Majority = Happiness

I disagree with Bentham. I don't think all forms of happiness are equal. Just because the majority is happy does not mean that the minority does not matter. I think of the Civil Rights Movement when people were happy with segregation. Certainly not all were happy, but the majority were. Today, there is a greater number of people who are happy once laws, attitudes, and behaviors were changed. Although racism is very much still alive today, I believe that Bentham's view of the majority is untrue. Just like how the majority didn't see racism as a problem many years ago, many still do not see it like this now. They do not think of it as a problem that exists today or they say they are"color-blind." However, just like those many years ago, change will happen where race does not come into play and people are not discriminated against and that is when happiness will be equal.