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Rosa Parks once 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.” Racism is a struggle that, to this day, has continued to be a major issue. The color of someone’s skin alters how a person is perceived by society as a whole. Race is a social construct created by humans to categorize the world. (Sullivan 2) The outlook on racism varies from community to community, family to family, and even person to person. Skin color can alter all aspects of an individual’s life, because unlike inner differences and beliefs, skin color is a physical appearance. Social status, perceptions, roles, occupation are just a few of the characteristics of life which can be affected simply by a person’s physical differences. Not long ago somebody could even be discriminated against and their basic rights and freedoms could be altered based on their appearance. Many people believe that the United States is a colorblind nation or is tolerant of people 's race. Racism may go unnoticed by those who believe that it is a thing of the past, but to the people who are directly impacted by racism, it continues to be play a major role in today’s society.

In Richard Wright’s novel, Black Boy, Richard is struggling to survive in a racist environment in the South. In his youth, Richard is vaguely aware of the differences between blacks and whites. He scarcely notices if a person is black or white, and views all people equally. As Richard grows older, he becomes more and more aware of how whites treat blacks, the social differences between the races, and how he is expected to act when in the presence of white people. Richard, with a rebellious nature, finds that he is torn between his need to be treated respectfully, with dignity and as an individual with value and his need to conform to the white rules of society for survival and acceptance.

When children come into the world they are not born hating anyone, in fact they are born completely helpless and dependent on another person to care for them. Children are also dependent on others to learn. They come into this world needing to feel protected and loved, so why do we teach them to hate? Why not instead teach them to love? There are many things that will need to change in our society to dismantle racism; however it will need to start with our children. My paper will show who is oppressed, who is oppressing, and will compare and contrast what has happened in history, and to where we will need to start to end racism.

In the book Warriors Don’t Cry, the children of Little Rock were greatly influenced by the society on how they should treat people of color. For example, the students of Central High School were considerably shaped and groomed by their parents racist views. Link’s father told him “colored folks are used to doing without, and i ought not spoil them” (282). These comments have caused children to believe that people of color don't deserve to anything, which led to the verbal and physical abuse towards the nine students at Central High School.

In her essay “Defining Racism: Can We Talk?,” Beverly Daniel Tatum writes about racism being a system of advantage in which white people are the superior race. Additionally, Tatum emphasizes that the perpetuation of this system is a result of misinformation and lack of acknowledgement of racism in the education system continuing in society through schools, communities, and work places. Tatum writes, “There is still a great deal of segregation in our communities. Consequently, most of the early information we receive about ‘others’ — people racially, religiously, or socioeconomically different from ourselves — does not come as the result of firsthand experience” (Tatum 123). We are taught in the education system about racism from the perspective of white people, leaving out the experiences of people of color. Because the information we receive does not come from firsthand experience, it means the information we are sometimes told is usually incomplete, distorted, and shaped by cultural stereotypes (Tatum 124). Misinformation is taught to us in schools because it is one of the principal ways in which white people remain at the top of the hierarchy while people

When I was a child I believed that everyone on the planet was treated reasonably that same as everyone else. I had no clue what racism was, or even looked like. As the years went by, I came to understand the world a little bit more that I had once known it. I even realized how big of a part racism plays in our society. While others may disagree, I firmly believe that racism is an overused term, which society has exhausted in order for them to explain “wrongdoings” done to their race. As you read this essay consider both sides of racism and decide what you want to believe about racism.

Racism has always been present around the world; it was the endless fights of people being discriminated who changed it. There is racism still present, but it is by De Facto and not by De Jure, meaning that it is illegal, but it is still there. Being victim of racism can definitely change a person’s attitude toward life and other people as presented in “Notes of a Native Son” written by James Baldwin—American essayist with a central theme in racism during the last half of the 20th century (Baldwin pg. 586). This changes can be a person’s bitterness or coldness for example. There is no doubt that extreme circumstances will change an individual’s behavior toward people around them, especially family and friends; Baldwin demonstrated his father

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Throughout many of the reading this semester, we have encounter serious racism. In some cases the individual being a target of racism in turn exhibits acts of racism themselves. The anger that these character feels can cause them to label all individuals in a group as racist, which isn't fair at all. Some of the characters lose themselves due to racism. They try to fit to the ways of another culture that is more excepted than theirs.

1 Cynthia Silva Parker defines racism as “a system of oppression created to justify social, political, and economic hierarchy.” It is presented as one of the major problems to our society. Each person has their own understanding of racism and what they believe defines it. People develop an unconscious bias to racism based on surroundings and other social or environmental factors. Parker says this unconscious bias turns into a conscious bias and affects decision making based on the individual. One of the examples she gives is, “It can be the difference between a teacher sending a student to the principal’s office or not.” To change people from developing this bias each kid has be taught the same in every school but of course this is very hard

Growing up as a child, I did not love my dark skin because of the treatment I witnessed of other dark skin in the society. Gitterman and Germain (1973) would say that my experience of not loving my dark skin is low self-esteem, the most important part of self-concept, making me feel inadequate, inferior and unworthy (818). One specific incident I remembered was walking through a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY named Cheektowaga, when an older white woman told me I did not belong in her neighborhood because I was black. This is an example of racism on the macro level because this is a cultural norm that blacks face on a regular basis. Kirst-Aschman (2014), would approach this example by arguing that it stems from a history of segregation, whereas the white and black population are detached from each other in society because of their race

Has racism become modern in our world today? The Girl Scout Brownie group decided to “kick the asses of each and every girl in Brownie Troop 909.” This story touches base on how our world can influence children into modern racism without them fully realizing their actions. Because these girls have had so little contact with other races, they have not been exposed too much diversity. The symbols in this story help create a well-rounded story of how we are still affected by this issue today.

As said by the American civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges, “Kids know nothing about racism. They are taught that by adults.” Wright knew about race when he experienced how white employers, white polices, and white racists treated colored people. Now days, it is obvious to see how kids are taught to develop hatred towards particular groups of people. Furthermore, throughout his book, Wright indicated his unstoppable fight for racism by using his talent of writing.

This has been a difficult paper for me to write. I never thought that I had direct experience with racism until I started writing. I grew up in sunny southern California on a horse farm. My first group of friends were the Hispanic kids that lived on our property. Their parents took care of the horses. Hugo, Jessie, Pita and I would play every day in the dirt pile at the barn. Hugo 's mom cleaned our house and helped take care of me. We were inseparable. I had no idea they were any different than me until I started school. I think they felt the same.

"Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated" (Annan). This quote reminds us that there is a big problem in our world. Prejudices and discriminations happen repeatedly, most of the time they happen so discreetly that the situation can get out of hand before the problem is even acknowledged. We see this occur most regularly in young teens, probably because that is the age that kids begin to have the urge to rebel, or feel like they can do whatever they want. They want to be able to act like adults and make their own decisions. This causes them to quickly form attitudes and throw tantrums when they are told something that they don 't want to hear, or when they are told to do something they don 't want to do. The other day I was running outside in my neighborhood because it was so nice out, and I saw a group of boys that were approximately 10 years old. They were playing a game of football, and I could tell that they were all having lot of fun and enjoying each other 's company. Shortly after I see one of the boys shoving other boy 's head into the ground. He did it out of anger because he could not catch the ball. The two boys started getting into a fight until their friends broke them up. Some words