Analysis Of 'Some Garbage I Used To Believe About Equality'

-The last paragraph is trying to show white people to open their eyes and help out the movement for antiracism. Many white people talk about how all this is in the past and so they never got the benefit from it. But what Tim is saying is even then the things that their ancestors had is passed down to future generations. It is not like these things just disappear after they die. And so whites have an upper hand. This means that it isn’t fair and so white people should be helping out to break this racist system.

I agree with this statement because it shows how racist a white person can be to a black person only because of their skin color. This statement means that if a white person is discriminating against a black person, then that white person is racist no matter where he comes or what he is known for. It must feel really bad when a person of any color gets discriminated even though they didn't do anything. Even after a person leaves a situation where they faced negative stereotypes, the effects of coping with that situation remains with them. People of any race who've been faced with prejudice, are more likely to be aggressive after that happens. They are most likely going to show a lack of self-control. In the end, any kind of discrimination is bad because you're basically telling people that they're worthless because of their

I then described my life and who I was. After describing this, I explained my experiences in confronting racism. The point of the essay was to state that racism is still alive and can be present anywhere. After writing this essay, I learned that my mechanics and style was not where it should be. Even with the revisions Mr. Heldenfels made in the draft, I still made mistakes with mechanics and tense shits. I had written comma splice and has several spelling mistakes. I looked to improve my mechanics after writing this essay.

In this essay I stated my views on racism and other perceptive views of racism. I have always had a different mindset than most, and I am ok with it. I think that it is good to be able to think for oneself and that is what I did in this essay. Racism is inevitable in today’s world. There is really no way to stop it because everyone has their own opinions and beliefs, but people can try to end racism by having an open

“The bottom line is, people have a right to live their lives even if it doesn’t match what you think is correct. When we fight for civil rights, we must fight for equality for all; anything less is hypocrisy and an insult to the definition of justice itself.” Rev. Al Sharpton is a long time civil rights leader, minister, talk show host, and even has been known to give president Obama advice on civil rights issues. Sharpton’s article is set up by touching on unfair transgender laws in North Carolina, statements made by U.S. representatives, and the civil rights movement as a whole. He limits the article the time period beginning in the civil rights movement. Ding this allows the reader to only think about civil rights from a more progressive mindset. Sharpton does this all from his view. Due to his experience as a civil rights leader he speaks about the movement from a stronger perspective than most.

Nigger: The Challenges of Educating Black Males Within American Society,” Jenkins’, in focusing on social disadvantages of Black males, credits “a history of oppression” for the social and academic challenges Black males are faced with (p. 144). Jenkins often speaks of the unequal and unjust treatment by the educational system; explaining that Black males are not receiving and adequate education in American society. Though he has provided several historical facts, there seemed to be a lack of information relating to Black males in today’s society. Jenkins points out, “With regard to the student, he brings with him to the class room… a history of oppression that has affected his family unit, a life of poverty or some form of economic struggle…racial frustration…inadequately educated parents… and esteem issues…with his first engagement in society (p.144). It seems as though Jenkins over uses the term “oppression”, when “racism” would be a more accurate fit. I do not completely agree with Jenkins’ outlook stating oppression is a factor in the social or educational challenges Black males face. Cruel or unjust treatment by the government, educational system, or American society as a whole is not legally or socially acceptable and does not exist in today’s society; although, I can understand how a parent or elder who did in fact experience oppression of Black males in their lifetime could pass on negative experiences and beliefs to the younger

Changing the ideology of white supremacy is very important if everyone wants the same opportunity to succeed in life (Hooks,1995). The text illustrates that to live in an anti-racist society we must collectively renew our commitment of a democratic vision of racial justice and inequality (Hooks,1995). Each individual plays a huge role in this because change can only actually come and stay if everyone recognizes the problem presented in our society and change it so everyone will have the same freedoms and

Wise’s examination of the inconspicuous character of racism 2.0 dovetails fittingly with our course’s recurring theme of institutionalized racism. In class lectures we have defined institutionalized racism as the discriminatory practices that have become regularized and routinized by state agencies, organizations, industries, or anywhere else in society. Although such practices might not be intentionally racist, they end up being racist nevertheless as consequence of the systematized and unspoken biases that have become increasingly convoluted and entrenched within society over time. It also doesn’t help white people to recognize these discriminatory practices considering they have been unconsciously tailored to be consistent with white perspective and mentality. In her article, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh examines not only how white folks often consider themselves to be a normative figure within society, but also how they are carefully taught not to recognize the advantages they gain from the disadvantages that impair people of color. In the article, McIntosh acknowledges the reality of her own white privilege and expresses, “In my class and place, I did not see myself as a racist because I was taught to recognize racism only in individual acts of meanness by members of my group, never in invisible systems conferring unsought racial dominance on my group from birth” (McIntosh 4). In fact, even if white folks do not believe themselves to

First and foremost, Shelby Steele starts off with an appeal to logic. Steele offers specific evidence of the harmful effects regarding affirmative action for example “ But it is the music of innocence and power that we hear in affirmative action that causes us to cling to it and to its distracting emphasis on representation.” This quote uses an appeal to logic to express why people are still persisting on using it. When people think of affirmative action they tend to believe that colleges need more representation, but really when Colleges are asking to recruit people of color and insert diversity into their college, they only want the “cosmetic diversity that covers the blemish of disparity.” These quotas are not actually effective in helping blacks be progressive for their future and education “Only 26 to 28 percent of blacks graduate from college.” Shelby Steele wants young blacks to take action for their education, rather than being a diversity trophy at college. Steele is motivated to help start a change in how blacks are educated, because the amount of black students that are graduating in a six year term is too low. Shelby then connects this to race because this results in “ an artificial diversity that gives the appearance of an educational parity between black and white students that has not been achieved in reality.” An artificial diversity is what is making this situation a crisis. When a school ask for

Do you ever believe that you have been a victim to a microaggression and there was nothing ever done about it? A victim of institutional racism that made you feel doleful and surly? Institutional racism happens a lot, but not as much as microaggressions, but a lot of people wonder why they get this type of vibe from white supremacist. These are the same people in the same country, with the same daily schedule but somehow they judge people based on their skin color. Some reason you aren’t allowed to lead this country if you are any other skin than white. There's a lot of racism in America, and a lot of people really wonder will the microaggressions, microinsults, the institutional racism will ever stop. People look at our president Donald J. Trump with his campaign of “Make America Great Again” does he mean the bad times for the African Americans? The bad times, for the Asian Americans? Do white people in general categorize all cultures/ ethnicities other than white as minorities? There are two articles that come together, to grow on this idea, to answer the questions above and to explain in full detail. Both of these articles, compare on what and how plenty of “minorities” feel in America. The speech essay “Analyzing Some Thoughts On Mercy” and the argumentative essay “6 Reasons We Need to Dismantle the Model Minority Myth of Those ‘Hard-Working ‘ Asians” by Ross Gay and Rachel Kuo deal with the problem with racism shown by white supremacy. Through these texts the

He counters his entire intent to inform his audience of uninvited and undeserved discrimination in one line by saying, “The danger that they perceive is not a hallucination. Women are particularly vulnerable to street violence, and young black males are drastically overrepresented among the perpetrators of that violence” (Staples, 395). In this instance, he is subtly making a call to action as well as countering his argument. His goal of putting that line in the story is to insight anger within his own race, to target them and convey to the idea that in order for them to collectively not be viewed as dangerous, they need to wholly reduce the violence.

Hua Hsu’s “The End of White America?” is an article written about the falling of white America. The author talks how being white is not all it is cracked up to be anymore and that white supremacy is soon to be a thing of the past while sharing a glass of wine with his friends. People went from wanting to be assimilate with the white culture to blend in to slowly not caring anymore and throwing their culture into whites faces. Being white was the thing to be and not it is not, plain and simple. It had become more like a trend that just goes away. The author did in away get his point across, but in the end took it all back with the last paragraph. Throughout his essay. The author approaches each rhetorical appeal. The main appeal he approaches is a logical approach, although there are few other instances where he brought in emotion and how is credible to his claim in this essay.

Because of the negative statements about immigration populations and racial anger which was not derived from any facts that I could read or interpret it states that the author was not only prejudice but also a racist. The prejudicial statements about ignorance were based on his male opinion because he gave no reasonable factual examples of their ignorance. The taxpayer from Hornell, New York (male) also made a character assumption because he talked to an Italian man who was drinking alcohol (red wine) at the time while his wife went to work. During that time many men were out of work because their wives could find work for less than half of the pay than a man would work for employment. The implications of the attitude were not alone for one male during this time many white male Americans felt that way about all foreigners, Native Americans, and Negro Americans an example of this is the programs instituted were segregated. Please understand the frame of reference during the “Great Depression” that “Jim Crow” laws were in effect since the late 1800’s and did not legally end until the

Racism should also be closely examined as it is perceived as the acceptable norm in the society. The book shows that sometimes it may take ridiculous forms such as refusing to serve ice-cream to a Black family or suddenly dismissing a worker after learning that she was Black and not Hispanic. The author portraits the bigotry of the people who blindly follow the norms.

Yet, the most significant flaw in this essay can be seen through the author’s simplistic view of the scope of racial injustice. Remarkably, the author only refers to white privilege in terms of its impact on what she calls “the problems facing Black America.” She fails to acknowledge or perhaps has no insight that white privilege involves the preference for ‘whiteness’ over all persons of color. Every non-white group is impacted by individual and institutional racism. Every non-white group grows up with the knowledge that their white peers have certain automatic privileges. Every child of color has to learn to navigate through the floodwaters of racism