Final Exam Pt 1 : Off Of The Races

Traditionally history of the Americas and American population has been taught in a direction heading west from Europe to the California frontier. In Recovering History, Constructing Race, Martha Mencahca locates the origins of the history of the Americas in a floral pattern where migration from Asia, Europe, and Africa both voluntary and forced converge magnetically in Mexico then spreads out again to the north and northeast. By creating this patters she complicates the idea of race, history, and nationality. The term Mexican, which today refers to a specific nationality

In a film of “Race the Power of an Illusion, Part I The Difference Between Us”, it talked about the differences of races such as skin, eye, hair color. However, in our genetic, the human is not very different than we think but we had a similar genetic code. In the 1950s, the athlete champions were all black, and they were much better than any other. Maybe because of that some people think there are different structure bodies than other races. In this case, I think it could make sense that black people have better body structure than white. However, it is the wrong stereotype about skin color. The skin tone is continuously changing, and the reason why a human has different physical appearances is that of different genes we have. Depends on the

Think about how much race affects a person every day. Maybe today you disclosed your race on the SATs or were passed over for a job opportunity because your name is too “black”. Race exists in our culture, but racism should not. Everyone tries to get rid of it, but humans ultimately created it, because it is a construct of cultural. Every day we form judgements and fall into stereotypes. Our children watch this discrimination and let it carry into their own futures. Strangely, these judgements and stereotypes are not technically race, merely the creations of an ignorant culture. To begin avoiding this, people need to learn that technical race and our world view of race are very different, and that humans may be too unique for concrete groupings.

There are many ways to perceive what it means to say race is socially constructed while some might say race is biological rather a social construct. “Race is socially constructed” basically is what we perceive as race is one of the first things we notice about each other. Let me get this clear, no matter what anyone thinks, race is not biological but instead it is a social construct. There is no way to measure race but instead an average person on the street thinks that race consists of differences in physical appearance. Every single human walking on the face of this Earth is genetically the same. The documentary, In Race: The Power of an Illusion, shows that for 200 years, scientists compared physical attributes to classify race and found

A popular notion says a child is born “color-blind” and remains color-blind until they reach adolescence. The problem with this concept is that people believe it to be a positive idea. However, it actually presents a damaging ideology – it suggests that race should not be a factor when trying to determine the type of person an individual is. I see it as an unsophisticated approach to view people because race is a vital part of our existence. Race is an attribute that makes individuals differ from one another, and the problem is not the differences in the colors of our skin. The problem is that we attempt to detach ourselves from the reality of being racially different. Racism will seem to inevitably exist, and in order to even try to end the malice, parents should begin teaching children about racism the right way.

In World War II, all different races served in the military branches all over the world. There was a lot of racism going on throughout this period, with any race, but especially at this time it was happening with African Americans. African Americans struggled to be able to fight for their rights just to be able to protect their country. There are a lot of significant things concerning race that happened during WWII. Even though, the WWII did have a higher rate of blacks who had enlisted into the military. They still had segregated the troops not even just that it was their social life, church services, different functions; they were all segregated from each other. Earlier in the war, black soldiers

He waited until the night’s 11th hour. By now the Princess rested in the highest tower of the castle, locked away from the dangerous world, yet so oblivious to the dangers that which fated the rest of her life. Silently the peasant journeyed outside, where he stopped at the wall of the tower where she lay. He watched her in the darkness from below, lifting his face to her, letting the light rest on his every surface of darkness. The night was cloudless. The winds wailed between the motionless oak trees as its thin branches clawed out, ever so slightly disturbing the leaves with its hostile screeches. Not the thick moss of the trees nor the damp leaves squirming in his toes could distract the peasant from so enticing a scent. All that encircled him was the sweetness of lavender and rosewood, filling his entire being as he sunk into the grass, like sand washed over by the water, with every breeze passing

Race, class, and gender have all been constructed by the worldviews on society, history, and politics. In the “Power of Illusion” videos, they mention the of ways on how everything humans know of today were created and brought up. The first example of the social construction is that race is obviously seen as physical appearance at a first glance. Race is not how someone looks, its about how people assign meaning to you from the way they see you. People create assumptions based on how one looks and that is how society and biases are created. The second example of race construction is based on historical and political views.

America has come from the bigoted and inhumane acts of slavery to racial unity and

Race construction in the United States has been socially constructed since the founding of the republic. Racial differences and the development of various ethnic identities have been affected by the rigidity of racial categories in the United States, these include American Indian or Alaskan Native, black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Asian Pacific Islander, and white. The racial divide in the United States is predominantly between whites and blacks but many Americans fall into the “racial middle”, a term coined by Eileen O’Brien to bring attention to the population of Americans that do not identify as either white

According to the article, What is race? Is it biological or a social construct by Nicole Mortillano reference that Dana Osborne, an assistant professor at Ryerson University said “ the concept and application of “race” as a concept has since its inception been inextricably linked to power.” The same viewpoints is what Roderick A. Ferguson appoints the meaning behind race. He states “the study of race incorporates a set of wide-ranging analyses of freedom and power. (pg. 207) He characterize race in America depending on your standpoint from a political and a historical perspective. He brings in a strong argument until he unraveled the feminist and queers groups. How does gender and sexuality come into play with race? In my opinion race is

Race is a “human-constructed categories that assume great social importance. Those categories are typically based on observable physical traits (for example, skin shade, hair texture, and eye shape) and geographic origin believed to distinguish one race from another” (Ferrante 2014). Based on the definition, the reading I made, and the video of “A Class Divided”, I believe race is a social construction idea made by society to distinguish between different races, and then passed that view of race from generation to generation because that is what they have been told from an authoritative person to believe since childhood. Once people have knowledge of what is the meaning of race, then society creates racism, prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination against other races.

It was just a casual, beautiful day in New York. Nothing was out of the ordinary that day, that was until a man who was oddly lurking around. Drew Bell, which is a police officer who watches over New York, was on duty that day. She didn't think much of it at first but she still kept a close eye on him. She then noticed he started to look around to see if anyone was watching him, he didn't notice Drew so he continued on his way. She then just put it into conclusion that maybe he was just a homeless man looking for shelter, or food. So she then goes back to her duty. But little did she know he was nothing like that all, and that he would be the person to destroy New York.

What does Race mean to race is something that people will try to identify you by just by your skin color just take a moment and think how the world is so messed up one another would treat each other just by a COLOR crazy right , I know if you could do anything in the world what would you do ,cause I know I would try to put the racism to end no one deserves to feel treated like they are no human an leed the same blood break the same bones have feelings first experience I had to race is when I play my game online an my voice is deep so people go straight to calling me a nigga or black or make racist jokes because I sound black or talk “black” the way I feel about race/racism it hurt to know that there will always be another race that thinks they

Imagine visiting the pet store, admiring the dogs. The first breed there is the pugs. Inside the kennel four pugs sit inside, two relaxing and two playing around. One of them has an overly droopy face with black fur, another is very energetic has long flappy ears and white fur. Another, with tan fur and is sleeping in the corner while another one with black fur is eating all the food. While admiring the animals, a man comes up to look at them also. He says “hello” to be polite as it will be reciprocated. Then he says “Look at that tan one in the corner, that one is probably dumber than the others and probably has a very mean attitude, he’s not even a real pug like the others, can’t believe they would put him in with the other ones!” Bewildered, while wondering what kind of logic that is and how did this man get himself dressed this morning, maybe he has a mental illness that makes him act younger than his age, or maybe he’s uneducated or just a mean man. However, what is failed to realize is that, that situation is exactly similar to racism against a human. What kind of childish logic is it to assume that the