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Civil Liberties And Civil Rights

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Gavin Pegnoglou Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2305-71433 6 October 2017 Civil Liberties v Civil Rights Civil Liberties and Civil Rights is a pillar for every American citizen. Civil Liberties are specific individual rights a person has that are legally protected from being violated by the government. 1 Civil Liberties include, but are not limited to, right to privacy, right to vote, right to bear arms, and right to marry. Civil Rights provide for the right to be treated equally without discrimination. An easy way to remember the difference between a Civil Liberty and a Civil Right is that for a Civil Liberty, focus on what right is affected whereas for a Civil Right, focus on whose right is affected.
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I have observed and experienced different infringements of Civil Rights. During my 8th grade year, my Spanish teacher showed discrimination against male students by choosing a female student to look over the class every time she stepped out of the classroom. One time, a male student asked her why she never chose him or a male student from his table. She stated that she trusted girls more than boys because boys were more likely to horse around and not keep order in the classroom. In my Spanish class sophomore year, my classmates discriminated against me. The group I was assigned to were all friends of mine who are of different race and culture. When we discussed grades we received on individual assignments, they would look genuinely surprised that I had achieved a grade as good as theirs. I later asked them why and they told me they did not think I was as smart as them because I am white.
The ADA is a Civil Rights law passed in 1990 to stop discrimination against people who have a disability in public places such as work, schools, bus stations and any other place that the public can access. A person with a disability had the right to go to any public place, but until the ADA was passed, it was very difficult for them to exercise that right. The ADA provides equal opportunities for people with disabilities in the work place as well. The ADA set a standard for special accommodations so people with disabilities have easier access to

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