Holocaust Memorial Research Paper

America’s history is overrun with oppression and injustice based on race, ethnicity, and other traits that innocent victims have no control over. As a result, the reputation of the United States is forever tainted by it’s dark past, and still practices these surviving habits of hatred. Civil liberty issues faced since the establishment of the country have yet to be resolved because of the ever-present mistreatment, corruption in positions of authority, and the dehumanization of minorities.

In his essay “ In Defense of Prejudice”, Jonathan Rauch explores a much talked about topic in the United States today, prejudice. As his title implies, he is in defense of prejudice, he makes it clear that he is not a supporter of hate or racism, rather a supporter of “intellectual pluralism” “which permits the expression of various forms of bigotry and always will.” (pg 1). Rauch defends the right to express all forms of bigotry. By utilizing specific examples where prejudice is at center stage, Rauch tries to convince his readers that the solution to prevent prejudice is not attempting to eradicate it, rather he believes if we, as a society channel prejudice more effectively we can make it “socially productive.” Ranch defends his

In countries such as France and Israel, Nazi hate speech has been perceived as a threat to public order and is now banned. To many Americans in the United States, this has been seen as un-democratic or un-American. Is it time to follow the ways of other countries and stop allowing Neo- Nazis the right of free speech? In the article, “Should Neo-Nazis Be Allowed Free Speech?” by Thane Rosenbaum, he argues that mutual respect and civility helps keep the peace and avoids unnecessary mental trauma. Free speech should not stand in the way of common decency and other rights. I believe the authors’ argument is persuasive and is effective for its purpose. Rosenbaum builds a strong argument by giving appeals of emotion, credibility, and also gives a rhetorical analogy towards the end of his essay.

In this modern world, prejudice is still a universal problem we still have yet to overcome. Although it is true that our society is much less prejudiced than it was 40-50 years ago, we are still struggling to create racial harmony in a world that is so diverse in terms of racial group, sexual orientations, ethnicity, nationality, religions, and so on. I think the core of prejudice comes from stereotyping, which is the generalization of motives, characteristics, or behavior to an entire group of people. In the world where media propaganda is ubiquitous, often times most stereotypes are not formed on valid experiences, instead they are based on images publicized by the mass media, or even created within our heads after seeing and hearing examples from many different sources, like movies, or even hearsay. Stereotyping is more powerful than we think, because it allows those false pictures to control our thinking that leads us to assign uniform characteristics to any person in a group, without consideration of the actual difference between members of that particular group.

The battle of bigotry is the most undisputed communal action in America. Jonathan Rauch (1995) argues that in the previous year, organizations and divisions that comply with the national language of most bigotry must not be allowed. In institutions, businesses and news offices, officials are attesting that there is no area of for anti-Semitism, sexual discrimination, bias and different types of bigotry in national discussion or even in inclusive stimulations.

The first complaint many people have who still believe there is prejudice that can be eradicated, is with the law enforcement. They complain about profiling and harassment to certain races, ethnicities, and ages; all of which does occur. However, this is almost never excessive, and they keep an eye out for certain groups of people because there are statistics that prove that these people commit more of the crimes they are looking for. It’s not even prejudice it is just smart police work. If you’re not allowed to make logical educated assumptions off of proven facts then even the idea of Sherlock Holmes would be a fantasy.

This paper will address some of the issues surrounding hate speech and its regulation. I will explain both Andrew Altman and Jonathan Rauch’s positions in the first two sections. The third section will be on what Altman might say to Rauch’s opposite views. I will then discuss my view that hate speech should never be regulated under any circumstance especially in the name of protecting someone’s psychology, feelings, or insecurities like Altman prescribes. In the end, I will conclude that we should not agree with Altman despite his well intentioned moral convictions to push for hate speech regulation. Although hate speech is a horrible act, people must learn to overcome and persevere through difficult situations and not leave it to the

Racism, Prejudice, and antisemitism are very serious concerns that need to be dealt with. As Rosa Parks said, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” Even if people now are trying to get rid of these horrific concerns. Many bad things are still going on in the world.But there are just as many solutions on how to combat these horrific acts. Throughout the essay, you’ll see how serious racism, bullying, and antisemitism are, and you’ll hopefully then understand why, and how you should combat it. Bullying is the act of repeated harassment against someone for someone’s own pleasure.

One of the greatest fears of the current age is the belief that there is freedom of offense. The calls for punishment of hateful and hurtful speech is the rallying cry of many (4). I do not believe that this well intentioned wish for safety from hateful speech is the way we go about furthering society. Yes many people's speech is hateful, but we should not censor it. Yes this can do harm to the listener, but it is abundantly clear that those who make judgements on what is acceptable speech or not can draw lines so as to limit speech that would limit debate. Furthermore, I recognize aggrieved groups such as Jews and gays, I am a member of both wish to limit hateful speech by appealing to authority figures (160-161) But there is a great

            Racism survives not simply as an intangible historic fable but as a real modern problem, also. In current civilization Arab Palestinians war with Israelis to find a homeland; the Ku Klux Klan draws its biggest membership influx in over 20 years;

During the course of history the world has experienced many atrocious plagues, but the one that continues to spread and heavily affect the lives of individuals is the idea of prejudism. Prejudism is a hateful view towards a certain group of people, religion, or beliefs. These People become segregated by society and are usually the victims of awful treatment. The sole idea of prosecuting a person on their beliefs and appearance is horrible, but this idea is still very prominent today and has no end in sight. African Americans and Jews are examples of groups that have experienced prejudice views. They might all be different in nature, but the struggle they all faced as a result of prejudice has led to many protests and the demand for the equality.

There is a dangerous and often deadly problem in the world today. It reaches beyond political and religious boundaries and spans across all economic and social statuses. It affects the homeless, middleclass, and the richest people in society. The problem is prejudice.

If we cannot combat discrimination, racism and hate, we will not be able to combat terrorism at all. We need to get the mindset of individuals to realize that not all Muslims are terrorists and that not all Israelis’ are here to harm or kill us. Stereotyping of a certain race or religious group is not going to get us anywhere we need to be. Trying to understand and get other people to understand that everyone does and will have differing opinions but that we can all still survive together amongst those with those differing opinions, political agendas, and/or religions. Poverty, political instability, and religious differences must all be addressed and combatted if we will ever have peace amongst our own country people or other countries people. We do not have peace in our own country. How can we make sure to have peace with any or all of the other countries, with all their different political and religious groups?

The use of censorship when it comes to free speech is extremely present in today’s society. However, freedom of speech has caused vast problems in our history’s past. Censorship has helped regulate free speech, acting as a barrier to various societies that make up the American culture. Hate speech has created various stereotypes which lead to violence, hence censorship should be implemented in order to prevent these issues, whether on campuses, in the media or even in religious settings. Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on various topics regarding how censorship can prevent hate speech towards communities that coincide with violence within the American society and explore different ways to respond when hate speech is directed towards a community.

For many years, groups of people have been demonized because of their race. One of the most heinous examples of this was in the 1930’s when Adolf Hitler convinced millions that Jewish people were inferior and should be done away with. Here in America, the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese military led to the imprisonment of Japanese Americans and nationwide prejudice against the Japanese. After the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, thousands of Arabs and Muslims were victims of secret detention with no access to loved ones or lawyers, and some were even victims of deportation. (Stein) Muslims and Arabs still face prejudice in 2017. In the United States of America, the government has been able to use racism to construct enemies of people based solely on their race.