...Racism is learned Racism is what happens when you mix prejudice with power and use the two to discriminate against a group of people. The majority of Americans will say there is a problem with racism in the United States but where does racism start. No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background. Someone had to teach them. Teaching is the act of imparting knowledge. Leaning is acquiring knowledge. Based on these two definitions one must conclude that racism is learned. Parents model attitudes of fear or ridicule of others to their child. As a child grows, they learn how to behave by observing their parents behavior, speech, and attitudes. A parent states one thing but does another. It is like...
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...Racism and Power A Formal Research Paper on Racism HSP-3UI-03 Jenna Yates 06/16/2014 -1- Introduction Over the generations, there have been horrific examples of racism around the globe. The holocaust, the slave trade and Apartheid in South Africa are all examples of appalling events throughout history that display racism. In addition to these extreme examples, racism exists on a smaller scale in peoples day to day lives. For example, there are people who face certain disadvantages, like being denied employment, denied an apartment or denied a friendship all because of their race. While there is definitely a movement to eradicate racist actions and beliefs, they still exist. Despite education and a history of horrible experiences with racism, it is still a huge issue in our culture and in our environment. This is so, because there is always a group who benefits from racism and it is hard to let this power and privileges go. Racism has been an effective tool for those in a position of power and privilege to maintain their status, income, recourses, the ability to make decisions, etc. Racism empowers some and disempowers others. Even though we have seen the down side of racism, it is something we continue to repeat from country to country and decade to decade because we know it works to maintain power. Despite all the advances society has seen in research, knowledge and technology, mankind has not been able to abolish racism. Therefore, in spite of our understanding...
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...M. Kuroki English 1A Essay #4 (The Research Paper) Determining the Sources of Two “Isms”: Racism and Sexism (225 points) Due Dates: See Syllabus Submission Requirements: Please remember to submit a hard copy of your essay in class, attaching to it your peer reviews. Also submit an electronic copy through TurnItIn (see link on Canvas). Length: 7-10 pages (not including the Annotated Bibliography) Annotated Bibliography Component: Instead of a Works Cited, you will include an Annotated Bibliography with your research paper (worth 25 pts. of your total score). Readings: • “Sex and Temperament,” Margaret Mead • “Masculinity,” Germaine Greer • Selection from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave • Any previously assigned reading relevant to your topic • Sample causal analysis essay (title TBA) Research Requirement: Please use at least seven (7) but no more than ten (10) secondary sources. You must use at least one of each of the following source types: a book, an article from a scholarly journal, a newspaper article, and a magazine article. You must use at least two relevant assigned World of Idea reading, which will count toward the 7-source minimum. Furthermore, while you may use more than one website, only one website will count toward the 7-source minimum. In other words, you must incorporate research from the following source types into your paper: 1. A book 2. A scholarly journal...
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...Racism is a controversial topic in America today. As an international student, I came to the United States for the first time in 2013 for educational purposes. Prior to coming to the United States, I had never experienced any form of racism. This is because back home in my country, Kenya, black people are the majority and white Kenyans are not racist toward other Kenyans who are black. However, my stay in the America has made me realize that someone can be discriminated against because of the color of their skin as at times I have also experienced this discrimination based on my race. In America, for the first time my life, I identified as black. While living in Kenya, I had the privilege of not always thinking about my racial identity. Moreover,...
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...and racism that make them not want to go. These experiences end up marking youth for the rest of their lives. Some children find an outlet to their problems by bulling others. Over the years bullying has grown tremendously affecting our schools and communities and as a result our future generations and their lively hood are at stake. Historically, bullying took place in the mid 1970s. Dan Olweus, a research professor of psychology, was the first to conduct an intensive study on bullying among students using his own systematic researching methods (Voo, 2007, p. 112). He created the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP), which had significant results in reducing school bullying (Hazelden Foundation, 2007). Olweus’s efforts and solutions contributed greatly to the fight against bullying increasing awareness, initiating other professionals to conduct more research, and expanding the knowledge of bullying (Voo, 2007). Because of Olweus’s efforts researchers suggest that there have been a positive impact on decreasing school violence and bringing safety awareness to schools. Bullying and racism are problems that have been a part of America’s history for many years. Bullying can be verbal, physical, I chose to discuss bullying and racism because there have been an increase in our future generations. By discussing these problems, my goal to increase awareness, formulate strategies and methods while crafting solutions. There are many contributing factors to bullying and racism. In...
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...Racism, Does it Still exist? Keira Garner Liberty University Online Abstract Many people today believe racism doesn’t exist and is a term that existed in times before the 1960’s. Racism is hidden in modern society and it brings separation, hatred, war, and at times social injustice. When most people hear of racism they refer to “slavery”, but many different cultures are discriminated against and faced with racism. Throughout society multiculturalism can be referred to racism. Some cultures are trying to work together to build a better life. Throughout this paper I will discuss how racism can be institutional, learned, cancerous, dangerous, but not accidental. Furthermore, this paper will bring awareness that ethnicity and racial association can determine an individual’s worth personally and their identity. In addition comprehending that racism is yet present in many cultures. Multiculturalism allows one to think that all cultures are equal regardless of one’s moral views. According to Stewart (2012) racism can be defined as speaking, acting or thinking negatively about someone else solely based on that person’s color, class or culture (p. 466). In our society today it is suggested that racism was deleted after the Civil Rights era. The truth is racism is very much present today. Throughout society multiculturalism can be referred to racism. Racism can be known as institutional, learned, cancerous, dangerous, but not accidental. Society tries to portray that racism...
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...Gatsby Essay: Tom and Gatsby Elegant parties, endless supply of alcohol and food, numerous people, huge mansion, and loud music are all examples of common occurrences at the Gatsby mansion. All of this was to lure in one beautiful girl. That girl was Daisy. However, Daisy was occupied by her own rich husband, Tom. This only left Gatsby wishing he could have Daisy. Soon, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom all cross paths. Although different in many ways, it turns out that Tom and Gatsby share many of the same traits. Over the course of events in The Great Gatsby, Tom and Gatsby show many traits that are similar and many traits that are different. In the end, Gatsby learns his lesson about the emptiness of pursuing happiness through wealth. Throughout The Great Gatsby, there are lies, secrets and indiscretion. Tom and Gatsby both share these traits. Both men lie, hold onto secrets and have indiscretion about their lives and what they do for work. “Tom’s got some woman in New York” (15). Tom shows his indiscretion through his secrets and lies about his affair. The other characters are aware of Tom’s affair, but he still manages to lie to them and go behind Daisy’s back to see his mistress. Tom also says “We’re getting off, I want you to meet my girl” (24). Tom’s “girl”, as referred to in this quote, is actually his mistress. This example again shows Tom’s indiscretion, secrets, and lies. Gatsby is also secretive. Gatsby’s secrets are mostly about his work. “I found out what your ‘drug-stores’...
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...Racism Consultation: Basics which all Social Workers need when dealing with racism in children Racism is an issue in which many people shy away from when it arises. Most people feel they are not racist, however in later discussion many racist ways of thinking may be divulged. Racism needs to be addressed, not avoided. Children need to learn how detrimental racism can be to themselves and others. The home and school environments are the best places to begin to address the issue of racism. It is the school's responsibility as well as the parent's to see to it that differences are accepted and not devalued. Antiracist education is also a very helpful approach in reducing racism in schools. This essay will go into detail about how racism is taught to children, characteristics of a racist child or a victim of racism, as well as techniques to prevent or reduce racism in children. Ms. Carlson, the middle school counselor, was approached with an issue that involves two of her students. It appears that Billy has been making racial comments to Tommy, an African American boy. Ms. Carlson is aware of different schools participating in antiracist and multicultural education, however their school does not incorporate this type of teaching. The school is located in a conservative town and Ms. Carlson feels that this type of education will not be welcomed in the school district. She has asked me to speak with Billy and Tommy to see what factors play into a child who has...
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...In 1968 Jane Elliott was a teacher who used an experiment to teach her third grade students about discrimination, racism, and prejudice. Mrs. Elliott felt that after Martin Luther King was murdered, she needed to convey a message to her class concerning race. She separated the class into groups according to their eye color. The reasoning behind the experiment was to show tolerance for other races. In 1985, she used the same concept for employees of the Iowa State Correctional Facility. Most of these people already had preconceived issues concerning race and gender equality. The results of the 1985 study have been just as surprising as the 1968 study. My reactions after watching the students ranged from empathy, tolerance to compassion. The innocence of a childhood before racism can be embedded is what I saw. The idea that training begins at home, therefore hatred for others is learned there. If parents were to teach love and understanding of others, then the experiment would have had a different tone. The kids would not have felt isolated from their peers. However, in 1968, America was in filled with hate and a lack of understanding for others. Most of the children did not understand what...
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...Fernando Mercado English 101 August 20,2013 Black Men and Public Spaces In Black Men and Public Spaces,” Brent Staples is a black man who whenever in public is met with fear from “others because of his race's stereotype. Staples has the ability to alter public space by his physical behavior, his dress and his verbal reaction. Black men have a reputation of being rapist, murders and gang members how to change his perception or level of threat to others. He accomplishes this by his physical behavior. In his essay “Black Men and Public Space”, Brent Staples attempts to introduce people to something most all are guilty of, but pay little attention to. Using accounts from his own and others’ experiences, Staples essay portrays the racist tendency of people to assume black men are potentially violent and dangerous. Therefore many people get worried when a young black man is around. He’s since realized how people view him when he’s on the streets. If he happened to be entering a building behind some people who appear skittish, he’ll walk by letting them clear the lobby before he returns so as not to seem to be following them. He’s even had to change the way he walks just so people wouldn’t suspect him of doing anything. For example one of his most frightening confusions occurred in late 1970’s when he worked as a journalist in Chicago. One day he was rushing in the office with a magazine deadline in hand. He was then mistaken for a burglar...
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...Racism and prejudice are a problem. They have existed for thousands of years and they are transmitted from generation to generation. However, racism have not always been the same, it have changed trough the history and every day it have become more sophisticated. Racism is any negative thought or action toward members of a racial minority or any manifestation of racial inequality. It is also the belief that humans are subdivided into distinct hereditary groups that are innately different in their social behavior and mental capacities. Therefore, they can be ranked as superior or inferior All of us have something racist inside us, and it s not because we wanted to, we have learned that from the society that we live in. In first sight, we all have stereotyped some specific group and this is the one of the bases to create racism. However, this is not dangerous until we heart (physically or psychologically) with intention to the members of a specific race or group just for being of that group. To end the racism, we need to stop transmitting this way of thinking to the next generations. With this, we will create a world without prejudice and with equal rights for everybody. Because survey research usually assesses perceptions of racism, it can explore the important subtler aspects of racism, including cultural and institutional forms. These types of racism often reside within social structures and persist even as legal and social sanctions discourage more blatant interpersonal...
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...Racism in US Schools For Black Students Karine Ndakwah ENG 147 11/30/2015 Vera-Ellen Cruz Racism is actually something we all are witness to, in one way or the other. Do you know that it has been a huge issue for black students struggling to go along with receiving their education? It has been defined in English as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Racism in US schools has been a big issue that has to be addressed. Racism has a history, causes and effects on black students. Racism as a whole that has become a big issue in the US schools on black students has a long history since the 20th century where Ruby Bridges was seen as the very first black student in school on the 14th of November 1960 (Bridges, 1999). The white students threw things at her in school and all the teachers equally refused to teach while she was enrolled in school. This prevented her from getting into other classes, but there was an angel teacher in the person of Barbara Henry from Boston who took upon herself to teach Ruby in a class alone for the whole year. Ruby would pray on daily bases on her way to school for protection from God Almighty. She was provided counseling in her first year in school, and her parents suffered a lot during this period because of how their child was being treated in school. Though she went through all the mockery and humiliations, she was bold enough, courageous, and...
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...In the first minute of the film, a lot about the woman’s character is revealed. The opening sequence shows many homeless people in the station but the woman noticeably ignores them. Next, a hurried man bumps into the woman, causing her purse to fall to the ground. He attempts to help her gather the items, but she snaps at him, shoves her items into her purse, and runs to her train. Of course, she misses it. Through all this it is obvious that the woman does not feel comfortable or safe. She seems to be a wealthy woman, obviously nervous to be in the station alone. She also is very suspicious of people around her. Finally, there are underlying racial issues. The man who bumps into her in the station and causes her bag to drop is black. He is dressed in a business suit and clearly wants to help her. She reacts as if her were trying to steal from her. Later while standing on the platform, the woman realizes that her wallet is missing. She decides to get some lunch to bide her time. She picks up a salad and pays for it with some spare change she is carrying because she lost her wallet. She finds a table, puts her shopping bags down, and goes back for a fork. When she returns, a homeless man is sitting at what she believes is her booth. He is eating her salad. Again, this is where the story builds itself well. She had to have lost her wallet in order for this to make sense. She cannot go buy another salad now so she begins to eat off the homeless man’s plate. He shows her hospitality...
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...Racism and Discrimination in Society Issues in Behavioral Science January 20, 2015 In order to understand how racism and discrimination affects our society, we must first understand the actual meaning of racism and discrimination. Racism accounts for differences in human character. A racist believes certain races are better, or more superior, to others (Yahoo Dictionary n.d). In discrimination, a person looks upon another person based on their class, race, and/or gender, other than their individual worth. Discrimination can also be referred to prejudice or partiality (Yahoo Dictionary n.d). Racism and discrimination effect the United States in a number of ways. First of all, racism and discrimination are taught. There is no specific gene in the body that influences whether or not a person is or is not racist or discriminates against others. Any influence can teach this. Parents, family, jobs, organizations, and influential people are just to name a few. From an early age, people are affected negatively by racism and discrimination. In one study, 120 children were chosen from diverse areas of the United States. From an early age, these children demonstrated their beliefs of their ethnic group influenced how they handled certain situations in the realm of education. For example, many Latino and African American children did poorly on standardized tests. From an early age they were aware that other children within their race did poorly on these types...
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...social control, and inequality over an indigenous group of human being living within their community. Rosewood is a true, however historically-stifled chain of events that took place in small blooming town in Rosewood, Florida. Rosewood industry was cedar wood and mills, and a railroad station that transported products, communal relations between the towns of Rosewood and Sumner were one of tolerance. The African American community were aware of the inequality that was afforded to them, but also made every effort to build a culture of stability, and building a new cultural identity of freedom within an almost self-sufficient predominately African American community in spite of the power structure of its white neighbors and systematic racism (Dye, 1997). With the accusation of violence against a white women the mob viewed this act a direct threat to their social structure and the legacy. Social hierarchy played a major role in the mobs attitude, the violence was almost immediate, and within six days the accusation caused ominous consequences that affected the whole community of Rosewood and those that played a part in its destruction (Singleton, 1982). Historical Archaeologist Dr. Edward González-Tennant (2016), visited and recorded family members of those who are claim to have witness accounts of the morning of allege attack of Mrs. Taylor, the White women of the neighboring town of Sumner, Florida. Family...
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