Being+Different+In+America

"I am not a Polack. People from Poland are Poles, not Polacks. But what I am is a one hundred percent American, born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it, so don’t ever call me a Polack." -Stanley (A Street Car Named Desire).

“There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it” - Alexis De Tocqueville



America strives to be the nation of freedom and equal rights, but is it really all that equal? We still have people fighting for their equal rights, but aren't treated the same because of the color of their skin, where they are from, or the gender they chose to love.







We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. -Marian Wright Edelman

As Americans I think we often overlook change, I think we often don't think of being different as good because we only see it one way "being different is what causes change" but maybe we should think about changing our ways to be different is good when it causes people to gain equal rights, where as being different is bad when we are praising the people such as "teen moms" or members on "jersey shore" we should be focusing more on gay marriage, equality amongst everyone, not these shows who are praising the people who want to make society look bad. **Progressing forward is not a bad thing, equal rights should be a given in America**.

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The American Character

The Ladder to "Success"

Beauty in America

Being Different In America