GMAT考试写作指导：Issue写作范文五七

　　57. In determining whether we are becoming more respectful of one anothers

　　differences, one must examine both overt actions and underlying motives, as well as

　　examining whether our differences are increasing or decreasing. The issue, therefore, is

　　quite complex, and the answer is unclear.

　　Disrespect for one anothers differences manifests itself in various forms of

　　prejudice and discrimination. Since the civil rights and feminist movements of the 60s

　　and 70s, it would seem that we have made significant progress toward eliminating racial

　　and sexual discrimination. Antidiscriminatory laws in the areas of employment, housing,

　　and education, now protect all significant minority groups racial minorities and women,

　　the physically challenged and, more recently, homosexuals. Movies and television

　　shows, which for better or worse have become the cynosure of our cultural attention,

　　now tout the rights of minorities, encouraging acceptance of and respect for others.

　　However, much of this progress-is forced upon us legislative. Without Title 10 and

　　its progenies, would we voluntarily refrain from the discriminatory behavior that the

　　laws prevent? Perhaps not. Moreover, signs of disrespect are all around us today.

　　Extreme factions still rally around bigoted demagogues; the number of hate crimes is

　　increasing alarmingly; and school-age children seem to flaunt a disrespect toward adults

　　as never before. Finally, what appears to be respect for one anothers differences may in

　　fact be an increasing global homogeneity―that is, we are becoming more and more

　　alike.

　　In sum, on a societal level it is difficult to distinguish between genuine respect for

　　one anothers differences on the one hand and legislated morality and increasing

　　homogeneity on the other. Accordingly, the claim that we are becoming more respectful

　　of one anothers differences is somewhat dubious.