Benthien And Racism

The purpose of the article” Shades of Difference: theoretical Underpinnings of the Medical Controversy on Black-White Differences in the United States, 1830-1870”, was to show a difference between beliefs and sound theory’s that are based on medical debates on slavery, racial differences and disease, and black inferiority. Throughout the article conflicting doctors raised the same scientific findings but let their predisposed assumptions, reach biased conclusions. From 1830 to 1850, doctors argued the legitimacy and clarification of their conclusions.

In the essay “Color Lines” by Ralph Eubanks, the author explores the flawed logic of race from a scientific perspective. In the article, Eubanks explains the fact that a person cannot know the ancestry of another person or the nature of that person by looking at their race alone. Heritage is a much more complex concept than a simple racial categorization. In writing the article, the author sought to demonstrate that when looking at a person, you could not confirm their identity based on what percentage of a certain race they may have and that social construction meant to depict one group as being superior or inferior to another. This rhetorical analysis will therefore explore the importance of the rhetorical devices and strategies used by Eubanks to communicate with the audience.

Racism is a socially constructed concept used by multiple groups of people and creates a hierarchy of sorts based purely on the color of a person’s skin or their cultural origins. It has been an idea that has existed since the beginnings of civilization. A more modern iteration of this concept was made prominent in the 16th century as European settlers began to explore different areas of the world, specifically areas in or around Africa. But slavery can be seen back in the 1500s all the way to 1880 and was most likely a leading example of what helped define racism up to the 20th century. In Ali Rattansi’s book, “Racism: A Very Short Introduction” , the author connects how slavery and race are closely tied together. European explorers would ignore the cultures the invaded in order to see these people as nothing more than native groups that were meant to be seen in a subservient role. Slavery would continue to grow across the Atlantic and seen as an institution that created large amounts of wealth for those who could reap the benefits from it. As long as money was being made, slavery persisted and was justified. Race and racism was conceived the way it was because the slave owning system was controlled by European colonizers.

Wolff uses colors to symbolize a hatred for an alternative race in this short story. The

Scientific racism refers to the application of scientific systems and assumptions to justify racism that can be expressed as either racial subordination or racial dominance. During the 19th century in Europe, there were massive technological and scientific advancements. Science provided information on the human anatomy, psychology, evolution, and genetics that led to the formulation of racist views against the Jews by the philosophers and politicians. In this essay, I will discuss the reasons why I believe that the anti-Semitism racism within the nineteen century was scientifically justified as well as the manner in which this discrimination was implemented on the Jewish race.

Blacks are, hereditarily, proportional to whites, in any case they are cruelly oppressed in view of their skin shading and compelled to conquer numerous more snags to accomplish a similar objective a white individual can accomplish no sweat. Deutsch conveys to consideration that "bigotry isn't as strikingly evident as it was back in past times worth remembering, however it is still exceptionally pervasive" ("The American Dream is Still"). Despite the fact that we may not be looked with the same racial issues we were looked with fifty years back, individuals still victimize a man in view of their skin shading, regardless of whether it be purposeful or not. Deutsch clarifies a circumstance in which resumes were sent to publicists in Boston and Chicago, some with white sounding names and some with dark sounding names. The outcomes were amazing. "In the two urban areas, candidates with "white sounding names" got 50 percent a greater number of reactions from organizations than their dark sounding partners with parallel qualifications. (Deutsch, "The American Dream is Still"). Blacks, regardless of whether they show the very same certifications as a white individual, will even now be victimized in light of their race. With these sorts of circumstances happening, it isn't difficult to perceive any reason why race assumes such a colossal part in deciding ones'

Race and the different racial characteristics have been the main topic of many debates all over the United States and has been for a long time. The topic of race continues to stay relevant because of the way race is regarded. In the expert from Patricia Williams “The Emperor’s New Clothes” she establishes multiple reasons on why and how racism is viewed in today’s day and time.

As the research continues it becomes ever more important to discuss how exactly the differing pigmentation of one race of people actually occurs, because I feel that it has an effect on the way colorism is handled throughout the African American community. There are two ways in which a person of African descent can be of a lighter complexion; the first being amalgamation, which is the coming together of both the black and white races and reproducing to make a mulatto or mixed race child and the second is the use of cosmetic creams in attempt to bleach one’s skin until they too appear mulatto (Dorman 48). This is relevant because, it shows the extremes that people are willing to go to reach the highest plateau of social acceptance. Many of these creams were painful acidic chemicals slowly burning away the pigmentation as people slept, while others were considered mild abrasive materials used to “gently” scrape away dark pigments (Dorman

Painter states that African-Americans of any class, no matter how rich or poor, no matter where they lived, no matter how well or little educated, simply “became black” (page 377). In the same token, Ta-Nehisi Coates also states “a difference of kind, not degree”. These statements by the two authors illustrate the perspective of the white non-black society, and imply that the notion of racial

As slavery became a more divisive subject in American politics, justification was required for both sides to advance their interests. Much of the research by whites into the nature of black people in this time led to what is now known as scientific racism. With “discoveries” from both sides of the debate around slavery changing the way white people viewed blacks, both Thomas Jefferson and Johan von Herder present their case using nature, among other aspects to either reinforce or alter the view of slavery and black people in general.

Another large problem that impacted both societies was the racism that both the people of Manzanar and Cuba had to face. In many cases racism had severely affected both societies, whether it be economic, social, or even cultural ways. One of the effects of racism that affected both societies, took place during the aftermath. After the people were released from the camps, finding work and attempting to recreate what they used to have become surreal. In the book our main character says to Mr. Wakatsuki "I have been living in this country nine years longer than you have. Do you realize that? Yet I am prevented by law from becoming a citizen. I am prevented by law from owning land. I am now separated from my family without cause…”

In this essay the question as to how race relationships in the southern area of the United States can be understood as social facts and further this essay will illuminate if being of black skin colour in the southern area of the United States can be regarded as pathological in respect to Durkheim’s sociological views.

Though there is a tendency to automatically associate attitudes toward race and racial stereotypes with the sociological climate of the nineteenth century, science also played a part in the development of normative stereotypes. American scientist Benjamin Rush, in his 1792 article “Observations Intended to Favour a Supposition That the Black Color (As It Is Called) of the Negroes Is Derived from the Leprosy", asserted a different opinion. “The leprosy is accompanied in some instances with a black color of the skin. Of this I have met with a satisfactory proof in Dr. Theiry's account of the diseases of Asturia in Spain. I shall insert a translation of his own words upon this subject. "There are (says this excellent physician) above twenty hospitals

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”.

We often connect ourselves to the world through our appearances. One of the first characteristics we notice about another human is the color of their skin. It is unavoidable, as the largest organ of the body, it covers and highlights our individual features and forms a protective wall against the elements. There is no escape from the social repercussions our pigmentation causes no matter what range of the very broad spectrum of color we fall into. I have never thought so much about the genetic and social evolution of skin and its properties until I read Nina Jablonski’s Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. This book encompasses, in great detail, how our skin has evolved, adapted and mutated throughout time and in what