is not doing enough to address racism because there is still a major problem. Even though there have been many events, people are still ignorant and rude. And a lot of people don't understand. I feel people need to be more educated. When the BLM movement happened everyone was talking and supporting it, but as soon as people stopped protesting everyone stopped posting and it did not get as much attention. ]]> 2021-03-03 16:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264596411 30094991 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264597037 I feel like that the US is not doing enough to address racism because there is still a lot of racism that is still around. If the US did enough, there would be less of that happening.]]> 2021-03-03 16:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264597037 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264597694 I think there is some stuff that helps like affirmative action but i don't think the US is doing enough to educate the parts of the US where they might be ignorant ]]> 2021-03-03 16:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264597694 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264599326 2021-03-03 16:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264599326 30100861 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264599518 I put my sticky in the middle because there are being things done to address racism but at the same time other things are not being address with racism. But I do agree sometimes things about racism are overkill but people should and are allow to say and believe want they want because America is a free country. -Olivia]]> 2021-03-03 16:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264599518 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264602519 I think that we need to do everything in our power to make sure racism does not spread but cancel culture who makes everyone and everything racist is discrediting real racism. For example the cat in the hat is being cancelled for apparently resembling black face. We should try and weed out real racist stuff and not give these meaningless things that arent really racist attention. - Jason Glassman]]> 2021-03-03 16:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264602519 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264603374 I believe the US is not doing enough to address racism. I think the main problem lies in the fundamentals of our country. The system itself is broken. The constitution was written nearly 200 years ago and our founding fathers had no way to understand nor fathom what life would be like in 2021. Can we really use a document from 1787 and have it support us today? Amendments are like bandaids over a scab and eventually someone will pick at it enough that it will all fall apart. You have to get to the root of the problem to fix the other branches of issues that are messed up in this country today and the root is the constitution. The more we live with a document that only gives rights to "ALL MEN" but does not specify every person can we really say we'll ever live in a racism free country. ]]> 2021-03-03 16:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264603374 30094451 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264633965 The U.S. isn't really doing much to address racism. Sure there are videos of it occurring and people stating to cancel racist people, but after a while, it just gets buried under other things and people just sort of forget about it. We talk about it, but we don't seem to do much about it. I feel like if the U.S. did address racism well enough, then it wouldn't really be considered a problem.]]> 2021-03-03 16:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264633965 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264641454 If the US had done enough then we would be able to say that racism is over but it is still ongoing and has not been stopped because there are so many racist people out there or just people who assume it will end eventually and they do not contribute or help end this problem. If the US and all the citizens wanted to end racism it would have ended and not led on for so many years.]]> 2021-03-03 16:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264641454 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264799617 "Capitalism: God's way of determining who is smart and who is poor" -Ron Swanson  (AJ)]]> 2021-03-03 16:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264799617 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264805346 I feel that our society is getting closer to racism being gone, but it still has time to go until racism is fully away - Shreyas]]> 2021-03-03 16:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264805346 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264806837 communism=bad]]> 2021-03-03 16:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264806837 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264809215 There is a lot more to work towards but I think it can be achieved in the future. Through learning from history and events in the past we can make changes that we think will benefit our generation and future generations to come. In terms of race, there should obviously be equity without argument. -Asha]]> 2021-03-03 16:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264809215 30095901 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264810214 I don't think an equitable society is possible to be achieved. I feel like our world relies on competition and an equitable society takes that away.]]> 2021-03-03 16:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264810214 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264810250 I think the are black people in black communities are stuck in that cycle of not having the same amount of opportunity, but If anyone works hard enough they can do it. Again the I believe giving more funds to the public schools in low income schools will help. -Mika]]> 2021-03-03 16:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264810250 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264811249 I think that as of right now, society is not equitable. Although we have definitely come a long way, with pretty much equal rights for women and different races, people still are biased towards each other and have their own opinion, causing minorities to have less opportunities. I personally do not think it is achievable, at least anytime soon. There is no way to 100% erase racism and prejudiced beliefs, the only thing we can do is educate others as much as we can and locate racism and terminate it in your own lives/communities. Improvement is definitely possible (and needed), but there is no cure because the damage of Americas past actions are irreversible. Achieving that would only happen if we had a Utopian society, which also is not likely. - Ava]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264811249 30093574 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264812516 i think on some level we will never have a fully equal society because there will always be people in charge that have different views and selfish ideas- alex]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264812516 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264814621 i think it definitely can happen, its in everyones best interest but as it was mentioned before, racism is taught most of the time and it can be hard to un learn. it would be difficult, not saying it wont. HOWEVER financial equity is also taught, rich people used to have complete control of the government and people with trillions of dollars will forvever be able to do whatever they want. so on that level maybe not. - carlotta ]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264814621 3008128 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264814623 This question doesn't specifically talk about race, and if it did I may have been a little closer to the center. However when it comes to the life quality between the rich and this poor, is crazy, and something should be done about it.  A way we can fix this disparity is by taking the rich more, and using the money to help poor people.]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264814623 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264814870 An equity society could be good but there is some problems with an equity society. If everyone is treated the same, that would be good but would society agree with it? Would society rebel against it? If a certain group has more opportunities than others, some others who may deserve it would not have an opportunity. -Alisha]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264814870 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264815167 we are more open and equal in today's world but to have a world where everyone is the same i don't want because then it is boring and no one will be able to have their own identity but to have a world where everyone is treated equally and not given more chances because of race or money is what should happen. Right now we are not equitable -yarden]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264815167 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264816541 chris
honestly i don't think we could have an equitable society as pessimistic as it sounds. there'll always be an injustice held somewhere and it derives from a history that can't heal over perfectly because that's not how it works, it heals but it'll scar over and i think that's one of the best ways it could be patched up
not to mention this country drives off of competition so who knows what could happen]]> 2021-03-03 16:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264816541 30100861 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264818822 An equable society is not better because we would all more or less be the same so there would be no modern inventions. No iphone's, computers, smart cars. Nothing would get done and there would be no leaders. -Olivia]]> 2021-03-03 16:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264818822 30094991 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264818867 I think an equitable society will be hard to be possible because it is hard to make things equal for all people. There will always be some differences between people.]]> 2021-03-03 16:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264818867 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264822920 I think it will take a long time until our society is equitable. This is because there are so many stories and things that have been on the news that clearly shows white privilege. People are not treated the same and you can clearly see it on the news, tiktok, YouTube, etc. lea]]> 2021-03-03 16:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264822920 30094451 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264825303 I feel like an equitable society can't be possible only because of how judgemental the current society is and how many people want to be better than others. I would like to think that anything is possible, however,  I feel we are far from reaching that type of society. ]]> 2021-03-03 16:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264825303 4006385 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264843011 I don't think society could be equitable because the natural flow of our economy is to make the rich richer. I feel like there will always be a huge cap between our social classes because the way our economy is built. - sam  ]]> 2021-03-03 17:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264843011 https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264849111 Equity is when everyone ends up with the same and I think this is impossible. People who have more to contribute to society will and should make more. We shouldn't look at it on the basis of race but we should see it on an overall basis and if equity is even possible. The answer is no because different people provide different labor or different products that are more valuable than others. For example, Jim should not be making the same amount of money as John when Jim flips burgers at Mcdonald's and John is the CEO of a company. This extra money for Jim would likely come out of the pockets of the CEOs and that is completely immoral because Jim's skill has little to no value. - Jason Glassman]]> 2021-03-03 17:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrake/aag5f2acufktz3s7/wish/1264849111