Analysis Of The Trouble With Diversity

This week’s readings focused on a topics associated with the white population of America. Some of these topics included the privileges white individuals are often unknowingly accustomed to (McIntosh,1) as well as the lack of responsibility and motivation many whites feel when it comes to eliminating racism. This is a social problem because it constructs biases that often times negatively affect the interactions between whites and individuals of color. This potentially leads to many issues including racism, hate crimes, and the unequal treatment races.

The world is not created by a single group whom all share the same beliefs and opinions. The education of a person shapes the way people think about society. It is shown through Jonathan Kozol's essay, "The uses of Diversity," how an impact of diversity has on our mindset. Differing opinions let people become informed; democracy is built on the idea of freedom of speech which is filled with diverse opinions. Diversity enables students to discern the world from various perspectives; it facilitates the use of our freedom of speech to produce informative

In 2015 racial conflicts and struggle for power still occur, even though slavery ended in 1863 and segregation ended around 1950’s and 1960’s. In Shelby Steele’s I’m Black, You’re White, Who’s Innocent, both writers emphasize the key issues of races accusing one another and fighting for innocence and power. While Ellis at first blames the blacks for his financial problems and for his inferiority, he later forms a union with them. Steele experiences an awkward conversation about “race” with the whites and observes the game of innocence being played between them. Both authors clearly point out that blacks and whites fail to understand each other because of the desire for power.

“Race as Civic Felony” by Loic Wacquant: In this reading, the US conception of “race” is a direct outcome of the unique status of the United States as a slave holding republic (page 127). While slavery itself has long been abolished, its dynamics were replicated in Jim Crow segregation and later in the urban ghetto. In page 127, The Jim Crow regime reworked the racial boundary between slaves and free into some segregated societies. Despite the he abolition of “statues segregation”, it seems that new ways have been thought to hold minorities from the mainstream society. Another ‘peculiar institution’, born of the adjoining of the hyperghetto with the cerebral system, is reorganizing the social meaning and significance of ‘race’ in agreement with the dictates of the deregulated economy and the post-Keynesian state. In page 128, white people fear and mistrust people of color. They think of black people’s

The concept of diversity is one that individuals may not think of when they think of nursing. Diversity is a major component to nursing and the care that is provided to patients. In this concept analysis, antecedent, attributes and consequences of diversity are identified. The following antecedents are: race, social economy, knowledge, gender, and education level. The attributes of diversity are individual, variety, perception, difference and civilization. The consequences of diversity are as follows; acceptance, decision making, cultural competency qualifications, respect, degrading, trusts

Across the sociological indicators, minorities, and especially blacks, “lag behind whites in the United States in terms of income, wealth, occupation and health status, educational attainment, and other relevant indicators” (Bonilla-Silvia, 2001, 1; see also 2014, 2-4). If the notion of “post-racial America” is myth, and I argue based on socio-economic indicators that it is, this paper seeks to answer two related questions. The first is: how has racism changed from explicitly racist Jim Crow segregation to what the eminent sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silvia (2001, 2011, 2014) calls “the new racism,” namely “color-blind racism”? The second is more specific: how does the ideology of “color-blind racism” operate institutionally in the post-civil rights era? Professor Bonilla-Silvia implores the race analyst “to decipher how it is that race matters in a racially stratified society at a particular historical juncture,” and that we “must study the practices, institutions and ideologies that help sustain white privilege” (ibid, 2001, p. 12).

W.E.B Du Bois asked, “How does it feels to be a problem?,” (DuBois 1). The abolition of slavery influenced the sentiment of hatred between social classes, which worsened the relationship between African American and caucasians. In 1903, African Americans were free, but their emancipation caused the rise of discrimination and segregation. According to W.E.B Du Bois, African americans are consider to be lesser in society because they live under a social veil that set them apart . Therefore, we can claim that the American society has a discriminatory ideology, which oppresses people because of their color.

One common theme throughout the reading is that “…systemic racist attitudes and negative depictions of people of colour by whites persist” (Feagin & Elias, 2013, p. 937). The historical trajectory of research methods are deeply rooted with systemic forms of racism, which is reflected in literature that was published centuries ago and can still be found in current literature today. Some of the articles that were assigned reference opinions and other forms of literature that state that white Americans believe that race and racism are a thing of the past, while others continue

In today’s time, the United States of America have drifted off its course of trying to reach a utopia. Social problems are rising for many people of color and non-color people. The problems have been illuminated in politics, education, employment, and social media. Problems such as discrimination of a certain group of people, and economic hardship are the most common issues. Reflecting back on America’s history, America has had a long history of white versus black ever since the slavery era, which took place during the time of the civil war. Ever since then, the United States have striven and persevere to change its society ethics. But, America is now slowly shifting back to a world where white supremacy and people of color are immensely separated

Systemic Racism sheds light on one of the most commonly referenced forms of racism in America today. Joe Feagin highlights several relevant points that contribute to discussion on the racial divide we see in our nation today. This work specifically targets societal and institutional manifestations of systemic racism, and the dual perspectives on subjects like slavery, legal segregation, and the contemporary racial realities we see

The United States, even though considered the land of freedom, has been struggling with lingering racism and discrimination throughout the 19th and 20th century. Democratic reform throughout the century were implanted to eliminate the “tyranny of the white majority” Yet many scholars like Tocqueville, Fredrick Harris and WEB DuBois have challenged these results. The reality is that the tyranny of white majority has continued throughout the 18th to the 21st century resulting in a society that has suppressed and constantly failed to integrate African American into the white society by neglecting the race, using natural prejudice, race neutral policies, and laws that benefited whites more than African Americans.

Does our common reader assigned to the class this semester adhere to the accustomed material when it comes to examining cultural diversity in the class? My conclusion is that our common reader The Trouble with Diversity by Walter Benn Michaels touches upon the social, socio-economic, health, and educational aspect of diversity. Observing how an individual’s status and race makes an impact on how they do in society as well as how they’re treated.

Diversity. What this means is being different from someone else in some type of way. I believe, this to have a positive effect in the world.

The citizens of the country have to endure more interactions with people of different background and some who speaks a different language in their daily activities including their workplace. After finishing my college studies back in Kenya, I moved to United States to pursue further studies and what I have experienced is totally different than my previous life. United States is mainly comprised of individuals from every country in the world making it a far diverse country

Americans see “race” as a defined, indubitable feature of nature. Racism- the act of ascribing bone deep features to people to then humiliate, reduce, and destroy them- inevitably follows from this unalterable condition. White supremacist ideals, for instance, espouse unfounded ideas that revere the white man and scorn those of color, while also serving as a nonsensical justification for practices such as slavery, racial segregation, and Jim Crow. Even though race is a social construct without a biological basis, Walter Benn Michaels cannot dismiss the concept of race. Race has had irreversible effects on minority groups, and disregarding race would be the equivalent of disregarding the plight and shared experiences of these people. The notion of race is more convoluted than Walter Benn Michaels depicts it to be in "The Trouble With Diversity".