Discriminated Into Cruel Punishment
By Saumya Rawat & Deepa Ravindra
Our Goal
In our modern world today, issues are arising very easily. One of the main issues is cruel and unusual punishment based on discrimination. Discrimination is leading to many negative effects such as a higher suicide rate. Every revolution and movement begins and is driven by a goal. Our goal is to have nobody be subjugated to cruel and unusual punishment based on their physical appearance, race, religion, beliefs, occupation, or sexuality.
What Is Bullying?
Bullying occurs everywhere. It is an atrocious act in which people intimidate others physically, mentally, verbally, or online. (Following statistics from survey)25% of all kids have been bullied. 8% of students miss school at least once a month to avoid a bully. 20% of all kids have admitted to doing some bullying or being a bully.
How Does Bullying Relate To Discrimination?
Bullying is a form of discrimination. Even though there is a slight difference between these two forms of injustice, they are mainly used to make people feel bad about themselves and separate themselves from others. It also results in people judging others and taunting them for their differences.
How Does Bullying Affect People?
Bullying can lead to depression, physical illness, mental problems, anxiety, low self confidence, low self esteem, and even suicide. People who are bullied are at the risk of committing suicide 9 times more than people who are not bullied.
Discrimination
People are discriminated against on the basis of...
- Physical Appearance (Ex: Height, weight, color, freckles, hair...)
- Religion
- Nationality
- Race
- Job
- Sexuality
- Pregnancy/Marriage
- Disability
- Genes
- Age
- Gender
- Money Issues
- Family
Bullied to Suicide
Equality and the Outlawing of Cruel and Unusual Punishment in Legislature
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, headed by Eleanor Roosevelt, Article 1 states that all humans have a right to equality. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2 clearly states Freedom from Discrimination. As many legal documents of nationalities explain, we all have the right to be who we are and not be judged. Article 5 of the UDHR also protects us from any abnormal cruel/unusual punishment.
If we are all created equally, why should we judge people who look different from us and have unique choices?
Cyber Bullying
The Tunisian Revolution and The Civil War
Tunisian Revolution:
The Tunisian Revolution ignited a spark in the overthrow of a government and a new population. This act began when a Tunisian twenty six year old, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire due to the mistreatment the local authorities had put upon him. The authorities, in public, had seized his wheelbarrow full of produce and beaten him, along with insulting his deceased father. This is a form of physical bullying and discrimination, for they chose him, out of the entire crowd.
Lawyers began to quit their jobs, to get away from the beatings people gave them and joined the fight. Soon enough, the facet of destroying this corrupt government became a valid and profound reason for the protests. People from the Prime Minister’s (Mohammed Ghannouchi) “cabinet” began to quit their jobs so then the Minister had to bring in more people to fulfill the occupations. On January 28, 2011, hundreds of people began to camp out of the Prime Minister’s office, protesting the fact that he remained in the government. As a result of this revolution, government wise, Mohammed Ghannouchi ended up leaving office, the Ben Ali Government form was abolished, and the political prisoners were released.
This revolution killed 338 and injured 2,147.Civil War
In the histories of many nations, we have widely seen racism and discrimination. However, the result usually becomes a fierce war, disagreement, or protest leading into immense bloodshed and mishap. For example, take the Civil War. Even though the Civil War was fought to preserve the nation, one of the main causes was slavery. Slavery was mainly caused and erupted due to discrimination. The African Americans were treated with unjust, resulting in slavery. Since this discrimination occurred, it began to trigger a series of events that led to the Civil War. That war brought our country far apart, and only because ½ of us didn’t trust those who were different. By discriminating, it has never done us any good.
The Holocaust and Hitler
North Korea (Concentration Camps to the Extreme)
Equality In Religion
In the holy Bible, the verse Galatians 3:28 states: "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor there is male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus".
In the consecrated Bhagvad Gita, the holy book of the Hindus, verse 32 of Chapter 6 states: He is a perfect yogi, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, both in their happiness and distress, oh Arjuna! (Yogi= a highly disciplined person. Arjuna= The son of God who is listening to this Bhagavad Gita).
In the spiritual Quran, the holy book of the Muslims, this thought is also fluently expressed- [3:195] Their Lord responded to them: "I never fail to reward any worker among you for any work you do, be you male or female - you are equal to one another. Thus, those who immigrate, and get evicted from their homes, and are persecuted because of Me, and fight and get killed, I will surely remit their sins and admit them into gardens with flowing streams."
The Bible
The holy book of Christianity and Judaism.
The Bhagavad Gita
The holy book of the Hindus.
The Quran
The holy book of the the religion, Islam.