ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
Topic: racism

Lack of self-love, feeling of unworthiness and desire to feel superior- People who are the most racist tend to be people who lack confidence, self-esteem and most of all self-love. A racist person throws all their negative feelings onto others that are viewed as weak and vulnerable. When a person truly loves himself or herself and appreciates who they are as a person, they can appreciate others as well. Racism comes from the feeling of being worthless, being victimized, and lacking the opportunities others may have. These feelings of being a ‘failure’ means that person needs a scapegoat to make themselves feel better; usually this being a person that is weaker than the racist. Racist human beings tend to feel insignificant, isolated, wronged and unloved, and they feel comfort in blaming others. A cause of racism is not a social act but is an individual act. The causes of racism begin with an individual person and can only be fixed by addressing an individual’s actions.
Topic: racism

The focus of research is on how students view criticizing by their school staff. Most of the criticizing issues happen unintentionally: when the teacher or professor stereotype students by their color or their origins. If you were white, you are always expected to be smart and have the knowledge, but if the student were black the educators will not bother to have any positive expectations for them. Majority of these actions can affect poorly on a student’s life that can hold them back from finishing their education and establish the dreams they’ve been building for.
Topic: racism

They would indicate that they are not doing well enough for the major they are intending to choose. Asian students perceive stereotype by being successful in math, and that it seems like a compliment, but it’s not because not all Asians do well in math as educators had amplified students would have to fulfill their teacher’s expectations; otherwise, they would feel not smart enough for the place they are in. Unlike black students who daily get the phrase ‘you attend college.’ That kind of tone gives a hint to black students that you don’t belong to high education levels like colleges and universities. They expect you to be somewhere else working or doing something with your life to live off.
Topic: racism

Our culture tends to marginalize this subject because the majority of the people that live in America are white and usually white people don’t experience any kind of discrimination by their professor or teacher, so they find no reason to make a fuss about something that doesn’t hurt or involve them. White culture finds it difficult to defend students who were pointed at by a teacher/professor since they don’t understand what it means to be stereotyped by your skin color or the size of your eyes. One wouldn’t blame the actions of a teacher/professor on students. Yet, when a video of an individual student goes viral on the internet that shows the educator criticizing a student, it’s more likely everyone would defend the educators, saying “he/she probably didn’t mean it in a racist way.” That might be true; however, the educators need to be educated about her/his students’ culture and have a background about the place they came from. Not all stereotyping seems terrible to the educators, as some of them think that stereotyping Asians by saying “you guys are geniuses at math,” sounds like a good compliment, but what if that student was in particular not good at math, did that teacher ever think of how that student would feel at that moment? Expect students to be good at something because of their cultural background, which could lead the student to drop out of school/college because of the pressure they were put into.
Topic: racism

From an online document, “Discrimination against Black Students in White Colleges,” written by Joe R. Feagin, the document had described the life of black students in white universities, what it is like, how they are treated differently from others, etc. Black students were compared all the time to their fellow white students, as one of the students specifically said that after telling her teacher the result of her SAT, he responded with “’I don’t know why they let you in, you are not expected to do well. There are so many people like you here that aren’t qualified’” (Feagin 558). That student doubted herself the whole time after hearing those words coming out of her professor’s mouth: “perhaps I’m not good enough for college.” These kinds of words could bring the self-esteem of students down. It also could be the main reason that some students stop their education at once.
Topic: racism

This source gives us a clear message about how black students are treated in different culture’s educators. That the discrimination that is committed toward black students are not just accidents but it’s intentional racism, and educators are aware of every word they say to their students. It shows that as if the author is taking sides because it’s all against white and the way they treat black students in their universities. However, the document didn’t take a side, as it was more likely providing us with information that not everyone has known of. Most students have plans for themselves and what they are going to do after graduating.
Topic: racism

The document “Racism in Schools,” stated by Rob Kuzina has an emphasis on unintentional racism in institutions by giving the example of Alejandra, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, who graduated from a high school with a 3.3 GPA. The author mentioned that, “she was the only Latino student with immigrant parents enrolled in a college-level program. Many of the fellow students came from the Santa Barbara County community of Montecito, one of the wealthiest” (Kuzina). When the plan to take guidance from a counselor about going to a four-year dream university started, the counselor advised her to go to local community college. Although the counselor had Alejandra’s best interests in mind, the decision the counselor mad was a classic example of unintentional racism
Topic: racism

This source is informing us about the treatment of school staff members to students of color. Deciding the future of a student isn’t the professor’s job, directing them is. The example Kuzina gave us says a lot about the way school staff looks at students: “if you don’t speak affluent English you won’t be good enough to attend a four-year University.”  This might not seem to be racist. However, the professor stereotyped the student by ESL students. Their thoughts will be if you are only learning English right now, by the time you graduate from high school you will be able to do English classes, nothing more. This article isn’t taking a side; it’s more likely they’re notifying us about the racism and the stereotyping that’s happening in our educational environment.
Topic: racism

The article “Schools Are More Segregated Today Than During the Late 1960s,” written by the author Emily Richmond, argues how political decisions got an impact on communities and how in particular it has affected students now and then. Students had faced all kinds of racism in public school, as some were unintentional but most of them were meant to be said and understood in a certain way. More specifically, this article discusses the speech of President John Kennedy to the class of 1963 in San Diego. Black people had too many challenges living and attending schools due to the “de facto” segregation that exists in the north where schools are separated, as black students can only attend the schools that were built for them and when they get to a higher level of education; they’re going to face all kinds of racism while being educated (Richmond). President Kennedy tends to blame the court system for doing nothing to change the current segregation in schools by ethnicity, poverty, and language (Richmond)
Topic: racism

‘I Was a Racist Teacher and Didn’t Even Know,’ is an article written by Laurie Calvert. Calvert is a teacher who taught for fourteen years in North Carolina. As an English teacher, Calvert had always introduced black authors and civil rights movement into her class lessons thinking of herself that way she is supporting black people and keeping their rights that way. Calvert never doubted herself for being racist even though she sees black students would get suspended over actions that white students would not. However, Calvert started realizing that at some point she was racist in an unintentional way. Calvert showed the class a movie called Glory that explains how black people were treated in the 1900s, ignoring the fact she got a black student in the class that surrounded by mostly white students. Moreover, that led the parents of the black student to reach out for the school telling them their child’s teacher is racist for doing that. ‘I became more aware of my tendency to stereotype, fear and blame Black people,” (Calvert).
Topic: racism

Paul is more likely stating facts about the environment we live in than having an opinion on or take sides. Every time someone sees a foreign person, they will run to them and ask about their origin. Stating “you do not seem to be from here,” are your parents from two different countries because you look mixed. Sadly, to hear those questions are not just asked by random people but by educators too and when they are done asking those questions, they would end it with “not meant to offend you, I am just curious.”
Topic: racism

An online article “Unintentional Racism, Institutional Racism, and the Achievement Gap,” written by Natasha Pollard state that intentional racism is no less harm than intentional. It can be true racism ancient happens even if you did not plan for it or thought about it; however, the results of those ancients reflect badly on students. If a professor points out a student because of her/his color in front of her/his classmates more likely, the student would feel uncomfortable socializing and connect with their fellows. That could cost gap between white and colored students. “unintentional racism and accidental racism are just contributing to widening the achievement gap between the white student and students of color.”
Topic: racism

Mostly all the sources had mentioned that unintentional racism could reflect poorly on student’s life. The educator would throughout anything comes to their mind not wondering about the results of their words on those students. Stereotype and unintentional racism have been an issue for decades in the United States. It might not be as bad as it used to be in the past however racism still exists everywhere in our life and would more likely this kind of an “accident” as the educators named it, could happen to you one day and all that is results of lacking education on culture and colored communities.
Topic: racism

Although many definitions of racism point out to the ideology that one race is superior to the other, Garcia (1996) notes that such explanations fail to put into account political and moral contexts; two spheres that are increasingly capturing the integral context of racism. Garcia’s (1996) definition of racism is not necessarily based on races but rather people’s ability to make differentiations within their hearts regarding racial classifications. Garcia (1996) coins the term ‘White racists’ whom he terms exhibit hatred against those who express love for people of color.
Topic: racism

White racists are also characterized by little or no human feelings at all and are deterrent to efforts aimed at combating segregation. Such an account shares similarity with various examples of intergroup animosity. For instance, the foundation of anti-Semitism is the hatred expressed against Jews. Therefore, activists who advocate for the interests of Israel consider anti-Semites as ‘Jewish haters’. Additionally, the doctrines attributed to scientists on race anthropology and biology are not factually wrong but encouraged and rationalized antipathy.
Topic: racism

Therefore, when interracial antagonism is caused by belief in superiority; that can be treated as a real manifestation of racism. In this context, it is also clear that Garcia’s (1996) definition of racism is based on immorality in all situations. Expression of disregard for other groups in whichever form is immoral. Therefore, it means that racists are always against the principles of justice and benevolence. Unlike dominant definitions of the term, Garcia (1996) notes that moral insufficiency value of racism culminates into the urge to harm people assigned to different race.
Topic: racism

Although racism is not necessarily a moral doctrine, it can be classified as a moral evil beyond reasonable doubt. Garcia (1996)’s proposal is that we perceive racism as a form of vicious disregard for people assigned to a different race. In this context, Garcia (1996) then coins the true definition of racism, ‘ill will and hatred subjected to a person (s) based on their race’. From this perspective, it is also clear that racism is not based on rationality or irrationality of society’s beliefs as previous definitions have implied; it stems from our likes, intentions and dislikes. Garcia’s (1996) definition also resonates with some of the examples given; for instance when a white person decides to cross a street in a move to avoid meeting black persons on the same side of the street. Although, the white person may justify his/her racial fear, there is no doubt that his/her actions are based on dislikes, ill will and prejudice against people assigned to a different race.
Topic: racism

Garcia’s (1996) account of racism therefore brings a whole new dimension which can allow existence of institutional and individual racism. Furthermore, the definition also enables us to understand the relationship between the two forms of racism. Garcia (1996) disputes the notion that institutions can be deemed racist when their structures are based on racial category. He also challenges the simple belief among many people that individual beliefs can be considered to be racist when they are used in justifying racial superiority. The similarity between individual and institutional racism is that they both promote violation of human dignity. Garcia (1996) attaches more importance to the individual level of racism because it provides more insight to the concept than institutional. In the individual category, Garcia (1996) notes that racism is not determined by actions or beliefs but rather the vice stems from intentions, wishes and desires of individuals. In many ethical systems, actions are considered to be immoral if they are based on arrogance, greed, lust and contempt. As previously noted, racism is based purely on vicious attitudes towards other people; that is the heart of the vice. Afterwards, it compromises the moral values of people who then transfer such prejudice to institutions. The systemic operations of institutions are thus affected by those vicious attitudes leading to institutional racism.
Topic: racism

Therefore, there is link between institutional racism and the individual basis of the concept. Personal racism stems from racist plans, desires and aims; which then determine one’s conduct at the individual level. In a similar way, institutional racism is also caused by the same factor at that level. Therefore, when individual racism becomes institutionalized, it is referred to as institutional racism. The contamination of institutional operations can therefore be attributed to racist attitudes. However, Garcia (1996) considers individual level as the major explanatory tool of racism than institutional category. Individual racism also provides a clear angle when inter-linked with moral concepts. Under the individual level, racism is likely to take the form of self-hate; in fact that is almost always the scenario in many cases. Morality can never be equated to politics because issues that are of great moral importance cannot conform to political urgency. Sometimes, racism is not determined by prejudice or one makes judgments. For instance, a certain individual may have prejudices a certain race but in actual terms turn out not to be racist.
Topic: racism

A perfect example of racism when we consider Garcia’s (1996) perception is that of Judith Lichtenberg offers a common life situation. In cases where White people avoid Black persons because they consider them to be threats, some think it’s not racist because it based on the safety of those who consider themselves to be at risk. Garcia (1996) agrees with Lichtenberg that the scenario cannot necessarily be treated as racist because White people may also avoid walking in streets where White teenagers may present a threat to their safety. The example therefore, declassifies what many definitions consider to be racist. However, in a different case, the same White person may run out of justification for her racial bias when a Black teenager files a job application in his/her office and is not shortlisted for an interview. Let us say, for instance, a Black teenager who had applied for a job in a company where the same White lady is the Human Resources Officer, sought to use income from the job to support her sick mum. Here we encounter a sense of instability because personal and official conduct biases are related and connected to Garcia (1996)’s perception on morality.
Topic: racism

Antony Flew also objects Garcia’s (1996) definition of racism who emphasizes on the role played by regulative practices in individual and institutional racism. Racism in institutions is predominantly constitutive based on identity. Institutions should not therefore be a major concern when it comes to defining racism but we should consider various regulative practices while classifying racial actions. Such regulative practices include; entry requirements, tests and employment practices which usually lead to discrimination of people assigned to certain races because they can only obtain poor outcomes from such practices. Therefore, there is no way that institutions can be considered to be racist. Similarly, we can also not attach a connection between institutions and vicious attitudes. Based on undesirable effects of some institutional processes, we cannot therefore rush to concluding that certain institutions are racist.
Topic: racism

Racism and police brutality have been largely discussed by the public in recent years. Through my research on racism and police brutality in the U.S. I found two reliable sources through the use of Google Scholar. The first, “Racial Profiling and Use of Force in Police Stops: How Local Events Trigger Periods of Increased Discrimination” from Yale University, was written by Joscha Legewie. This journal focused on the rise in police brutality following acts of extreme violence by examining data from police traffic stops.
Topic: racism

The author conducts a series of data analyses to prove that police become more violent and discriminatory after an event of substantial violence. After one of these events, like a riot for example, the pattern of police stops, searches, arrests, and their use of force were observed. One of the experiments was conducted using the data from 3.9 million timed and geocoded stops of pedestrians in New York City, and they were tracked before and after brutal events (Legewie 380).
Topic: racism

Robert E. Worden wrote, “The ‘Causes’ of Police Brutality: Theory and Evidence on Police Use of Force” to explore the variety of reasons that drive police brutality. One of Worden’s main claims is that non-white suspects are more likely to experience an arrest. Based on his sociological theory, “Police behavior is influenced by social dynamics of police-citizen encounters” (Worden 150). This study established that non-white suspects were more likely to be arrested. After taking an in depth look at police reports, black suspects were reported to be more disrespectful than any other demographic. The statistics also confirmed that minorities are overrepresented among police shooting victims.
Topic: racism

The sources chosen for the research on racial profiling were found using Google Scholar. In finding proper sources, credibility is critical in finding reliability. The first source is a journal produced by Yale University, a highly respected university. The author, Joscha Legewie has been an assistant professor in the sociology department at Yale, Harvard, and became a professor at Columbia University after obtaining his Ph.D., with years of experience in sociology. Although, bias can be found in is argument in the sense of confirmation. Other statistics have shown that no race is more subject than others to police violence, but this can also be affected by the place the study is conducted. The second source, written by Robert E. Worden is found to be credible due to his Ph.D. in Political science, and his teachings at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This source was also from a textbook used in college criminal justice classes, and approved by professors amongst these colleges. Bias can be found in his work because of the numerous approaches he took to prove his argument. His sociological theory proved the racial profiling, but psychological could only prove the general brutality, that was not in relation to race. Both of the authors presented their arguments ethically, by analyzing their observations specifically, rather than only confirming their own opinion.
Topic: racism

According to “BLM” office website, they classify their action as “response to state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism”. “Our intention from the very beginning was to connect Black people from all over the world who have a shared desire for justice to act together in their communities.” The impetus for that commitment was, and still is, the rampant and deliberate violence inflicted on us by the state”. Thanks to Black lives matter black activism has been at an all-time high in America and has inspired thousands by being vocal about political inequality. As a result several leaders have meet with Bernie Sanders and and Hillary Clinton, the removal of the Confederate flag in public places, and the launching of campaign zero that is police reform which are consist of 10 proposals which end to reduce police violence.
Topic: racism

Although black lives movement have Noble intentions often times they’re depicted by the media as nothing more uncivilized and destructive group. Since some of there so calmed supporters destroy and vandalized property which overshadows with the black lives matter real intentions. despite this, they have managed to keep their movement by raising awareness all over the country. Thanks to efforts from athletes such as Colin Kaepernick it has once again kept its momentum going and will do so as long as there are people to fight for equality.
Topic: racism

Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by a white police officer on February 26, 2012. The very same officer was acquitted on July 13, 2013 after claiming it was self defense to an all female jury. Following this acquisition, three black organizers created the movement known today as Black Lives Matter, all by creating the new hashtag #blacklivesmatter. Though they officially coined the term, there is no official leader, no rulesheet, just a call to value black lives for what they are – human beings. “In a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise, it is an affirmation of Black folks’ humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression”(Khan-Cullors).
Topic: racism

The idea that racism no longer exists in America shouldn’t even be a thought racing in someone’s mind, yet people continually believe we could end racism when Jim Crow laws ended. But did we really? If we did, then why, when we hear about someone gets murdered by a police officer, see a black person more often than someone white? “People of color represent thirty eight point five percent of the population, but fifty one point five percent of all lives lost in the years 2015-2016”(Fox, 2018).
Topic: racism

Police violence is disproportionately affecting black people, along with Hispanics and people with native American backgrounds. Yet, we have seemingly ended racism so, it’s just a coincidence, right? We, after all, did elect a black man to become president, so this is obviously a post-racial America. A post racial America where all lives should matter instead of just the ones being disproportionately shot and killed by police officers. Bill Maher expressed that “All Lives Matter implies that lives are equally at risk, and they’re not.” By saying “All Lives Matter”, it is an attempt to diminish the ongoing reality of the fact that white supremacy still exists. By saying “All Lives Matter,” they are silencing those trying to make a difference and take down the unjust that holds racial equality at bay.
Topic: racism

The All Lives Matter movement is a declaration of color blindness, a declaration of everyone is equal so everyone’s lives should matter. In a way, they are right. American football player Richard Sherman said “I stand by what I said that All Lives Matter and that we are all human beings.” In 2017, police shot and killed just short of 1,000 people, tallying in nine hundred eighty-seven people dead at the hands of the officers. “White males continued to account for the largest group of people killed while armed with guns or knives, at 330 of those killed. Black males armed with guns or knives were fatally shot in 160 cases last year”(Sullivan, Anthony, Tate, & Jenkins, 2018.) Seeing as more white men were killed by police, shouldn’t all lives matter? Shouldn’t everyone be fighting for all lives to be stopped by police brutality. “When asked which statement is closest to their own views, 78% of Likely U.S. Voters say all lives matter”(Rasmussen 2015) All Lives Matters claims they are not doing anything wrong, they are just fighting for us all, believing that everyone are brothers and sisters and should be treated equally, no race above another one.
Topic: racism

For more than four centuries, black people have experienced more hardships than one can imagine, from slavery to civil rights to the continued prejudice against them today. They are standing up for themselves with Black Lives Matter. All Lives Matter is racist. Black Lives matter was never intended to imply that on black lives do matter. None of that is hate for white living. It is about realizing that white people already have privilege and do not need to constantly worried if there is a target on their back. It is about recognizing that while our lives do matter, there are other lives right now, that matter more. There are other lives that have been full of hardship, that need help from others with privilege. By saying All Lives Matter, you are erasing that cry for help. By saying All Lives Matter,you are pretending nothing’s wrong. Black Lives Matter is saying that they recognize that white lives already do matter. It is a statement of their lives also matter ing. It is saying black lives matter, too.
Topic: racism

When one looks at history, they tend to see a world full of people, places, and attitudes, completely different and separate from the ones they currently experience. They see a place full of closed-minded, insensitive, naive individuals and nations, all caught up in the current that was their inevitable landing in their place in history. This separation, though understandable, blinds people to the fact that they share a lot with the people and civilizations that came before them; which, in some cases, is more than would be liked.
Topic: racism

It is said that history tends to repeat itself; and though this saying should not be taken literally, it does, in fact, repeat in similar ways. Sometimes it does it with the exact people, places, and attitudes that everyone would hope to be far in the past and removed from their “modern” and “sophisticated” ideologies. History and the present have given us a variety of examples of how the human race (in this case the US specifically), has a tendency to repeat the remnants of its past oppressions of different people groups on the basis of race, class, and gender.
Topic: racism

It was not a surprise that the people who had maintained such a huge amount of power, would not let it go so easily. Emancipation was the first step to freeing a group of people who had been for so long oppressed and taken advantage of. The Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1 out of the 4 million slaves that were currently living in the United States. (“Emancipation Proclamation”, History.com). Though it was a big win for the slaves on their road to equality and freedom, it was a big loss to those who profited off of slave labor. It seems almost as if the plantation owners and people in power used their anger and renewed hatred to further the pain and suffering of their former slaves, almost as if they hadn’t hurt or oppressed them enough. Jim Crow laws, though implemented 12 years after the Civil War, when slavery was supossed to have been abolished, kept people of color in a type of social slavery. Instead of being bound by ropes and chains, they were bound and restrained by a set of laws and social standards that infiltrated and controlled every aspect of their lives. “The system was psychological and physical at the same time. The slaves were taught discipline, were impressed again and again with the idea of their own inferiority to ‘know their place,’ to see blackness as a sign of subordination, to be awed by the power of the master, to merge their interest with the master’s, destroying their own individual needs.” (Zinn, 34). In the current sphere of things, there are movements like Black Lives Matter, that work to “build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.”(“Black Lives Matter | About “, blacklivesmatter.com). It’s movements like these that show that African American people all throughout history, from the black runaways that ran with white indentured servants in the 1600s (Zinn, 37)., to abolitionists in the 1800s, to the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, have been fighting for equality and a chance to live in harmony in this country which seems so intent on pushing them down.
Topic: racism

Parallels between indentured servitude and the current exploitation of illegal immigrant farm workers is startling. Poor, immigrant, workers have been taken advantage of throughout American history. In the 1600s, indentured servants were “treated as badly as black slaves” (Zinn,37). People who hired these indentured servants were able to use their power and the people’s status as indentured servants to take advantage of them and work them as hard as they wanted to. This later, and slightly more recently, manifested itself in the form of the mistreatment of migrant workers in fields in California’s agriculture industry before and throughout the 1960-70s during the time of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. “ Grape pickers in 1965 were making an average of $.90/hour, plus ten cents per “lug” (basket) picked. State laws regarding working standards were simply ignored by growers.”(“The Rise of the UFW – UFW”, Inga Kim). But that is when migrant farm workers successfully came together and protested, unionized and improved their situation. But, the kind of exploitation we see nowadays is not far from the type that was present throughout the aforementioned timeframe. “Most farm work in America is performed by immigrants, most of whom are undocumented and therefore exploitable. The big agribusinesses that hire these immigrants will tell you that they need an unfettered supply of cheap foreign labor, because they cannot find Americans willing to do these jobs[…]hours of backbreaking work in terrible and often dangerous conditions, subsistence wages with little or no time off, […]it’s hard to see why anyone with other options would subject themselves to a life that is barely a step above slavery.” (“Field work’s dirty secret: agribusiness exploitation of undocumented labor | Sadhbh Walshe | Opinion | The Guardian “,Sadhbh Walshe). Despite the many reforms that have occurred throughout recent history involving farm workers and their rights, there are still people being taken advantage of. These people, especially those that are undocumented have virtually no power aginst the people they are working for and are forced to live with and be complacent to their conditions. Agribusiness has routinely jumped through legislative loopholes and has continued to maintain these terrible labor practices for decades. But organization like the National Farm Worker Ministry and the United Farm Workers are pushing to change the laws that are fueling this injustice.
Topic: racism

Women have made strides in their fight against injustice. As early as 1777, laws were passed that prohibited women from voting in all of the current United States. In addition to this, in the late 1760s, the US had formatted their laws having to do with women similarly to English “common law” which according to the Blackstone Commentaries, “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law? The very being and legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated into that of her husband under whose wing and protection she performs everything.”(“Detailed Timeline”, National Women’s History Alliance). This and many other early American laws, brought the value, autonomy, and financial independence down to practically nothing; preventing them from upward mobility without the help or reliance of a man. Even Abigail Adams wrote, ‘[…]remember the ladies, and be more generous to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of husbands.[…]all men would be tyrants if they could.[..] we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound to obey the laws in which we have no voice of representation.” (Zinn, 110) .Given historical patterns its seems that all of these laws and legislations put in place against women were put there to keep women “in their place”, not giving them the rights they deserve as human beings and citizens of a country. It wasn’t until 1920 that women gained national suffrage, 144 years after the country had been founded. Men and women who were content and felt secure in the current social sphere and way of things kept women from gaining equal rights. Women in the 17 and 1800s fought for what they believed in, but were very rarely listened to, being faced with a culture of complacency and sexism. “Women, after becoming involved in other movements of reform- antislavery, temperance, dress styles, prison conditions-turned, emboldened and experienced, to their own situation.” (Zinn, 120). These emboldened and empowered women from the early years of feminism were the predecessors that inspired the women of the 60 and 70s to fight for workplace equality and reproductive rights, and just for the right to be treated and seen as capable, strong, intelligent human beings with power and might to change and impact their surroundings.
Topic: racism

This world and this country need improvement in the way that they treat and interact with people they see as other and as different from the majority. The human race has made strides in its recognition of human rights and human dignity. But that doesn’t mean that the world is anywhere near done reforming and changing. There are still billions of people out there being mistreated and looked upon with contempt based on circumstances which they have little control over. Looking at history and seeing the things that have been done and taken away from decent human beings, it’s no surprise that the world is where it’s at now. Racial tension, violence, dicrimination, and many other abuses paints a clear picture of what happens when people allow history to repeat itself and for history to maintain a negative grip on the present. It is the job of the people who are aware of this pattern, and can see injustice happening around them to try their best to influence the world to become a better, more humane place that respects and cares for the people within it.
Topic: racism

The 2016 film ‘Hidden Figures’ showcases historical facts through implementing racial injustice that African Americans faced in the 60s the inequality and discrimination and by using primary and secondaty sources to support the film and how history can be learned through a film. Director Theodore Melfi, incorporated racial dicrimination of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movements as it his great significance and correlates to the film, American segregation in the 1960’s appeared when Dorothy went to a public library and is told to use the coloured section, they are kicked out and then seen riding in the back as the bus as it is segregated, being the front portion for the whites.
Topic: racism

Segregation is shown when Katherine is to give an explanation to why it takes her 40 minutes to use the bathroom and begins to list the issues she is projected with at work, “There is no bathroom. There are no coloured bathrooms in this building or any building outside the West Campus, which is half a mile away…i have to walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself. And i can’t use one of the handy bikes. My uniform, skirt below the knees, my heels and a simple string of pearls.
Topic: racism

Well, I don’t own pearls. Lord knows you don’t pay coloureds enough to afford pearls! And I work like a dog, day and night living off of coffee from a pot none of you wanna touch”. Gender Inequality in the film was shown when Jim Johnson says, “they let women handle that sort of…” and Mary’s teacher stated, “the curriculum is not designed to teach women” and Strafford responding “there is no protocol for women attending” when Katherine asked to be in the meetings, these quotes obviously refer to how women were perceived by men.
Topic: racism

Primary sources in Hidden Figures is shown when the original John F. Kennedy’s Moon speech at Rice University and the clip of Martin Luther King’s interview are used. Primary recording form the time to complement the film and give it a more historical affect, secondary sources by reenactments such as the Red Stone Unmanned Rocket tester, the Alan Shepard’s Launch, Mercury Redstone 4 with Liberty Bell 7 recovery and the Mercury Atlas 6. The use of sources make history much easier to learn as they may provide real factual evidence to support the scene or plot.
Topic: racism

In popular eastern culture, the word “race” wasn’t used as widely as it is used in western culture. Why is that you may think, well I come from Pakistan. The population is 197 million as of 2017. The area I grew up in, we did not have much foreigners around. It’s true, there aren’t many foreigners that reside in Pakistan so the idea of race was unknown to me until I moved to America. Now when I moved here, the minute I step foot here I was categorized by my race.
Topic: racism

I did not know what race meant let alone picking if I was Asian, American Indian etc. on the documents. I went to high school and again the same thing, history books were filled with Race and I soon begin to realize that Race along with citizenship and immigration is a huge part of American history and where American history stands today. My question still stands though, Is Race really understood in American Society today? Sure, there have been changes made, some of which we will discuss in this paper.
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Today, however, that racial discrimination has formed another shape. Sure you might find colored folks having equal paying jobs (not many) or being publicly recognized and followed, and the custom of slavery has died. But, “racism still finds its way behind closed doors, through subliminal messages/acts/initiatives.” To further explain this quote, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote in his article “The lives of black Americans are better than they were half a century ago. The humiliation of WHITES ONLY signs are gone. Rates of black poverty have decreased. Black teen-pregnancy rates are at record lows—and the gap between black and white teen-pregnancy rates has shrunk significantly. But such progress rests on a shaky foundation, and fault lines are everywhere. The income gap between black and white households is roughly the same today as it was in 1970. Patrick Sharkey, a sociologist at New York University, studied children born from 1955 through 1970 and found that 4 percent of whites and 62 percent of blacks across America had been raised in poor neighborhoods. A generation later, the same study showed, virtually nothing had changed. And whereas whites born into affluent neighborhoods tended to remain in affluent neighborhoods, blacks tended to fall out of them.”
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Surely, the lives of black Americans can be said to be better today than it was half a century ago. Rates of poverty for black Americans have decreased, along with black teen-pregnancy rates which have marked an all-time low. Moreover, discriminatory signs such as “Whites Only” or “No Dogs, Negros & Mexican” that caused humiliation are not seen anymore. However, race still holds a major role in other aspects of the daily lives or communities. Even though poverty levels have decreased, the gap in income between white and black households is roughly the same as it was four decades ago. Such inequality in income still shows the superiority of one race over another, which leads to contrasting lifestyles. As found in a study by Patrick Sharkey, a sociologist at New York University, the percentage of blacks living in poor neighborhoods across America was almost over 50 percent more compared to whites. And the blacks that were born in affluent neighborhoods, tended to fall out of them. All of this goes back to the income gaps led from racial discrimination. understood
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Another important factor is to consider how being a certain race in America has not made anything changes is the recent ICE raids. Sure, coming to a country illegally is a crime and unethical but to deport people who are actually providing immense importance to the economy is purely racist. As Paul Spickard mentioned “Some People in the United States just want unauthorized immigrants to go away, no matter when or how they came to the United States, no matter how much they have pay in taxes over the years no matter how deeply entwined their lives are with American society, no matter whether their children are U.S citizens, no matter how much they have to contribute here.” This shows that it isn’t about how immigration should be done properly, it’s about being racist. Imagine coming home from school to no parents because they got caught up in the raid done by ICE. Imagine going in the system when your parents are very much alive and are willing to take care of you.
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In conclusion, if I had to answer the question how have changes over time played a role in how race in understood and functions in America, I would say it’s exactly the same as it was years and years ago. We are now focused on bigger issues, moving from public shaming and humiliation to the more important aspects of income gaps and inequality. These are issues that need to be resolved as early as possible, otherwise factors such as social inequality will grow even deeper than they are today and various communities will always struggle to improve their lifestyles. If we overcome these racial discrimination factors, it will definitely lead to a more balanced and a way better American society compared to the one we live in today. We will also be categorized and demonized by the color of our skin tone. It would be helpful if treating people by their race would be put aside and we would be treated as human beings first. Our actions, our intelligence and what we have to offer would be considered before our race.
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(ThoughtCo.) Racial profiling has continued to get worse and has grown with the population. One of the biggest turns for racial profiling was the events that took place on one of the darkest days in US history, September 11, 2001. On this day, Two Passenger airplanes were flown into New York’s beloved twin towers. This was a day that many many loved ones were killed and a day were our country really went through the grieving process. Nothing like this has ever happened before and it was a shocking and terrifying event for us all.
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Situations like these are so difficult because you really never know what someone is thinking and sometimes the authorities judge to quickly. There is a way to be caucious but remain safe and this is something that lives on a very fine line. It has been said that people of color live in so much fear that they are in danger everyday, but it has also been known that people of noncolor live in just as much fear because they are also scared that something will happen to them. If only we lived in a world where we could trust everyone.
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I think that racial profiling is good to a certain extent. People are constantly coming in and out of our country and its important to be aware of that. I personally am not racist in anyway but i say that knowing that I profile people based on their race all of the time. I don’t believe in going off of stereotypes but people believe in or grew up practicing different things than I did, therefore it can cause a bit of worry to our safety at times. I am so grateful that this is something I’ve never really had to deal with because of my race. I sometimes get profiled as a dumb teenage white girl, but never to the extent that some people have to face and I am so thankful that that isn’t a huge worry in my life.
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One Race, One Blood, written by Ken Ham and A. Charles Ware in 2010, is a nonfiction piece of literature detailing the harsh reality and history of racism in the United States of America, specifically from its original foundation up until today. While addressing the issues that have risen up over the centuries, it also gives answers grounded in Biblical truth of how to mend and heal from the dark past, and move in the direction of finding truth in Scripture. The purpose of One Race, One Blood is to give a historical background of racism in the United States and evaluate that there is, in fact, only one race in Jesus and that through His Word we can begin to unveil our eyes from the social stigmas and see the truth so plainly laid out for us in Scripture.
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This writing style made it easier to read and enjoyable as well, especially for me as I tend to stray away from nonfiction and/or commentary styles of books. I also enjoyed how Ham and Ware in Chapter Three distinguish the differences between Darwinian natural selection and a scientific and Christian view of natural selection. On page 76 of chapter three Ham states, “Natural selection is not an onward-upward process with new information added…natural selection cannot create totally new information already in the particular gene pool…[it] results in a loss of genetic information and/or redistribution of pre-existing information.
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One thing in particular that I thought Ham and Ware did not accomplish well was their explanation of how people use slavery in the Bible to endorse racism in our country. I thought they did not make it clear that slavery in the Bible was vastly different than slavery in America – slaves in the Bible were bondservants (except for the Israelites, but that was seen as a tragic thing, not a common or good practice), those who owed a debt to someone else and worked for them as a means of payback and once their formally agreed upon “sentence” was over, then they could stop working for them. In America, however, slaves were brought over on ships from Africa to work for their white masters for indefinite periods of time, oftentimes beaten when “stepping out of line” or as their masters deemed. For a white supremicist group to endorse their means of slavery and racism from the Bible would only make sense if they were to take it completely out of context however, Ware states that “Various Christian groups still claim that the Bible supports white superiority and segregation” (Ware, 51).