Question

IQ Rules the World is group that wants to change how US citizens use the Internet to learn new job skills. They are holding a contest for its members to create the best new computer program to help people learn new job skills. When Julie tried to enter, she was told by Mr. Poston, the group’s leader, that she could not because she was not a member. When she tried to join the group, he told her that she couldn’t because she didn’t “look like somebody who has a high IQ.”

Julie called her friend Delores and told her the story. When they checked social media, they discovered that 10 other people had been denied membership for the same reason. They also learned that the group is having a rally at the skate park in four weeks to announce the contest winner. Julie and Delores decided to hold a protest demonstration against IQ Rules the World. In addition to the protest, they are going to start a petition addressed to the mayor, asking her to pass a law that stops organizations from denying people based on looks.


Write an essay that explains the causes and effects of this situation?
also explain how the First Amendment protect Julie and Delores in this story?

Answer 1

Julie went through a pre-concept situation, where the leaders of an association she wanted to participate in used her appearance as a way of assessing the skills and abilities she had.

As we already know, people should not be judged on the basis of their appearance, but on the basis of their actions. This situation of prejudice, made Julie upset and sad and caused her, a feeling of revolt that made her join with a friend and make a peaceful protest against the association.

The first constitutional amendment states that every American codadão has the full right to protest peacefully against any situation of injustice and against any institution. For that reason, we can say that Julie can make her protest and that IQ Rules the World cannot stop her.