While gender is less determinative than youth, education and income in whether someone has internet access, there are significant gender gaps in half of the 40 countries Pew Research Center surveyed in 2015.
The United States of America is only one of two countries that has not approved and accepted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The other is South Sudan, which has already begun the ratification process.
Among other things, the CRC ensures children under the age of 18 have the right to life, identity and name, education, freedom of expression, equal opportunity, healthcare, psychological recovery, cultural sensitivities for minority/indigenous groups, and access to information [x].
The lack of the CRC in the USA is part of the reason why it is okay to send children to abusive “camps” that attack their identity as LGBTQ+ minorities, enroll them in private schools that intentionally deny students opportunities to learn about science (particularly anatomy and sexuality), and sign away their children’s rights to the state.
It is also why juveniles in the USA can be sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole, a legal implications that particularly affects people of color, especially Black and Latinx children.
The CRC also specifies that children should not be disciplined in a manner that is considered abusive, and the USA therefore does not regulate the “discipline” occurring in homes of at-risk children, even when it qualifies as mental or emotional abuse.
Due to the lack of the CRC, children can be relocated against their will (eg, deportation/trafficking) to potentially dangerous and life-threatening places, can be separated from their parents, or can be kept in isolation.
Basically, the United States, which claims to be a great champion of human rights, has consistently refused to ratify or even introduce the bill to ratify the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Update on this (2016): USA is now the only country not to ratify the CRC. [x]
Over half of public school students are poor enough to qualify for lunch subsidies, and almost half of black children under the age of six are living in poverty. [x]
The US is one of two “developed” country with the lowest standards for child well-being (Romania is the other). [x]
16 million kids live in poverty and 138 thousand kids are homeless (2013-2015). [x]
Homelessness in children has increased by 60% in the past 6 years. [x]
In 2001, 325,000 children were at risk for becoming victims of sexual exploitation in the United States. [x]
Of all sex trafficking victims in the USA: 17% are underage girls and 10% are underage boys. [x]
John Ehrlichman, a former adviser to President Richard Nixon, said the war on drugs was invented to criminalize black people and suppress the radical left, according to an article published by Harper’s. While this doesn’t reveal that much new information, the full quote and admission is so shockingly blunt it crashed Harper’s website.
Most people know American women, on average, make 79 percent of what men make. Some argue it’s because women choose lower-paying fields or shy away from jobs that come with higher compensation.
THIS MAKES ME REALLY SAD. After reading this, I want to look into my MSA and make sure that this racism does not exist and if it does, we’re going to fix it. Wishing my beautiful black brothers and sisters all the best. You guys are absolutely amazing and I’m sorry that the world continues to shun you.
Zootopia is a cartoon. That means it’s drawn. That means that what’s there is there intentionally, not accidentally. I sat back in my chair and the movie began.
Your movie had several themes but one was about difference and one was about inclusion. Inclusion! Now the inclusion here was about the first rabbit on a police force of primarily big animals, many of whom are predators. Not only wasn’t there a character with any kind of disability, why would a movie about inclusion need that, there wasn’t even the slightest concession to disability. No ramps. No curb cuts. No disabled access symbols.
Does that mean disability was erased?
No.
Not at all.
Though we didn’t see a disabled character of any kind. We did see a wheelchair. And where was that wheelchair? It was in a dark and scary place where people were locked away in cages. I shit you not. This means that you who wrote and drew this film about ‘inclusion’ not only knew about wheelchairs but decided to use them as decorations to heighten the scariness of a place.
Nice.
Real nice.
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The message of Zootopia is that people shouldn’t give into prejudice and everyone should be respected and admired no matter the difference.
I call you the creators of Zootopia, frauds, and your message, fraudulent.
You claim to want inclusion but you pair disability and wheelchairs with scary music and dark places. Nice. Here’s something you need to think about. Your audience for this film, children are a more diverse group than you clearly can imagine. Ruby and Sadie go to school with kids who have disabilities. They are school mates, classmates and friends. To show children, who live in an inclusive world, a world that not only doesn’t include disability but eradicates it, is irresponsible.
I sat there as a disabled adult, in a wheelchair, dismayed at the presentation of a wheelchair as a scary thing. Can you imagine the effect that would have on children with disabilities.
So not only did you ‘fail’ on the inclusion message, you send a very different message. Disability, bad. Disability, scary. Disability needs to disappear.
Georgia is really, really close to passing a law that could legalize religious-based discrimination against LGBT people.
Lots of people care about this, because discrimination is wrong. But there’s a new twist that has even more people paying attention: if the bill becomes law, the NFL might ban Atlanta from holding any more Super Bowl games while it’s still in effect.
“NFL policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other improper standard,” the NFL’s statement said. “Whether the laws and regulations of a state and local community are consistent with these policies would be one of many factors NFL owners may use to evaluate potential Super Bowl host sites.”
Falcons owner Arthur Blank doesn’t want to see something similar happen to his city, especially since he’s set to open a $1.4 billion stadium in 2017.
“One of my bedrock values is ‘Include Everyone’ and it’s a principle we embrace and strive to live each and every day with my family and our associates, a vast majority of which live and work in Georgia,” Blank said in a statement. “I strongly believe a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Georgia is critical to our citizens and the millions of visitors coming to enjoy all that our great state has to offer. House Bill 757 undermines these principles and would have long-lasting negative impact on our state and the people of Georgia.”
Because that’s how we get the majority of people to pay attention to discrimination: sports. I’m not putting this strategy down, since we can use all the help we can get. That said, I wish people cared about legal discrimination for more reasons than it affecting the future of football.
