In an ideal world all human beings will be treated equally, regardless
of their gender or ethnicity. In fact, article 2 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone is entitled to all the
rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction
of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or
other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other
status.” However in reality this is not practiced. Before it discuss the challenges I will look at the background of both
cultural and religious groups rights and women’s rights. Will Kymlicka
(1995) lays down two different kinds of group rights. The first is
minority rights that protects the interests of their members and
secondly rights which impose restrictions on its members, such as some
cultural groups that set prohibitions and regulations on women.
Chinese immigrants were cast as outcasts in Californian society, because of cultural differences - customs, clothing, beliefs, food, language etc -. The response to those differences caused Chinese immigrants to form their own community called Chinatowns.
Nativists thought Chinatowns were dangerous but necessary to help Chinese immigrants to assimilate, they also thought Chinatown was useful because it was used to separate immigrants from other residents.
Building canals through it
They started to question Britain, They were growing away from Britain because of the high tax, mistreatment and no representation in the government
1. Nomads whose herds of cattle provided their clothes and food
2. Warriors with bows and arrows who drove chariots into battle
