Comparison Analysis
The question of equality of all citizens is one of the main tasks that the US government is constantly trying to solve. Due to the fact that America is a multicultural and diverse in terms of ethnic groups, all sorts of cultural, racial and religious collapse often occurs. Despite all the attempts of the state apparatus and volunteers this problem remains still unsolved. The rights of different ethnic groups still are not equal. The white population in the US retains privileges in all possible sectors and areas of life, while the representatives of other ethnic groups, in spite of all the efforts of all sorts of innovations and programs, still remain one of the less privileged strata of society.
As a representative of the white population of America, I have rarely encountered such a phenomenon as ethnic inequality and cultural injustice. On television, in movies, in schools and colleges, we see an idealistic picture which is not quite true. I faced this problem when I was friends with a girl at school. We have been friends with Kanti for a quite long time, since primary school, I know her family and she knows mine. Kanti’s parents emigrated from India long before her birth. They opened their own business, and in general, had good money. Despite the fact that Kanti was born and spent all her life in America, she still cannot consider herself as a full-fledged member of society. The problems worsened in high school, when she wanted to get into the cheerleading team. Kanti is a cute, athletic and sociable girl, she goes in for acrobatics since her childhood, and it seems like there are no obstacles in her way. In fact, the team did not accept her because of her origin. As we learned later, there was only one African American cheerleader girl in the team, all the rest were predominantly white. The next incident was when Kanti’s boyfriend, with whom she has dated more than 2 years, split up with her after had introduced her to his family. The guy was from a respectful family, and his parents had the hardened stereotypes about Indian girls, that they all were from disadvantaged families. Also, there was one incident that threw me in complete shock and horror, which opened my eyes to what was really happening. Kanti is asthmatic, so she always has an inhaler with her. Once, we were in the country and she got an acute asthma attack, so we called an ambulance. When the ambulance arrived, they made an injection, on which she had an allergy. The attack became more zealous, so we had to go to the hospital. When we arrived at the hospital, we did not get to the doctor, although Kanti had an acute attack, because in the queue in front of us were people (who indeed had not such serious complications). The doctor came to call us out of turn, but while seeing that girl in front of him was Indian, he asked us to wait and said something to the nurse. The latter brought the inhaler, which made Kanti feel better. This case, and many others, which I had subsequently analyzed, showed me that ethnic problem was present in our society and was not going away because of the lingering stereotypes in peoples’ minds.
Now I can say, that inequality towards the non-white people exists in the US, as well as many privileges for the white population. From my experience, I can say that we pretend that we attained all ourselves, regardless of the benefits that were provided to us in all areas: housing, education, employment, relationships, society. We close our eyes to the fact, that almost always, our work has been facilitated by access to all opportunities, which millions of others are deprived. Benefits for us is like water for fish: it is invisible, because we cannot imagine life without it, of what other representatives of our country are largely devoid. Therefore, I believe, that very little is done in the direction of solving this important problem. After all, in spite of the fact that all people are different, they are equal in their rights and opportunities.
