...Christy Grob SOC-220 November 3, 2013 Professor Loyd Ganey Gender, race, and age discrimination occur in American society because of defiant behavior because of one’s self. “From the outset, race, class gender, and age have been cited as variables that contribute to deviant behavior. The prevailing question of the field early on was “Why are people deviant?” (Access, 2008). Discrimination is a big problem in American society today. “Discrimination can be based on age, religion, health, and other indicators; race based discrimination and anti-discrimination laws strive to address this set of social problems. The terms stereo type, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. When you discuss the terms from a sociological perspective, it is important to define them: stereo types are over simplified about groups of people, prejudice refers to thoughts and feelings, while discrimination refers to actions towards them. Racism on the other hand is a type of prejudice that involves set beliefs” (College, 2013). Discrimination is always plastered all over the media for one reason or another. Coaches are always being fired for not being a certain race. These types of stereo types occur because people believe that they deserve an opportunity over someone else because of one of the factors. Discrimination of age with a promotion. Gender discrimination when it comes to a man being better than a woman or vice versa when it comes...
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...EN105 25 January 2015 Racism For many years African Americans have been discriminated against, not as individuals, but solely because of the color of their skins. In her essay “How it Feels to Be Colored Me”, Zora Hurston relays to the reader that being discriminated due to your color doesn’t take away from who you are as a person, nor does it change the morals and virtues and pride that you have for yourself. Hurston speaks of her life experiences, and through those experiences she has became to know who she was, which at the beginning made her feel ashamed. The author didn’t realize or have ever been truly exposed to racism until the age of thirteen, when she moved from Eatonville, FL., a predominately black community, to Jacksonville, FL. Until then white people only differed to Zora because they didn’t live in her town. There in Jacksonville Zora experienced racism and discrimination; through all of this Zora never felt bitter towards those that discriminated against her. “But I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow damned up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood.” (Hurston 266). Though slavery was sixty years in the past, Zora understood that slavery was the price that was paid for civilization by her ancestors. Racism is alive and well. The past year many of us were stunned by the cases of racial intimidation and judicial bias, during the Michael Brown and Eric...
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...I am going to present an essay about Mississippi Burning, which is a very good movie, and also gives us an insight as to the past of how afro-american people were treated by the Caucasian people. In my essay, I am going to explain the problems in the southern states and the following consequences that they result in. There will be a short description of the characters, especially the protagonists. Finally, I’m going to discus about the white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and the following problems that still affect the postmodern society. The Ku Klux Klan still exist today, but it is not a huge problem that it was at the time. Mississippi Burning is a movie about an unsolved crime, done to a group of white activists and afro-americans. It is mostly about the afro-american people. Afro-americans are easier to identify, because of their skin color. The movie starts with a car chase, but it isn’t a regular one. In this car chase, the civilians are being chased by a police cruiser. The law enforcement officers are corrupt and they are interested in killing these ethnic kids, instead of following their normal procedure. The kids don’t have any choice but to obey the sirens from the cruiser, so they have to pull-over and see what the problem is. They are very quiet about it, because they haven’t done anything illegal, but when the police cruiser stops behind the kids’ vehicle, a group of 4 law enforcement officers, approach the suspect’s car. They draw their flashlight...
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...In the case of both Cain and DuBois’ first response upon realizing that their race was a problem is comparable to blacks in America today. Their feeling of disdain for the white people on the opposite side of the veil reveals another point about the concept of the veil. DuBois’ veil concept not only refers to the whites’ view of African-Americans as obstructed by the veil. The opacity works two ways. Just like the little white could not clearly see DuBois for who he was beyond the color of his skin due to her veil, Dubois could not properly see the entire white race because of this one encounter with this little white girl that he then projected onto all white people. The same is true in the case of Cain who sued the Pullman Company for his...
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...English essay – The Arizona immigration law We get an assignment, to write an essay about the Arizona immigration law. We get some material as, facts, articles and interviews with Barack Obama. In the following part I would make a summary of the materials. To discuss the problems about the Arizona immigration law, I need to know something about the US political system, how you approve the law. In the USA, there are two types of laws: The Federal legislation there applies to all Americans and all the states. It's about everything that is common to all. For example, the civil rights, immigration law, foreign policy laws. There is also The State legislation that stands for the law in the single states, things there can be different from state to state as taxes. In this text we will mostly work with the state Arizona, where the governor signs the Immigration law. ” Immigration - local impact of Arizona law” summary In TV-program about “the Arizona Immigration law”, are about the state Arizona and a new immigration law. The new law makes it possible for Arizona’ police department to check every person they suspect as illegal immigrants. They can hold them at the station, to the suspects background where discovered. Neighborhood state California, see the opportunities in the law because of the many immigrants in California. “President Obama on fixing the broken Immigration system” summery The American President Barack Obama talks about the immigration system. He said every American...
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...Obama!!! David Sedaris Presidential elections are a very big deal in America. Most people have a very strong opinion about whom they think should win, and very few don’t care at all. The months before an election you would have to be both blind and deaf if you didn’t know the election was going on. Signs banners etc are all over peoples’ front yards, it’s all they talk about on TV and radio, and debates and discussions are started within classrooms. The election in 2008 was a very big deal. America could end up having their first ever African American president. Many doubted it was ever going to happen; that America was still trapped in the world of segregation. At the time of an election many people usually think they’re experts on the subject, even in Europe. David Sedaris, who is an American author and comedian, lives in France. In his essay from the essay collection Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls he discusses the Presidential Election from 2008 amongst other things. He explains how big of a deal the whole election was in European countries. Even though he didn’t write about politics he would still be asked political questions during interviews. The most common question was of course who he thought would win the election. He explains how people in France didn’t think America would elect an African American president because “they’re racists”, so whenever he answered that he thought Obama would win he was met with the same with a pitiful facial expression with a shake...
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...Anthropology As It Relates To Racism Jeffery Bridgewater ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Matthew Harms August 20, 2015 The history of anthropology and racism is knotted and complex. Thoughts of human nature and life anthropology need to include replications on anthropology and racism today. The essential to answering the question of what is Anthropology is the real mystery? In this essay we will discover how anthropology and racism are intertwined and affect our lives. Racism today takes the form of financial and political differences, arranged along the collective group of race. These two things are both facts and still very much present. Before saying anything about the human evolution and biology, it would be necessary to understand ideas of the race shape scientific investigation. The human evolution to categorizing hominin species to discussions about Neanderthal and denisovan breeding and potentially entering the race of ideas, configurations of anthropology and racism today. I like to give you a little insight to how we will look into races the black race is a race that has been abused in time past. They tend to be violent especially to themselves. They are group of that have some that think only of themselves or do anything to move up the latter. The things that is so amazing about this group of people is how they will come together when one of there on has been wronged be another race but they turn around and do it to themselves....
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...People who don't recognize their privilege, or even if they do they refuse to face the problem. Defensive and stereotypical statements such as "I do not know where to start." or " "But I'm not racist. I'm really not!" are what white people often use to refute the arguments regarding whiteness and white privilege. When confronted about issues pertaining to racism, teachers and people uneducated about racism would use the excuse "I do not know where to start." While there are many books, well-written essays, and even poems shed much-needed light on racism and white privilege. "But I'm not racist. I'm really not!" is a statement used to undermine race issues and refuse to acknowledge the mostly unintentional white supremacy that is still in our world...
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...ICOM101 Major Essay Does Media Discourse Reproduce Social Inequality? Student Name : Pratama Robin Rachel Discourse denotes to the various forms of representation, codes, habits, conventions associated with language are responsible for producing specific culturally and historically located meanings. Media discourse can be described as an interaction through a media platform with the help of verbal or non-verbal communication. It has been found that media can potentially influence the public. The objective of this essay is to find out the role of media discourse in reproducing social inequality. In order to meet this objective, in the following sections the concept of discourse is explained vividly along with its style of operations. A relationship between media discourse and social inequality will be established in this essay. Discourse can be referred to the manner or way of communication between individuals or group. Discourse plays a major role in determining how an individual will understand and interpret a specific thing based upon ideas, thoughts and beliefs. According to Michel Focault, discourse is an entity of sequences, codes and signs in that they are enouncements. Media discourse includes various media outlets such as radio, television, newspaper, magazine, internet etc. The inevitable power of media has been discussed in discourse studies. Many research studies have shown that media plays an important role in influencing the thought process of individuals...
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...believe in themselves and to use their educated minds to change the hearts and minds of society, to establish peace, and maintain human dignity, tolerance and acceptance for all people. No matter the color of their skin, origin of their birth, language they speak, or their occupational role in society. The story of The Great Debaters takes place at a time in America’s history when things were starting to change for both Whites and African Americans. The moral call for freedom, equality, and justice for all was beginning to resonate throughout the country. The students, James Farmer, Jr who was only 14 years old, Henry Lowe, and Samantha Booke, learn to lead through civil discussions using their minds as weapons and not violence. Under the direction of English Professor Melvin B. Tolson, these three students become the Wiley College Debate Team of 1935-36. This film also shows an understanding of how Professor Tolson sees these students potential as individuals and as a team. Progress is made one victory at a time. Under the intense and encouraging guidance of Professor Tolson, the students learn to speak with clarity and confidence. They learn to evaluate their own limitations. Defeat becomes an opportunity by which they overcome new obstacles. The most important lesson informed by Tolson is the difference between our perceived enemies and our real challenges. The purpose of this essay is to explain the importance of standing up for rights, James Farmer Sr. incident with...
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...In the essay “It Takes a Tribe,” David Berreby states that he believes all people want to be a part of something. Berreby explains that people have a subconscious want to be involved. He specifically focuses on college students and how college students don’t just attend college. He says that college students attend college as well as create tribes. Fraternities and sororities, sports teams, clubs, and so on are many ways that college students make their world smaller and create groups for themselves. These groups they create give them a sense of togetherness and the feeling of being one. The article then claims that students can subconsciously know which groups matter more to them. This creates a sense of rivalry and competition among the many...
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...Social problems have been a part of society for thousands of years. Some have vanished over time while others have uprooted to accommodate with the changing times of the world. Different countries share similar social problems as well as different ones. All countries have tried to find solutions for these problems such as the United States, Britain, Uganda, and China. The United States has a lot of social problems. Since there is a lot of land, a vast majority of different cultures have settled here. As a result of all these different cultures colliding, social problems are common. Poverty is one of these problems. In order to deal with this, the United States government has created Welfare Programs. These programs give poor families money to get food, shelter, etc. Food stamps are issued, insurance is provided to the unemployed, and Head Start schools are provided for children. On top of these, nonprofit organizations set up numerous funding drives for the poor. These all sound good on paper, but some of these people are taking advantage of these programs. Some people feel it's the government's job to provide for them instead of getting a job. As a result, the taxpayer is the one who pays for these people's needs. Since people get a free ride, the poverty rates remain high. In Britain, one of their major social problems is race related. Instead of having mixed communities, only a certain race lives in a neighborhood in northern Britain. As tension built up between these...
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...the most significant events that led to a final resolution were the Amendments and Civil Rights Acts passed and signed by our government. Although, it was hard for proper implementation of the laws at first, I believe that they were all extremely important building blocks for the movement to finally get to where it is today. The first event that started the Civil Rights Movement was the abolishment of slavery. Ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment did just this, it restricted state power federally and outlawed involuntary servitude. What this meant is that nationwide, it was illegal to claim ownership over another person. “Although its full effect was not achieved for nearly a century, it began the process of dismantling involuntary servitude as a widespread form of labor relations” (Rutherglen, 2012). With that being said, this was the first real law of its kind, so its implementation was crudely regulated. Yes, slaves were free to now go about and live as they see fit, however, even with freedom they could not regulate their own lives, there were still no laws stating that they had to be treated fairly without prejudice. This became a big problem for African Americans because the 13th Amendment gave them a promise of freedom, yet they were still having to involuntarily submit themselves to the white man. Even though they now had their “freedom” they still could not freely choose their own path. They were not allowed...
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...Raquel Capeda wrote an essay about the n-word and how it is flourishing amongst non-Afro-Latino and how Afro-Latinos feels like it’s fine for them to say that word in her ‘The N-Word Is Flourishing among Generation Hip-Hop Latinos: Why Should We Care Now?”. This essay is proof of the culture shock that is present in Latinos today may they be of Afro descent or not, and how this brought on racial tension amongst non-Latinos viewing from the outside. In social today, this too has been a big issue, with Black Americans of Caribbean, Latino and African descent ask why can fair-skinned Latino can’t use the word vs why Latinos can also use the word. Which led to what race can and cannot use the N-word. Capeda made a point that no matter what the N-word is in use because it’s highly present in music and “hood” vocabulary, she noted that artist Fat Joe, a fair skinned Cuban-Puerto-Rican American has said that the n-word wasn’t really present in Latino vocabulary until recent years and he found this crazy...
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...“The Vernon John’s Story: The Road to Freedom” is a film that portrays the inspirational story of Martin Luther King Jrs’ successor as he interminably campaigns for Civil Rights. While seemingly different themes, each film portrays two issues important in sociology. After all, sociology can be defined as the scientific study of human social behavior and its origins, development, and organizations. Sociologists use many ways to analyze subjects from a sociological perspective. These ways are known today as the symbolic interactionist perspective, the functionalist perspective, and the conflict perspective. Each perspective uniquely conceptualizes society, social forces, and human behavior. The purpose of this essay is not so much as to narrate each film but rather to illustrate a better understanding for three commonly misunderstood perspectives. Although a daily occurrence, the consumption of food can also be associated with important moments in our lives. In the context of society, our nation’s food system is at the core of numerous social movements, political issues, and economic debates. After watching “Food Inc.”, we see that any of these factors in particular may become a topic of a sociological study. A functionalist approach to the topic of food consumption might be interested in the role of the agriculture industry within the nations economy and how this has changed from the earlier days of manual farming to mechanized production. Sociologists might also be interested...
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