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...Ledbetter's life since then has been a long campaign to change the law. The U.S. House approved a bill in 2007 that would hold employers accountable for the most recent discriminatory paycheck, not just the first one. But the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act failed to gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. (Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama support the bill; John McCain is against it.) The National Women's Law Center, which is supporting Ledbetter, says changing the law would help close the gender wage gap; on average, women earn 77? to every dollar earned...
...what Americans consider to be legitimate and acceptable within society’s institutions—of American society as a whole. A black man or a woman of any color, in the highest office, may help reform the way current and future Americans conceive of those who hold power, and it may also affect many Americans’ unconscious assumptions that the reason why an African-American or a woman has never been elected to the highest office is because they lack the necessary skills and mental capability to handle such responsibility...
What Bolduc might not know is that the apparent respect other citizens and the government show a minority group impacts the respect they hold for themselves concerning their worth and ability. Danielle Allen elaborates in her book “Talking to Strangers,” explaining that when a group is forced to constantly compromise not simply their civil and natural rights, but their dignity as well, a deep-rooted sense of distrust and hopelessness develops within the group, ultimately leading many to withdraw socially and politically from society...
...always found that when two boats are close going into the finish, it’s actually advantageous to be down at that point,” Kitovitz said. “For the boat that’s winning, it has to hold a boat off for a minute and a half. The boat that’s in front is more vulnerable. As long as you’re within striking distance, you’re in a great place...
...Goldenberg insinuated—since the ROTC students’ “happiness is . . . not the issue”—some activists hold that the cadets and midshipmen do not deserve a decorous ceremony free from political controversy and ideological harangues as long as some among their peers are excluded from their ranks. Yet, despite Goldenberg’s and others’ well-intentioned crusade, how is this a fair and fitting reward to the students who have chosen, not immediately to pursue career ambitions or vain whim, but to serve their country...