Minority Agencies in the United States
Minority agencies in the United States undergo marginalization where they are being pressed to the authority. The desires of the minority are overlooked and given less importance in the society, therefore, limiting their opportunities and capacity of survival. The criteria used to marginalize the minority groups includes age, race, religion, language and the employment popularity.
Mistreatment in the Workplace
Minority groups are being mistreated in their place of work. They may be overworked, and in a company with various employees, which includes African Americans, there would possibly be ethnic discrimination where they are given slight wage compared to different colleagues and also not given promotions.
Value of Diversity
The value of range of king and Wiesel is primarily linked to the racism and religion particularly in the United States of America.
Religious Discrimination
According to Weisel, religions are treated differently by the legal authorities and the entire society. Jewish attitude to policies and good morals is just like Christian, Muslim and other recognized religions in the world, however, the voice of the Jews is ignored, since they are not considered substantial. Discrimination factors that are highlighted in the letter written by Martin Luther king Jr. signifies how the religious leaders believe some of the communities are less powerful in the United States. We are living in the world where the minority groups are subjected to the oppression all in the name of utilitarianism. Non-native Americans are supposed to be served accordingly by individuals and institutions without any discriminations based on religion and race.
Treatment of Jews in the United States
The Christians dominate the United States, thus other religions are treated as minority region groups. According to Weisel, Jews were viewed as the religion which acts against the American institution because the United States is grounded Christian ethics and morals. Therefore, Jews face almost the same trouble in the United States, being stereotyped like Muslims, who are often seen as terrorist. Muslims believe in Jihadism; hence Christians believe Muslims are more likely to plan and commit terror attacks.
Eradicating Prejudice
King and Wiesel condemned classifications based on race and religion, but it is astonishing that in most institutions privileges in nowadays are still earned taking into account these principles. For example, in the United States, African Americans are still facing discrimination in public and private institutions due to racism and the Jews still fight for full identification. Therefore, as a society, we are guilty for not fully eradicating prejudice in our institutions. The majority groups are the most responsible for giving room to the continuing isolation of the minority groups since they continue exploiting the human labor even after the minority races have raised their ways of know-how by going to educational establishments to seek for knowledge to avoid being looked down (Lamont).
Advocating for Equality
King and Wiesel advocate on equality concerning races and religion, respectively. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter to the Christian leadership addressing them to act as per the Christian ethics by not complying with the constitution and ignoring the Christian beliefs (all human are equal before the eyes of God regardless of the skin colour and originalities). Therefore, the black people, who participated in Birmingham protest should not be treated outsiders; instead, they should be treated just like any other citizen exercising their civil rights. Wiesel is a legendary author, who faced difficulties in publishing his book on the marginalization of the Jews in the United States highlighting to them that if anything of the sort should happen, they should not allow the majority to take advantage of the Jews basing on the constitutional rights that made the Jewish be oppressed. From the arguments made by King and Weisel, I learned that marginalization was broadly embraced in the 19th century and most minority groups suffered. Therefore, it is evident that such discriminations reduced overtime gradually considering the discrimination cases are currently reported but are minimal, comparing to an ancient era.
Works Cited
Elie Wiesel. Night. 1960. Print
Lamont, Mich. Getting Respect. Princeton University Press, 2016. Internet resource.
Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream. 1963. Print
Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail. August, 1963. Print
