Fallacy Of Post-Racial

Of the five racial fallacies including, individualistic, legalistic, tokenistic, ahistorical, and fixed, I was most guilty of tokenistic fallacy. Tokenistic fallacy is defined as the presence of people of color in influential positions is proof of the complete elimination of racial obstacles according to Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer. All of the facts about race is absurd to me but especially, “ once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders.” Why is that? I thought America was a “free” country for ALL Americans. I know now why colored people are deprived of their civil rights. Not because the actual fact of the sentencing being longer, but the fact that it is not equal. Including all the other

The education system is notorious for teaching its own agenda, and not necessarily all the facts of a situation. For many years, the education system on all levels has been teaching students what it means to have privilege, and how life would be if they did not. Usually, the white students are the subject of privilege, and the minority student are the subject of life with racism, and without privilege. White privilege has been an underlying lesson to students for generations, and contributes to the power and superiority white people feel over everyone else. When the Michael Brown shooting occurred, it opened up many people’s eyes to the inequalities that are being perpetrated by the very education system meant to teach students how to live

I feel Peggy McIntosh offers compelling points in her article, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. White people in our society tend to take for granted and not even realize how easily they can live their lives without the discrimination that others endure. They don’t live in fear of being a victim of racism because they are not used to that kind of treatment themselves. Being white is viewed as the norm in our society, while it is also normal to treat anyone who is non-white differently. People in our American society are quick to stereotype any race that is not white. Anybody who is non-white must continuously have their guards up for racism and are often labeled social unacceptable when they do not deserve to be.

The concept of “Post Racial” America is certainly a preposterous idea that does not exist. Different degrees of racism is seen throughout the U.S, however regardless of the intensity, racism has and will always exist. Americans belief that we live in a society where racism no longer exist is a serious impediment on the progression of America. The first problem with modern racism is living in a color blinded society where people believe in post racial America. The second is our humanistic nature to be predominant primates and finally, our unconscious bias towards racism as a result of racial stereotypes. As much as people would like to believe we are a nation where is not an issue, where race does not compete for supremacy, where the color of you skin or what your last name may be is the reason you don 't get hired, then we are obviously living in a color blinded society. Everyday, someone is faced with racial discrimination and racial prejudice. Statistically speaking, the biggest motive for hate crime is because of race. Racism comes in all kinds of form but racism is within all of us. Thus, everyone is a racist simply because we are human beings.

Being a black person within society has never been an easy thing to do. Society has constantly been stereotypical of black people, although blacks have molded history and are very vital to society for the things that have happen throughout history have been big contributions toward modern-day life. African Americans in the 1890’s encountered stereotypes most of which still exist in today’s society. African Americans have come a long way and earned many rights but still live with the destitutions that they had in the 1890’s. Many black people have internalized the negative stereotypes of their race. therefore, internalizing the hatred of their blackness to the fact they began to self-oppress. Due to this internalized racism, many Black result

To begin, racism, which is a social construction is no doubt embedded in America 's police and government. It is an epidemic that has gone on for centuries where white people are dominant and superior to other races, particularly black people. Racism has structured the lives of black people to be inferior and harassed by authorities because many whites view blacks as a threat. The only way for white people to eliminate any fears and negative stereotypes about black people is through the police targeting them. In the article “What is Racial Domination?” it states, "Because racism infuses all of social life, people of color and whites alike develop thoughts and practices molded by racism; people of color and Whites alike develop stereotypes about racial groups" (Desmond & Emirbayer, 2009:347). This statement explains that black people and white people both do develop stereotypes about other and even their own

It is the reflection of a biased corrupt system that teaches children that they are not more than their background, a system of power and privilege that teaches “white is right” and “learn to be white.” There are ways to combat this, ways we need to teach and help these children to bring equality not power. They are to teach according to the child,

The years is 2016 and yet racism is still a problem in the society today. The African American community are constantly being faced with problems that the white Americans place on them. Problems such as how a presidential candidate can still run and still be a racist, not being able to afford the necessities in life due to unfair pay and, most importantly the fear of being killed for unnecessary reasons. African Americans are constantly being brought up in the news but none of it is showing the good of what the African American community is doing. Instead they are showing that the African Americans are robbers and drug dealers and other illegal things. The evidence of unfair treatment that Americans of color have faced is a proven fact that

Discrimination, the unjust treatment of different groups of people, has been an issue in the United States of America for too long. It has turned people against one another one to many times, and for what? They did it because they were not able to see that the person next to them, regardless of race, religion, or sex was still just a human no different than themselves. This lead to violence between people of different races, it was the white man against the black man. All of the violence, blood shed, and hate was self justified because they thought what they were doing would lead to a better future for them as well as future generations. During this time period, shortly after african americans gained their freedom and rights, many people formed groups with nothing but hatred in their hearts. This was to go on to become one of the darkest time periods in American history.

In today’s America, there are still people in America who wholeheartedly believe that Black people are inferior to White. This isn’t news to anyone. America’s history has always been characterized by racial divisions and painted with colored blood. Since America’s founding, “The People” never truly meant all people. But it’s 2017. Slavery has been abolished for more than 150 years. Segregation and Jim Crow were outlawed in the 60’s. However, growing up Black in America today is defined by fear of being attacked for simply existing. There is still an invisible line carved by prejudice and bigotry that divides the races, that limits the ability for Black people to become successful or achieve what Coates

Unfortunately racism does not only exist amongst whites and blacks but amongst the black community itself. Because the main reason for racism and segregation is to separate oneself from “lower” class or those who are “less” the black community has done the same within itself. “She had explained to him the difference between colored people and niggers. They were easily identifiable. Colored people were neat and quiet; niggers were dirty and loud.” (Morrison 87). Black people separated themselves from each other. After being told they weren’t as good as white people they took their anger out on other black people, rather than banding together and uniting to support each other. Those people find that to make themselves better, superior to others they must make those others feel inferior, and to do this they separate themselves.

The root of existing racism resides within the practices of stereotypes. Stereotypes have been formed over many years by using a fact or the truth and distorting its idea's in a demeaning way to generalize others. As long as stereotypes exists then racism will continue, and as long as racism continues there can never be a color-blind society. Stereotyped views remain by the use of the oppressors as a way of not having to educate or acknowledge how the effects of racism have altered the state of minorities socially, economically, and psychologically. For some, it is easy to hold on to stereotypes rather than invite the blame of the oppressor. For this reason, there is a misunderstanding of blame and oppression.

This mindset has evolved so much that it now can go to the extent of putting shackles on the minority. Because of racism one race can get receive jobs and scholarships over another. Because of racism one race may have to adhere to and hold a higher standard of “behaving to the law enforcement” than other races. In this day in time blacks in particular are expected to follow the rules more than whites because of they are almost guaranteed to face worse consequences. Racism has evolved in such a way to it starts as young as preschool age. “Let’s start with pre-school. Black pre-schoolers are far more likely to be suspended than white children. Black children are 18 times more likely to be sentenced as adults than white children, and make up nearly 60 percent of children in prisons, according to the APA .In the workplace, black college graduates are twice as likely as whites to struggle to find jobs - the jobless rate for blacks has been double that of whites for decades. A black man is three times more likely to be searched at a traffic stop, and six times more likely to go jail than a white person. Blacks make up nearly 40 percent of arrests for violent crimes. But the disparities become appalling in court. If a black person kills a white person, they are twice as likely to receive the death sentence as a white person who kills a black person. Racial bias in jury selection is ridiculous –

In a country like the United States, where its genesis is founded on the back of the transatlantic slave trade and its principles rooted in racism, moral bankruptcy, bigotry (Banerjee, 2013: 2) and hypocrisy, it is worth asking two essential questions: Is a ‘post racial’ society even an attainable goal? Additionally, should a ‘post racial’ society be the desired goal at all for societal progression?

For centuries now, African Americans have been discriminated against, especially by Caucasians. With time progressing, it is assumed that some people would get over the fact that African Americans are equal to whites, get accustomed to it, and let go of the hatred. Unfortunately, that has yet to happen, which is why discrimination is present in many ways, as in: through the process of job interviews, dealing with the law, or being displayed as criminals and thugs on television when someone in the African American community has done something vs. when a white person does the same thing but is made to seem like they are harmless. Those are just few of many other things that contribute to discrimination.