...University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Ethnic group |A group sharing a common or distinctive culture, religion, language, or likeness. | |Anti-Semitism |Discriminating against, or prejudice, or hostility toward Jews. | |Islamophobia |Hatred or fear of Muslims or their products or their culture. | |Xenophobia |An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. | |Persecution |A program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, and or subjugate a group of people based on their | | |religion, race, or beliefs. | |Religious group |A set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs,| | |doctrines, practices, or rituals. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) ...
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...Stereotypes against minorities through film Introduction: Stereotyping against minorities had been an issue since the 20th century and since then the minorities had been protesting against the discrimination and inequality in entertainment industries. This includes the discrimination in vote, ownership, basic human rights and social rights which led to the stride of the minorities to protest for the equal rights living in a country. For example in America, the black Americans were hunted and lynched by the white Americans and it was celebrated as a sport. So in mid of 20th century, although the black Americans got their freedom, they still faced the color racism by the majority of America. Stereotyping against minorities through entertainment started at the start of the entertainment industry in the world. Unfortunately, stereotyping against the minorities through media was also recorded by the film’s historians. Considering the example of Joseph Goebbels, who was the propaganda general during World War 2 and he was considered to be the founder of the discrimination portrayed in his directed films. During Nazi Regime, there were many stereotyping against the Jews and this discrimination was proudly displayed by the Goebbels propaganda they specifically targeted the Jewish controlled organization and they were negatively portrayed in the entire film. However these stereotyping ended by the end of National Socialist Party but sadly the practice of stereotyping the minorities...
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...Another example of segregation occurred when Myrlie states “don’t buy gas where you can’t use the restroom… either you were beaten, your car damaged, fired if people knew where you worked… only a few people would do it. Medgar was one of them”(page 10). This determines the segregation that was in the state of Mississippi because black people were not allowed to use public restrooms in any white club or restaurants. Coloured people had to have separate sections in restaurants and different restrooms which were only meant for the use of black people. Medgar Evers endorsed and campaigned to stop the regulations of separation of washrooms. Medgar Evers and many other black people were unable to use public washrooms as it was stated in the Jim Crow...
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...Throughout history, discrimination has been one of the most discussed topics. Discrimination can be understood as a negative attitude toward individuals based on their beliefs in religious, racial, ethnic, political, or other domains. Our world has always faced the problem of discrimination. Discrimination does not just happen in one place or country; it happens everywhere in the world and affects different types or groups of people. Just as we live in a culturally diverse society, myriad countries has encountered at least one form of discrimination. Racial discrimination, one of most common type of discrimination, has existed for thousands of years. Racial discrimination occurs when a person is treated unfairly because of their race, color, descent, national or ethnic origin. Although racial discrimination is clearly decreasing now, it has been a long problem in social history. Racial Discrimination is manifested through different unlawful crimes such as death, torture, teasing and killing. It has been a controversial issue in world societies for many years and has caused many disagreements as well as violent conflicts toward against many different social and ethnic groups throughout history. One of the most well-known periods of time when a specific group of people were discriminated was the time of slavery. Africans were stolen from their homelands by Europeans around the early 1500s and were sent in America in a process that is known as the Triangular Trade. The triangular...
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...I believe that there should be freedom from discrimination, equal opportunity in employment, education, housing, and the right to vote, and equal access to public and private facilities. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. influenced my political opinions and views because he fought for the civil rights such as freedom of speech, press, and assembly; the right to vote; freedom from involuntary servitude; and the privilege to remain equal in public places. During the period 1954 to 1968, Dr. King led the Civil Rights Movement, and he proved to government and society that different races of people can change politics and society. Dr. King has gone through multiple defeats, mistreatments, hatred, and discrimination from the people in the United States....
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...Zhang Professor Mannone English 103 22Sep2014 Two Greatest Civil Rights Speakers Everyone wants to be noticed; nobody wants to be ignored or forgotten. Everyone wants to be treated as such. Unfortunately, people are often judged simply by the color of the skin or by the gender. For many years, both African Americans and American women are mistreated and abused based solely on the skin and gender. As two greatest civil rights leaders and victims of racial and gender discrimination, Martin Luther King and Elizabeth Cody Stanton have effectively demonstrated to the government and audience that treating blacks and women as “slaves” are unfair and morally wrong. The two speeches they write, "I have a dream" and “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” are not only the greatest moving speech masterpiece, they are also the best arguments of the century. In the speech, Dr. King and Stanton have successfully employed appeal of logos and pathos to convince the audiences and objectively justify that social segregation based on the color of skin or the sex of a person must be abolished in order to live in an ideal society, respectively. Martin Luther King first incorporates logos in his speech by using vivid evidences to prove his points. In the speech, he claims “American had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, but the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and chains of discrimination after one hundred years later” (King 687). Dr. King argues that African...
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...Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. The white racial group has always been viewed as one of political power, financial weath, high social standing. This is very true for so many white families in the United States. Many white families come from Old Money and have made careers in politics.We have a social class where the wealthy and the most social is at the top of the pyramid. Compared to other races, such as Black and Hispanic, our average yearly income is much higher. White/Caucasians are usually at the top of the economic scale. According to the Income Inequilaity Map, " White Median Income” it is indicating $25,000 to $30,000. The Hispanic income shows less than $15,000. African American population is displaying $20,000 to $25,000." Though this does not reflect all cities in America it has been proven that Whites do earn higher wages than minorities. It is also more likely a White candidate...
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...Kayla Johnson ETH/125 04/06/2014 Fartun Mohamud Historical Report on Race We as African Americans have always had a struggle throughout American History. They were brought to America as slaves and had no say at all in their relocation or even separation from their families. Most African Americans today are the descendants of captive Africans held in the United States from 1619 to 1865. In the past, African Americans were referred to and self-identified as the American Negro. Our history is celebrated annually in the United States during the month of February which has been designated as Black History Month. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_history) The majority of African Americans descended from slaved brought in directly from Africa, or from the Caribbean. These slaves descended from prisoners of war that were captured by African states and sold to Arab, American, or European slave trades. The American slave population was made up of the various ethnic groups from western and central Africa, which includes Bakongo, Igbo, Mande, Wolof, Akan, Fon, and Makua. Before the Atlantic Slave Trade there were already people in America who was of the African descent. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_history) Africans first arrived in 1619 when a Dutch ship sold 19 blacks as indentured servants to Englishmen at Point Comfort. Point Comfort, which is known as Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia in 1619. The majority of these people came from the West African...
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...“colored” sign simply meant that it was only for people of color and the one labeled “whites” was strictly for white people. Although there was segregation in the north, it wasn’t so obviously...
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...How have African-Americans worked to end segregation, discrimination, and isolation to attain equality and civil rights? For centuries, African Americans have played and continue to play a significant role in American history. While today, African American no longer face the laws of segregation and discrimination, they continue to fight for equality and civil rights. This continued fight is one of a long past with several triumphs and tragedies all which are an integral part of history. This essay will discuss how African Americans worked to end slavery, segregation, discrimination, freedom, and isolation. It will also discuss what led to the civil right implementation and how it was executed. Equal rights for African Americans have been contentious, and fought for decades. They have fought to impede ethic discrimination, gain equal opportunity and their civil rights since slavery in the 1600s. When slavery started in 1620s, African Americans only made up about 3 to 4 percent of the population in America. Although the number grew slowly at first, by the end of the 17th century, the population of African American slave grew to well over 650,000. (Becker, 2000) In America, slave labor became the key component in agriculture and booming capitalist economy of the 17th & 18th centuries. (County, 1999) In the beginning, Africans were exchanged for food and place as “indentured servants” by the Dutch. This practice was also true for many poor Englishmen who were...
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...President Kennedy was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement by pressuring Congress to pass a bill combining civil rights measures into legislation. My documentary is about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated as he championed the Civil Rights Movement. Very influential in the African-American community, Dr. King championed the Civil...
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...RUNNING HEAD: African-American Progress to Attain Equality and Civil Rights 1 How African-Americans Worked to End Segregation, Discrimination and Isolation to Attain Equality and Civil Rights Paulette Dorsey HIS204: American History Since 1865 Instructor: Professor Marisea Stanley January 21, 2013 African-Americans Progress to Attain Equality and Civil Rights 2 How African-Americans Worked to End Segregation, Discrimination, and Isolation to Attain Equality and Civil Rights Since the period of slavery years, African Americans have gone through a hard period of isolation, discrimination and were segregated on the basis of their skin color. Disfranchisement, legalized segregation, discrimination, and exploitation had become a part of the American way of life. But, through vehicles as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, migrations to the North, several activists including Nat Turner, Fredrick Douglas, Richard Allen, and Booker T. Washington just to name a few, rose from the depths of slavery and the terror of lynching to win an equal place in American democracy. How African-Americans Worked to End Segregation and Discrimination Segregation is defined as “the practice that divides people in terms of color, religion, and even wealth” (Student Notebook, Webster’s Dictionary). African Americans went through a rough period where segregation laws and practices were in place to encourage racial separation. They were forced to ride...
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...I believe that the overall theme of the passage and video was segregation, and I found both sources to be very interesting. In the passage, William and his father had to wait to get water because they were stopped by 2 white men. According to the passage, “They told him that he’d have to wait until all of the white people were finished.” This quote from the passage explains why William and his father had to wait to get water. During the time of segregation, black people were ranked a second class citizens. Therefore, William and his father were forced to wait in line to get water. When his father explained to the two white men that he would just come back the next day to fetch water, the two men didn’t let him leave. They told his father that he and William and are going to stay here and wait until all the good white people were finished....
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...One of our history’s famous speeches, “I have a dream”, is well known for addressing the dream of racial tolerance and freedom among the people. Delivered back in the 1963 by Martin Luther King Jr., the speech left an empowering message that left many people, especially African Americans, in tears as it changed our society for the better. Today, people continue to admire this speech, not only for its powerful and global effect, but also its beautifully written style regarding his uses of metaphors and similes, parallelism, rhythm, and vocal variety. Martin Luther King Jr. made the use of metaphors and similes in his “I have a dream” speech to help shape his message. He made use of metaphors to exemplify the struggles Africans were still facing...
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...First of all the following events happened in Birmingham, Alabama in the late 1960’s when segregation against blacks was at a high. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a minister who preaches about using nonviolent acts to prove a point or solve a problem. The rhetorical situation is the segregation and discrimination of blacks in the early 60’s. Dr. King led protests where blacks would sit at restaurants that were for whites only or used white restrooms. This caused a lot of chaos and some violence, but it was deemed that what Dr. King was doing was wrong by leading people to do these illegal acts and he thought this was unfair and still broke it. He was jailed along with several others, but was released eight days later. After protesting for no...
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