Analyzing Adichie's Speech On Racial Discrimination

Over the years, the face of racism has taken on many forms. In present day America, racism is a very taboo subject. It a common view that racism is not a big issue anymore, given the large strides that we, as a country have made towards equality. However, the inequalities that still exist between races point to a different situation. Instead of the blatantly discriminatory acts that our nation has witnessed in the past, modern racism practices are more covert and seemingly nonracial, making this kind of discrimination seem more acceptable and politically correct. The Civil Rights Movement forced society to implement a new, subtler way to perpetuate racial inequality. In Racism Without Racists, Bonilla-Silva describes the justification

The struggle for equality has existed throughout history. The color of a person’s skin seems to depict everything about them. Not only was this an issue in earlier times, but the present as well. The battle to overcome inequity was made significantly more troublesome in the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896.

There are approximately 7 billion people in this world. Each person has a unique combination of traits such as skin tone, face shape, body type, eye color, hair color, and other characteristics. These traits vary due to genetics, environmental factors, and much more. An individual 's race is defined by their physical characteristics and how they differ among others. Race is not defined by the way an individual behaves or portrays themselfes; it is based strictly off of their physical traits. Since America was founded, race has played a significant role in the relations of the citizens in this country. For decades, different races have been stereotyped and been prejudice towards one another, without realizing how invalid their judgements are. Specifically, African Americans have been discriminated by caucasians in America since it’s founding. It began by the enslaving of African Americans, and today, the discrimination and inequality is more hidden in society. Although America has made significant progress in overcoming racial inequality in the country, many African Americans are still being subject to hardships that Caucasian Americans do not face, especially in regards to the justice system.

Not only this article alarms society that Racial Profile's should be banned, but also, in the article "The Color of Justice", David Cole expresses and supports this point. Cole starts in a good way

Inequality in today's america towards people of color is the result of a history of slavery in segregation in the united states. Michelle Alexander, a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer and author of the book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” talks about racial hostility in

Throughout history African Americans and other minorities have been discriminated against by people in the position of power. In the article “Woman Says She Endured 8 Days In Psych Ward Because Cops Didn't Believe BMW Was Hers” written in the Huffington Post by Christopher Mathias. Talks about how a women named Kamilah Brock is suing the city of New York, because she was arrested by the cops without cause and put in to a psych ward for eight day. All because she was an African American female driving a BMW. This article shows how people in positions with a bit of power will use it to enforce stereotypes that they believe in and as well as how no one will really question their actions. Most notably this article shows the continued of discrimination

A white guy is driving and gets pulled over by a cop. The cop tells the man he has a tail light out and he lets him continue with his drive. Later, a black guy is driving and he got pulled over. The cop then checked his car, made the black guy open his trunk to look through it, the cop also brisked the black man and he was then arrested for no reason but the cop pulled the white man over because a tail light out can mean your in a gang. This is an imaginary story, but this happens way more often than citizens think. Therefore, discrimination still occurs, black people are treated poorly based on their color, gender, and actions, even though people don’t realize it.

How would you feel if you were observed by the guards at every supermarket, hospital or cafe? How would you feel if you were humiliated at school, because you are different? How would you feel if you could not find a proper job whereas your employer treats you with suspicion? I am not trying to invent things but I am delivering the sad truth to all of you. Millions of people suffer from this negative attitude every day.

Although I have always assumed that there was some kind of racism in the world, I never would have thought it would go as far as I have seen researching this article. The racial discrimination that took place in this article about Josiah Wilson surprised me in how racist the community I live in could be. Seeing it now, I know that many forms of discrimination have been happening around me, racial discrimination being one of them. People in the 2016 culture have grown up to believe that racism is morally wrong, but can still harmlessly get away with it. This form of discrimination occurs in many places, such as school, workplaces, on the streets, etc. Kids will be discriminated because they are Asian and accuse them of not being truly Asian since they didn’t follow through with the stereotype that had been labelled on them. A black man or woman may be discriminated in their ability to work because of the color of their skin or the culture of their ancestors. This has all happened sometime in our society today because people get away with their racist remarks or actions every single day everywhere across the

Many are unaware of the effects that race has played in their lives over the years. Some may not understand its implications, but are very oblivious to it. Race can influence such things like attitude and behavior. Nowadays being white or black means something more than just a Crayola color. No longer are they just colors, they are races with their own rules and regulations. People of color have been inferior to the white race for centuries. In their own way Zora Neale Hurston shows this concept in her story “How it feels to be Colored Me” as does Richard Wright in his autobiographical sketch “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow”.

In the United States today discrimination is still an issue in society. As a society progress has definitely been made, but it has never fully gone away. Some of the most discriminatory action takes place in the American justice system. Young minority males between the ages of 25-29 are subject to being treated the most unfairly while whites of the same age are still being treated better than any race in this country. African American and Hispanic males are being incarcerated at higher rates than white males in America. Not only are minorities being incarcerated more, but also they are subject to harsher sentencing terms, fall victim to police racial profiling, and have disparities in the war on drugs. Also whites are still the dominant

Through history, humanity had to deal with the same constant problem: racism. As a matter of fact, there is more than one type of racism. For example, there is racism by religion, by language, by country, by genre, and also by race. Apparently, society has a global idea of what is acceptable and what is politically correct. The story “Effigies” by Lucinda Roy, develop around Samuel Bernard Monroe, who always identify himself with, he believed, the right racial group, indeed he made a career out of “being black”. After all, the credibility of his identity is then in judgment after his nemesis Seraye Underwood, who was a “true black person” with strong skills and knowledgment about African-American studies, based her argument against him in the fact that he didn’t look “black”. The term of what counts is quality, not quantity, is globally known, as well as the achievements of a person do not have a color. As result, not having a specific cultural background nor physical characteristic should be part in the judgment of someone’s ability, moreover it shouldn't be a reason to hire or fire a person.

The racial issue even in the 21st century continue to be a subject that still is present and significant even though we tend to say that racism and other forms of discrimination are prohibited by law and illegal still even in the US the country of all freedoms people face everyday racism, discrimination and humiliation

Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” connects to the danger of a single story in multiple ways. “The Danger of A Single Story” is all about not following stereotypes and having a bias because of a single opinion you heard. This is because these factors promote inequality in our society. The purpose of King’s speech is to create a world full of equality in which there is no more racial segregation. A single story of the African American population in the US is the cause of the issues addressed in “I Have a Dream”, because this lead them to be seen as a minority. A major focus in Adichie’s “Danger of a Single Story” is to broaden our horizons when it comes to stories we listen to about other people or other cultures by doing so we are rejecting

“I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form,” as stated by Andrew Cuomo the current governor of New York. All throughout history, discrimination has been an underlying issue and is one that must be stopped and fixed. Throughout time African-Americans have been the most notable victims of discrimination. Dating back to the early seventeenth century, blacks have been discriminated and enslaved for absolutely no reason. There have been many attempts to end the discrimination, but as hard as people try this is an issue that seems unconquerable. Despite the fact that the Jim Crow era has passed, it is evident from history and peoples experiences that racial discrimination still does exist today.