Garrett Hardin and Peter Singer are no exceptions. The growing gap between the rich and the poor is a continuing problem in the world today and the subject has caught the interest of both these writers. Each writer implements his own distinctive metaphor to help him express his view on the poverty situation. Garret Hardin, Professor of Human Ecology at the University of California, argues, with the help of a lifeboat metaphor that splits the countries into merely rich and poor, that wealthy nations need not provide aid to poor countries, since they will take advantage of the opportunity present to them and consequently diminish the rich states’ resources. However, Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, actually believes that Hardin is wrong in his claim and that people should spend less money buying unnecessary possessions and rather donate that money to charity.
Analytical Essay Cornel West Black Prophetic Fire The memorable acts of some African American leaders of the Past still have a great deal of relevance today. The book Cornel West Black Prophetic Fire discusses some of the changes each leader has made in history and how they paved the way for the future. In Chapter three Cornel West speaks about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr... Quoted from Martin Luther King, “I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to identify with the poor, I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity. […] This is the way I’m going, If it means suffering a little bit, I’m going that way.
In an ideal world, this might work, however, for the most part in the United States; whites automatically have a leg up in society. People of color need more assistance than whites because they are automatically a step down from white people. If I walked into a store and applied for a job, even if I was very poor and had no experience, there is a good chance I would be more likely to get it than a black or latina girl of the same situation. This is unfair but true, and speaks of an inequality that our country is still struggling with and that we need these government programs to help balance out. Also, I find issue with his statement that “Those who came to this country in recent decades from Asia, Latin
He gave the speech "I Have a Dream" in 1963 on the "March to Washington" after which he established himself as one of the greatest orators in the history of America. He wrote this speech in order to inspire and convince the people of America that each and every American no matter what the color of their skin is or from where they belong, each and every one of them should be treated equally, with justice and equality. He wanted to stop the injustice that was taking place in each and every street of America and he wanted to inspire the African American people to start a non-violent protest against this wrong doing. For this speech, his target audience were all the American's present on that day in Washington and all the people of the country. His final purpose of the speech was to attain freedom for his fellow African American citizens who were being treated unfairly during that period in the country.
To avoid all these negative effect and minimize these issues, legislators can get rid of the death penalty in all. The death penalty cost more than it would to keep a person on death row in prison. If the death penalty was eliminated there would be no questions of any injustice and Americans would believe that this country can change for the better. This would also solve the problem of people thinking that black people are treated unfair and unjust because they are more likely to receive the death penalty. This wouldn’t eliminate the racism in regards of black defendants getting treated better but it’s a
The Singer Solution to World Poverty Poverty is a world wide crisis that never ends. Today it seems to be getting worse especially overseas. In the article “ The Singer solution to world poverty” Peter Singer proposes a solution to world poverty. He claims that all the money we spend on luxaries, should be given away. Singers plan would help many of the impoverished overseas but it is also unrealistic and demands too much from american Citizens.
In our society it is assumed we are all treated equally, but in fact many times this is not true. Minority individuals have a disadvantage in the criminal justice system because of the lack of money, and effective resources. This is very damaging to society and may be a root cause for so many disparity issues today. Factors of Racial Disparity Society cannot be run for the privileged and allow a substantial proportion of the population to be an allowance beyond what is needed. This impacts the quality of life for all of us if we have to “throw away people.”A justice system that tolerates injustice is doomed to collapse (The Sentencing Project, 2000).
Those are all ways you can hear describing on how to get money in a hip-hop song. Some people will do whatever it takes to get it. After listening to a Young Jeezy album and hearing him say how much money he made when he was sell crack can be influencing to a young person living in poverty. He knows finding a job could be very hard, and it would be very hard for him to buy name brand cloths, shoe, and food out of each check. He knows that drug money is fast and tax free money and that he could have a lot to gain from it.
The money taxed would be used to pay for homes where the homeless could stay and live, rather than have them on the streets. Not only would it help the homeless, but also it would improve the look of society because there would no longer be any more homeless people on the streets, therefore people feel more safe about there city. However, I don’t think that pro athletes should be the only ones to pay taxes for social needs; I believe that team owners and coaches should contribute as well. All in all, it may sound harsh targeting pro athletes to pay an amount of taxes for social needs, but when such people make ridiculous amounts of money per year it wouldn’t hurt them to contribute at least a small amount of money. Also, team owners and coaches should pay an
If we plan on saving our future through our children and showing them how this country has stood through the test of time, we must find a way to reduce the flow of illegal drug in the United States. Reducing drug trafficking won’t be easy and has not been for many years now but with new technology, more man power, special task forces to help apprehend this criminal from taking our streets, our dreams, and many more lives of innocent people. We must all work together to come up with a solution to this major problem in America. Reducing the flow of illegal drugs will lower the crime rate worldwide, lower the death rate, and violence due to the use of drug. America has been fighting this war on drug trafficking for nearly 50 years and counting will little success if any at all.