The Civil Rights Movement has definitely taught America many things about the power of the people. It has proved that when a nation comes together with the same idea and same goal, they can achieve anything. Even if what they believed in contradicted the typical belief of society. Before the Civil Rights Movement, America was in bad shape. There was no unity in our country, but a broad separation between societal beliefs. This country learned that the world is full of different people and that we, to be called a free country must be accepting of all types of people. We learned that in order for a country to be truly based on our Constitution, freedom and equality are a necessity. Through the Civil Rights Movement, America learned that in order for our country to achieve, everyone needs be treated as equals and no person has superiority over another based on their race.
Although America is now a free country, we still struggle with segregation and racial discrimination. Although the Constitution clearly states that all men must be treated equal, that unfortunately does not always come to light. Even years after the Civil Rights Movement, there are still members of society that were brought up to be much less accepting than others. There is still violence regarding hate crimes due to racial discrimination in society. And Institutional racism exists entirely. Although, America is "legally" a free country, where everyone must be treated equal regardless of race. People, themselves, prevent society from become completely equal and is very unlikely to reach any type of Utopian community.
The ideals and goals of the Civil Rights movement have reached through generations and now make it legal and acceptable to have integrated schools where races of all kind can learn together and interact with one another. Also, America has made it so that it is illegal to for employers to not hire a person base on discrimination of race, gender, or orientation. Making most businesses be an Equal Opportunity employer. America has definitely made many steps in the right direction in order to be a free country and has definitely came a long way from slavery.
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Many of these points are things I can agree with completely. The idea that a united nation can achieve the common goal is something I also believe. I also agree that America is far from perfect, and there are still racial differences that lead to inequality. While we did succeed in gaining equal opportunities in education and employment, institutional racism does limit some of the actual fairness among different races. I think that we do have a long way to go, but we have made mass amounts of progress as well.
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