America is
primarily defined by inequality, contrary to popular belief. The
quote all men are created equal is an excellent example. At the
time the Declaration of Independence was being written, gender
roles were widely distanced by a social apartheid fueled by gender
based superiority complexes. Women were regarded as inferior and
thus lacked the same rights as men. While it may look like a basic
generalization, the phrase all men are created equal really did
not apply to all human beings in general. It was a straightforward
statement directed solely to men, as women lacked political
autonomy at the time until the 1920s onward. If America was truly
defined by freedom and equality, the social and political divide
between men and women
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The same values
that America struggles to uphold is once again shot down and
challenged by an evolved variant of the social and political
apartheid that America has always faced. It seems that whenever
America attempts to close the gap between two demographic groups,
another gap is simultaneously expanded. Freedom and equality reach
a point of stagnancy and limits, and the definition of America
becomes more obscure and ironically undefined. This can be best
observed within the borders of the American landscape, as political
stances clash left and right in an attempt to clarify just what
exactly America is, what it stands for, and why it even stands for
such things. America is supposedly defined by freedom yet there
have been public condonation of violence towards certain general
groups of people by people who claim to stand for freedom. Rather
than freedom or equality, America is defined by double standards
and hypocrisy, as groups such as the Black Lives Matter
organization claim to support the racially oppressed despite
members outright calling for unneeded violence towards police
officers. Such traits do not befit a nation that claims to be based
on equality, let alone freedom, especially if the nations internal
problems are at an all-time
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