Analysis Of Erasing Racism: The Survival Of The American Nation

In Chapter 1, Alexander provides a brief history of race and racism in America. For those readers less familiar with the narrative of American history, this tour through slavery, Bacon’s Rebellion, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Populism, the end of Jim Crow through Board, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s is very instructive. Even if this narrative sounds familiar though, what comes next is probably less so. The backlash to the Civil Rights Movement manifested itself in the Southern Strategy and the first construction of stereotypes such as lazy “welfare cheats” and black criminals. “Law and order” rhetoric became a popular way to stoke hostility towards blacks; it was carried out by conservatives to win votes among poor whites.

The most important theme in this book was the trials and tribulations of racism because it was woven in every part of the plot, it contributed to the conflict and resolutions, and gave the story a connection to current events, helping the reader’s comprehension.

John Locke, a social contract theorist, says that mankind is equal and independent and “no one ought to harm another of his life, health, liberty or possessions.” When humans enter into a society and form a contract, which leads to government, Locke holds that it is the job of the government to take on the responsibility of protecting the life, liberty and property of its inhabitants; however, the US government failed to protect these rights for Black Americans affected by slavery. Adam Smith, an economist and political theorist, believed that the government should defend and be proprietors of justice. The American government’s purpose, for Smith and Locke, is to promote justice through flourishing ; specifically economic flourishing for Smith. Sadly, history reveals that this was not the circumstance. During the 1700’s, America was one of several countries to embrace chattel slavery. Though slavery is no longer legal in the US, its effects have still rippled the waters of history. Today America stands on trial. It is guilty of failing to fulfill its role as a government by promoting flourishing. Slavery and segregation in the United States have impeded the economic flourishing amongst Black American communities. History and literature will serve as evidence of this crime in exploring the impact of slavery and segregation in education, familial structure and economics.

If one were to drive down any random road in South Carolina today, they might spot a Confederate Flag hanging proudly from a building or a house or even a national monument. The ones who support the display of this flag say that it is more to do with cultural history than racism, however, the history that this flag represents is what motivated Dylann Roof to kill nine innocent people in a South Carolina church in 2015. In this day and age, how did something like the Charleston church shooting massacre occur? This essay will explain how racism, although not as common as it was in the past, still exists today and how this racism is connected to the story of Dylann Roof. Although certain racist laws, such as Jim

Racism goes a long way down the American history. It came as a result of slavery which began in 1619 when African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, which was an American colony in the North, to help in producing crops such as tobacco. Slavery was then a common practice in all American colonies through the 17th and 18th centuries, where African slaves helped in building the economic foundations of the now American nation. Slavery was then spread to the South in 1793, with the new invention of the cotton gin. About halfway through the 19th century, there was immense westward expansion in America, together with the spreading abolition movement in the North,

Racism, a controversial topic in contemporary American society, has only been accentuated in recent years due to interracial violence, especially violence portrayed by white police officers on black individuals. This violence has led to even more violence and protests upon the police officers as the protesters, mainly black, feel as if they are being policed unfairly. These protests have ranged from mainly peaceful to full on chaos and violence. One could connect this interracial violence and protests to several different criminological theories, including conflict theory, differential selection and processing hypothesis, and neutralization theory. Likewise, these theories could be combined with an end-to end theoretical integration method in order to strengthen empirical validity.

Racism is the trend of thought, or way of thinking, which attaches great importance to the notion of the existence of separate human races and superiority of races that are usually associated with inherited physical characteristics or cultural events. Racism is not a scientific theory, but a set of preconceived opinions they value the biological differences between humans, attributing superiority to some according to racial roots. Even in such ethnically diverse country as the United States, racism continues evident against people of different ethnic traits and skin color. According to Steinberg (Steinberg, 1995), racial discrimination has been the most important cause of inequality between whites and blacks in the U.S. Because of that, minorities in American society have been fighting over years for equal rights and respect, starting with the civil rights movement in 1960s. Also, public policies implemented since 1964 in the United States have been instrumental in reducing economic inequality between blacks and whites, such as the affirmative action, a federal program that tries to include minority groups by providing jobs and educational opportunities (Taylor, 1994). From this perspective, does racism still play a dominant role in American values and American society? If so, what are the consequences of this racism that still remain in American society? What is the impact of the Barack Obama presidency on the unending fight against racism in this country?

Zihang, I do have the same opinion as you and believe that the riot did spring from racism. I really like your statement "the safety of the citizen shall not depend what he or she dressed. " The ideal situation would be everyone to be treated equally not based on their skin color, race, or religion. But the reality was different as the Mexican Americans were described as a race that promoted violence, according to Edward Duran Ayers, who was the spokesman for the L.A County Sheriff's Department. (The Good War, p. 207)

The Explicit Gospel is a true eye opener with life changing implications, a modern day constitution of the Christian faith. This piece of literature adds a valuable Christian perspective with convicting truths that have been overlooked by Christians and many Christian institutions throughout our nation. The principles in this book will compel any American citizen to reevaluate their Christocentric worldview.

What I would do to eradicate and abolish racism in America is to first have a live national press conference so everyone can receive the message and I would say that all racial slurs are prohibited regardless of race and there would be a fine for anyone heard using racial slurs. I would also put a program in place for a safe space to talk about racial slurs and what the communities think about people using them because usually people use racial slurs when they’re angry so releasing anger in a healthy way surrounded by peers would be a much better option by conveying feelings using bad words and or racial slurs. Even though there could be a public backlash which could cause more anger and violence, In my opinion I think that it would be the

Can we put an end to racism? This country has continued to struggle with issues between African Americans themselves and Caucasians and it’s time that we start solving it by effort, education, listening, and especially taking the time to understand the problems of African Americans. Henry Louis Gates Jr. highlights some of the background of the problem of racism in his article, “Black America and the Class Divide.”

I believe that although All lives matter, there is still racism in the U.S, and people should be treated the same regardless of ethnicity. All lives matter for the reason that many people are killing other people for the fact of their ethnicity. People are rioting and getting each other killed because they are choosing an idea that puts people in harm. I know that people are being killed by cops, mostly African Americans and Hispanics. They don’t understand that if they were in the cops position how hard that decision is.

The first thing that needed to be done in the process of this review, was to provide a historical background of the meaning of racism here in America after the post-civil rights era, and how the past can account for the African American’s transition from plantations to ghettos, and from ghettos to penitentiaries. The second is to take into account the role that economics, politics, and the issues of immigration that have been placed on African Americans in reducing equality and promoting equal

After living in a place like Bend Oregon for 18 years I haven’t ever noticed a difference between blacks and whites. Bend has been said to be “one of the whitest places to live”, yet I never viewed a city by its race. Being racist to me meant that it was the whites who had a problem with the blacks and whites didn’t want anything to do with blacks. I hadn’t actually seen racism in action from anyone here. Now, after watching the film Crash and reading the essays “Blinded by the White: Crime, Race and Denial at Columbine High” written by Tim Wise and “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” written by McIntosh, my understanding of race, diversity, and communications have changed.

The position I will support is the eradication of racism, by realizing that there is overt racism today. The history of racism goes as far back as before the Middle Ages. But the first actual sign of racism was with the Jews in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In the sixteenth century, the justification for having slaves was that they were actually not human, but rather they were subhuman, and Europeans used the Bible as justification as well. By saying Ham committed a sin against his father, his descendants were born black and were therefore fair game to become slaves. This thought held until the Emancipation Proclomation but instead of helping racism, it further contributed to it by keeping former slaves in a sort of pseduo slavery,