Ignorance, Stereotypes, Prejudice And Racism

In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout, the protagonists in the book, experience and learn about the problems of racism, sexism, and classism when their father, Atticus, agrees to defend Tom Robinson, an African American, in a trial. Set in the 1930s, most people were treated unfairly because of their race, gender, or social class. Even though problems about race, gender, and class decreased over time, these problems are still very prevalent today.

You are reading this paper and you are going to find out how I am like. But will you know me? Will you REALLY know me? You would, if you are a clairvoyant. You are going to find out how self-centered and a perfectionistic freak I am. My true color is not the only ugly truth you will find out. Who knows where the world history textbook you are drooling on had been. Who knows how that meat in our table got here. Ignorance is a bliss, right?

Right outside a corner store, next to a stoplight, or at a park, there may be a homeless person asking for some sort of help; it can either be for a place to stay, money, or food. Many people are used to categorizing a group of people by a solo characteristic, known as a stereotype. Misconception, on the other hand, is a conclusion of someone or something that is wrong because it is based on faulty thinking or facts. Stereotypes and misconceptions appear to be similar, however, these two are not. A misconception is formed from having a stereotype. Stereotypes and misconceptions are built because many try, but are unable to understand a person or a group, or are just simply unwilling to understand the person or group. There are over a million

Racism and sexism are evils that have permeated our society from its inception. While measles came and went, candles morphed into lightbulbs, and 13 colonies transformed into 50 states, racism and sexism remained prevalent in American society. In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, this frustrating reality is addressed. By illuminating the pervasive evil of racism and illustrating the ever-present patriarchy, Hurston highlights the exponential oppression and subjugation of black women in 20th century America.

Throughout our glorious run as the premiere leader in the world there has been many issues that have affected the people that walk this earth. From disease to war to religious strife we have always had our problems. But one problem that I believe has been a recurring theme time and time again is our inability to accept others, whether it is their ethnicity, religious beliefs, or even their cultural practices we as a people have always struggled to find common ground with one another. This has been demonstrated a sickening number of times from the very radical wiping out of Jews by the Nazis and more recently with the race war that is continuing in the United States of America. This problem does not only always arise in such harsh and radical situations. For example, it can be as simple as in the 1960’s a young African-American child being told he can not go to the same school as his next-door neighbor because of his skin color. This is our world’s greatest problem and if we can fix it, we can start on the road to recovery to healing our beautiful world.

Over a century after the emancipation of millions of slaves, and twenty-five years following the declaration that “separate is not equal,” the case Regents of University of California v. Bakke ruled in favor of affirmative action. Justice Harry Blackmun affirmed in this decision that “[i]n order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way.” As one of the most liberal judges on the court at the time, Blackmun tended to rule favorably in regards to expanding the rights of women and minorities. In presenting this opinion, he explains that issues of race must be addressed and considered in order to fix racism, prejudice, and systemic oppression. In regards to affirmative action (among other positive

Stereotyping leads to prejudice. If I am walking in a park and I see a group of people walking towards me (lets say all are white males) and they are dressed up and look very nice. I do not panic, now another group is walking towards me and now this group is all men (African Americans) and they are dressed and conduct themselves just the same as the first group, but I panicked with this group. Why because I stereotyped the second group and if I was prejudice no matter how they dressed or acted I would be afraid of them because they are black. I judge them based on skin color and not on individuality.

War, poverty, global tension and abuse has happen since the dawn of mankind, why does this trend happen and still alive even to this day? The reason is because as people tend to be selfish, arrogant, and try to be over others at any cost. This world is divided in sections due to believes and color, what if the world no longer was like that? Could this be the solution to everything if humanity would look beyond skin and location and more on how to help out? If so the first step towards this goal would be educating the youth to look beyond color and to always aspire for greatness no matter their roots.

Preference, segregation, or enmity coordinated against somebody of an alternate race in light of the conviction that one 's own particular race is superior is prevalent. Prejudice is as old as human culture itself. For whatever length of time that individuals have been around, the contention has remained alive; people have constantly despised or dreaded individuals of an alternate country or skin color. It is said that racism or prejudice is simply some portion of human instinct, but we are not born with racism. We learn to discriminate from our societal norms.

Why do people now a days discriminate people by colors, eyes, or basically the physical appearance? Generally people say that Asians are smart, blacks are dirty, whites are rich and powerful (soundvisioncom,2015) . Racism is the belief that one race of people are greater than another because of the race they are born into. In other words Racists people judge other people or discriminate them by their race. Nelson Mandela once said (Smhcomau, 2015) “Racism is a human conscience. The idea that any people can be more powerful than another, to the point where those who consider themselves as powerful and treat the rest as sub-human or low ranked people"

In Living Color: Race and American Culture, Michael Omi discusses that, “In contemporary television and film, there is a tendency to present and equate racial minority groups individuals with specific social problems. Blacks are associated with drugs and urban crime, Latinos with ‘illegal’ immigration, while Native Americans cope with alcoholism and tribal conflicts” (632).

Notable psychologist Viktor E. Frankl once stated: “When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.” Dramatic and serious change is difficult because when predictability disappears, so does our human sense of safety. While it may be grueling and exhausting, change is essential when a problem needs to be battled head-on. As a society, we need to change the way racial inequalities have been set up and the way we go about our lives. Racism has a large effect on minorities nationwide daily, and it can often go unnoticed or be incorrectly identified. But what truly is racism in America, today? Racism is still an extremely prevalent subject in today’s society, based on specific phenomena that affects black youth and perpetuates the false veil of brute equality.

Although we are of different blood, ethnicity, religion, gender, or color, we mainly all have a goal- peace. Since long ago, there has been oppression within society such as the asians, hispanics, whites, etcetera; There are racist remarks against every ethnicity or religion. For instance, people mention that asians are always good at math, but that isn’t necessarily true, or people who are

It is such a shame to the nation and to all human beings who merely rule or live by a six-letter word which tends to be a poison to the society or rather should it be compared to as a drug, which not only does it control what we believe in but also is it associated with stereotypes, discrimination and classism. In this case, the six-letter word which is racism can be of no

The one obvious negative effect of the perceptions that we know little about paves the way for stereotypes , ethnocentrism and Prejudice . Stereotypes are the oversimplified ideas about a group of people , Ethnocentrism is the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture , Prejudice is thoughts and feelings about those discriminated groups . Because all obvious things that we hear about include stigmas like “ All Asians are smart , and all blacks are criminals “ . It is sad that all of these invalidated myths have become common currently because they are seen as the self-evident and the obvious .