The Effects Of The Era Of Humanism

Modern age is considered to be the era of democracy tolerance and humanism. People all over the world are supposed to have equal conditions for living and, moreover, should be treated no matter what their religion or race are. It should be said that humanity needed two world wars to appreciated the price of human life, however, nowadays it tries to protect it. One can admit that society has already done a great number of steps which helped people all over the world to obtain their rights and freedoms. International organizations like United Nations also watch the situation and try to guarantee stable development of humanism and tolerance However, there are still problems which could not be solved. The thing is that very often these problems
Modern world is inherited be the representatives of a great number of different cultures and nations and they all have their unique mentality and beliefs. All these people are worth admiring and nowadays humanity is supposed to understand it. Thus, unfortunately not all people understand it and adhere to the policy of double standards. However, the problem is so old and complicated that it is very difficult to deal with it nowadays. The thing is that or centuries certain groups of people were treated as inferior and the issue of slavery prospered. Especially difficult was the life of black people. From ancient times they were just a good for white people only because of the color of their skin. Being deprived of any rights, for centuries they had to serve people without any chance for freedom. That is why, the image of slave is so strong in the conscience of white people. Only the events of the first half of 20th century were able to change this image, however, it still exists and unconsciously some people adhere to the ideas of the
Thousands of people who came to streets can be taken as the evidence of existence of racism and double standards in the USA. Being often called the home of democracy and the most tolerant state, the USA, however, is not deprived of inner problems connected with racial bias. Traditionally, the most discriminated group is black people who still feel the burden of stereotypes. According to statistics, black people still have poorer conditions for living and worse quality of life (). The majority of poor people belong to this category and, moreover, police reports testify that the percentage of crimes committed by black people is much higher that the same numbers which are connected with white ones. That is why, it is possible to suggest the idea that nowadays American society is divided. It is obviously, that some problems with crimes and poverty can be taken as the aftermath of long discrimination and damage which was caused to the conscience of black people/ However, at the same time, there is another thing which can be taken as the evidence of prejudiced attitude towards this group of people. The thing is that "sentences of blacks were on average 15.2% longer than the sentences of similarly situated whites, according to the Sentencing Commission report" (). This fact shows that the system of justice in the USA, which is supposed to be the most