... 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.racist adj. & n. | → The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. racism (ˈreɪsɪzəm) or racialism n 1. (Sociology) the belief that races has distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others 2. (Sociology) abusive or aggressive behavior towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief ˈracist ˈracialist n, adj →Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 rac•ism (ˈreɪsɪzəm) n. 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usu. involving the idea that one's own race is superior. 2. a policy, system of government, etc., based on such a doctrine. 3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. [1865–70; < French racisme. See race2, -ism] rac′ist, n., adj. →Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. racism 1. a belief that human races have distinctive characteristics...
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...Is Ferry acting in good faith to the French or is it his own greed and the need to be superior, especially with the African countries? Jules Ferry was concerned with economic strategies, because major industries of France were lacking outlets to export their goods such as textiles, Germany and the United States had set up trade barriers, he considered the United States of America perfectionists, he feared that the South American markets would be taken over by North America, and he knew that the markets of France were not only shrinking but being taken over by the “great states”. Ferry also realized that times had changed, warships could not carry more than two week worth of coal and the need for a place to supply, shelter, and as port of defense was needed. Therefore, it was urgent for France to acquire more colonies. The arguments against imperialism have been raised by Ferry’s critics, by Jules Ferry, (1884) stating “indeed the higher races have a right over lower races.” (para.4). He also stated “the superior races have a right and duty to civilize the inferior races” and Spanish soldiers and explores introduced slavery into Central Africa, they did not fulfill their duty as men of a higher race” (para. 5). Ferry’s critics felt that he was justifying slavery. Ferry, (1884) countered by stating “again, the superior race have the right and duty to civilize the inferior race, I...
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...Michael Hurtado 9/15/11 Critique on Anthropology and Race, Ch. 5 Discarding Race, Dealing with Racism Race and racism has been a very controversial and confusing subject for many decades. Although is seems to have made progress over the last couple of decades, it really has not but subsumed to a more dormant topic in education. After reading the fifth chapter of Anthropology and Race by Eugenia Shanklin, I have realized the complexity of the word race and the many descriptions, meanings, and methods used to define this word. As long as there are different races, racism will continue to be a part of society. I somewhat understand as to why this topic is rarely discussed and not properly taught in education systems. Also how the different approaches anthropologists have tried to explain race and racism as either a cultural or scientific method. In today’s society, race is not discussed in the classrooms of education. As time goes on the importance of explaining, in detail, what race really is, does not seem necessary because the nation’s values state that everyone is equal, which discards the idea of race. Race is the classification of people into group in the world, due to cultural, physical, geographical, and biological aspects; or so we like to believe it. As described in Anthropology and Race, Anthropologists believe that when discussing the topic of race, people automatically divide themselves into groups and then believe and defend these groups. Why is this...
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...person or group may not like another race. Thus, people harass and hurt each other whether physically, emotionally, or mentally. Racism can be seen in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez, where in both books whites are portrayed to be superior then the rest. For example in the 1920’s the whites thought that they were the superior race. Till today many different races look down on each other. Quinonez 2000 novel Bodega Dreams shows us how our race could determine how we are treated in society. The novel talks about the real life of Spanish Harlem neighborhoods. The Great Gatsby was a story told by Nick...
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...My Blood is Your Blood “I want to suck your blood,” is a popular adage found when speaking of Dracula (although not found in Bram Stoker’s Dracula). Is it because it is his life line? The short answer would be yes, but is that all it is to Dracula? No. It is in fact the basic human life line. Without blood, there can be no human life. The same rings true for the undead, which is the case of Dracula. Blood is the essential fluid for all beings on Earth but blood stands for more in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Blood also produces other underlying topics such as lineage race and health. Blood is essential to all beings but why is it so essential to Dracula? The question can be raised does Dracula eat to live or does he eat to survive? In Dracula, it is known that for him to live he drinks or eats blood. This is his food. It is what he needs to continue to live and thrive. It is not a life force that he can produce on his own so he has to acquire it from several parasitic relationships. In this case, some live to tell the tale and others die a gruesome death. We see instances in Dracula where blood was merely to sustain life such as the event in chapter 4 where the mother of the stolen child is yelling outside of the castle for her baby to be returned to her unharmed (48). In this moment, you are given the sense that this was a meal. It was also the incident on the ship, the Demeter, where the men came up missing (81). We know that this was also a feeding frenzy. We know...
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...The Holocaust, a tragic and horrible event in history with about eleven million deaths. Of these eleven million, six million were Jewish. Racism played a significant role in the political and social events that led to the Holocaust because the Germans believed they were a superior race, Jewish people were denied many rights, and the Jews were victimized by the Germans. The Nazis began to combine racial theories and theories on evolution to come up with the idea that their race was superior to the Jews as well as other groups. This caused them to be obsessed with the idea of making the master race. This “Aryan Master Race” include people who were of pure aryan descent and those who were tall, fair-haired and light-eyed. Ultimately, Hitler’s...
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...28, 2012 Compare and contrast Hitler's race theory with the realities of the Holocaust. How did expansion contribute to these theories? Nazism developed several theories concerning races. The Nazis claimed to scientifically measure a strict hierarchy of human race. Once firmly in power, Hitler’s plans for the ending of the struggle between the Aryan race and the “inferior races” was set to work. These races feared as a biological threat to the master race purity. At the bottom of this hierarchy were “parasitic” races which were perceived to be dangerous to society. Hitler’s Nazi theory also claimed that his Aryan race is superior to all other races, that a nation is the highest creation of great races. These nations developed cultures that naturally grew from races with natural good health, and aggressive, intelligent, courageous traits. The weakest nations, Hitler said were those of impure or mongrel races, because they have divided, quarrelling, and therefore weak cultures. The Nazi rationale was heavily invested in the militarist belief that great nations grow from military power, which in turn grows naturally from rational civilized cultures. Races without homelands, Hitler claimed, were "parasitic races," and the richer the members of a "parasitic race" are, the more "virulent" the parasitism was thought to be. A "master race" could therefore, according to the Nazi doctrine, easily strengthen itself by eliminating "parasitic races" from its homeland. This was the given rationalization...
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...technological advances by leaps and bounds. Amidst the continued success and growth of other foreign nations European markets continued to shrink and flood with new products. South America, according to Ferry was a market that they had used for a very long time and now because of the exponential growth of North American industry, Ferry was greatly concerned that North America was going to take over the South American market. Ferry realized that for his country to continue to flourish that something needed to be done. Ferry also had a humanitarian argument for wanting colonial expansion. Ferry said that as people of a higher race, they have a right over the inferior races. He believed that it was the superior races duty to take on a paternalistic type role and show the inferior race how best to live. He believed that it was their duty as a superior race to civilize underdeveloped African and Asian countries. I think...
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...trade barriers, and also at this point the United States became protectionists. 2. What arguments against imperialism have been raised by Ferry's critics? How does he counter them? Critics say “Oh! You dare to say this in the country which has proclaimed the rights of man!” They include that he is justifying slavery. Ferry responds and says that he is allowed to impose regular commerce upon them. Jules says that his race is the superior race and therefore his race has rights over inferior races. The critics also say he is justifying slavery. Jules responds, “I repeat, that the superior races have a right because they have a duty. They have the duty to civilize the inferior races . . . . In the history of earlier centuries these duties, gentlemen, have often been misunderstood; and certainly when the Spanish soldiers and explorers introduced slavery into Central America, they did not fulfill their duty as men of a higher race . . . . But, in our time, I maintain that European nations acquit themselves with generosity, with grandeur, and with sincerity of this superior civilizing duty. 3. What non-economic arguments does Ferry offer in favor of imperialism? Ferry offered ideas of civilization in its highest sense and ideas of politics and patriotism. Ferry also took into consideration the current conditions of naval warfare. He suggested that France needed countless provisioningstations and shelters and...
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...ethnic groups. I have personally observed how different races condemn one another as if their race is superior to others. I think I know what it is like to believe I’m the superior, but I realize that I am not. It is terrible to see how racially proud people can blow the boundaries out of proportion. For example, at my former school, it was common to see people from one ethnic group socialize together. The group shared a common background and sense it pride, but least once a day you could hear “Yeah, Yea Asian pride ,”or ,”White power.” In hindsight it is silly to think about it, because of how it could make others feel if they walked by and heard the group? We would walk with an arrogance that said, “I’m a superior ethnic race, don’t mess with me. It is an ego that is shared among many of us. I believe it is pathetic that we allow racism to become such a part of our culture and world. It is good to have confidence in who you are, but being too prideful can be shameful, and the fault can be found among many of us. Having pride in who you are is not wrong, because it shows that one has self confidence. Even in the Military, each branch has their own pride and there are barriers that create tension. It may be not direct, but sometime a single race will insult another race, or even hate one another, but you rarely hear of one race loving another race. I may not love every race in the world, but everyday I make an effort to break those...
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... A Class Divided How is race both a reality and a belief? Race is used to signify different types of human bodies based on similar skin color and physical appearance. While there is no biological basis for racial classification, sociologists recognize a long history of attempts to organize groups of people based on similar skin color and physical appearance. The absence of any biological foundation makes race often difficult to define and classify, and as such, sociologists view racial categories and the significance of race in society as unstable, ever shifting, and intimately connected to other social forces and structures. The realities and beliefs that people have of race vary according to which type of dominant or subordinate group they fall into. Sociologists use these terms to identify powerful relationships that are based on perceived racial, ethnic, or other attributes and identities. To sociologist, a dominant group is a racial or ethnic group that has the greatest power and resources in a society. For them their reality and belief of race is that unless you have a specific eye, hair, or similar physical attribute, as in the video the kids were divided according to eye color, then those who don’t share that are cast aside and thought of as a lesser creature. However, you could say that there is no "race gene." There are traits that define a race, but really, it's all very subjective, because what happens when two different races have a child? They blend. They...
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...Sneetches” first came out most people thought of it as a children’s story that teaches you to not to discriminate against those who are different from you. Most people would not think that “The Sneetches” and the Holocaust are related, however, they are. Dr. Seuss is making a statement with McBean giving help to the Sneetches, when the sneetches were going in and out the machines, and passing on the idea that star belly sneetches are the superior race compare to the regular sneetches. The star belly Sneetches got help from McBean from the machines ,that he created.With McBean making the machines the regular belly Sneetches can become star belly Sneetches....
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...knight has very different beliefs and ideas then the typical German because he actually knows the truth about the Nazi empire and he can sort out the lies that the Nazis have forced upon the population to the point that people really believe everything they are told. The knight is just different because one of his ancestors wrote a book explaining the rise to power of the Nazis and the way the world really was before the Nazis came to power. The Knight then goes and tells Alfred the truth about the Nazis because he knows Alfred already doubts what the Nazi’s say is true and because he knows Alfred is a critical thinker and will hear him out with an open mind. The main topics that the knight and Alfred discuss with their beliefs are gender, race, religion, and...
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...generations following his research. His recognition in one area of study automatically made him a voice that echoed for centuries against women’s suffrage, pro-slavery, and influenced Hitler’s ideology. Apart from his genetic research and theories of evolution, Darwin was not afraid to compare the human race to that of other animals. This analogy caused a lot of the discrimination that he blatantly labeled as scientific fact. In the Descent of Man, “Darwin noted that the inheritance of special tastes and habits, general intelligence, courage, good and bad temper, and so on is evident in dogs and other domestic animals, and that the same pattern is seen in almost every human family” (Paul, 226). Darwin was not afraid to make non-scientific comparisons between the human race and other animals. Although many of Darwin’s findings are scientifically rational, and others simply deny his theories because of their religious faiths, it is difficult to ignore the consequences of his “Origins of Species” or “The Descent of Man” writings. Although Darwin wrote that all men shared a common descent, he used societal observations to pinpoint the differences in mental faculties between races, while contrasting the culture of “the lowest savages” with European civilization. Young Darwin simply wanted a non-religious explanation of how our world came to be. “Evolutionary thinking enabled [Darwin] to rescue the idea of human unity, taking it over from a religion that no longer provided...
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...Austrian Catholic culture publicists Lanz von Liebenfels and politicians such as Karl Lueger and Georg Ritter von Schonerer influenced him, which formed his belief in the superiority of the “Aryan race”. Ideological Theory Hitler developed his political theories from the Austria-Hungary Empire, which is known as the Dual monarchy a multi-national Empire. Born a citizen of the Empire, he believed that the democracy was a destabilizing force because it placed the powers in the hands of ethnic minorities, which cause the Empire to become weak due to the ethnic, and linguist diversity. After the failure of World War I, Hitler gained popularity from the German Nationalists that were disgruntled from the lost war. Many Germans placed the blame of their defeat on the Jews and the communist, which became their ideal scapegoats to a German Nationalist ideology. Hitler’s Nazi theory claimed that the Aryan race is a master race, superior to all other races, that nationalism is the highest creation of race, and great nations (literally large nations) were the creation of great races. These nations developed cultures that naturally grew from races with “natural good health, and aggressive, intelligent, courageous traits.” The weakest nations, Hitler said were those of impure or mongrel races, because they have divided, quarrelling, and therefore weak cultures. Worst of all were seen to be the parasitic untermensch or Jews. [1] Hitler believed that the key to the United States success...
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