' M No Longer Talking To White People About Race By Reni Eddo-Lodge

“ The only way to stop racism is to stop talking about it.” was Morgan Freeman’s suggestion. This solution would work with many people who don’t even talk about it. If we didn’t talk about it, we wouldn’t have this problem with racism. I have to agree with Freeman about not talking about racism.

Just walk on by Black Men and Public Space by Brent Staples is an interesting and captivating piece of writing. His publication captures one 's interest and makes a person think about the role of prejudice in his or her daily interactions. It is full of metaphors, which achieves the desired figurative effect. The Declaration of Independence, on the other hand, is the founding document of the traditions of the politics of the United States (Lucas). It clearly explains the fundamental ideas that constitute America that all men are free and equal, and have similar inherent natural rights. There are several ways that the writer’s experiences and arguments are consistent and are at the same time inconsistent with the principles contained in the document. It follows that a deeper understanding of whether the idea laid out in Thomas Jefferson 's "Declaration of Independence" should be hold true for these authors.

FIX IT -In this article is about the writer who is a poverty young white child who was not wasn't privileged as a kid. Gina Crosley grew up in the poor of poor and was taken back when she was reading an article we have read earlier by Mcintosh about how we all have white privilege. Crosley felt as if how someone who grew up with her certain circumstances had any White Privilege but after reading the Mcintosh article she understood. Crosley has said, ‘it's impossible to deny that being born with white skin in America affords people certain unearned privileges in life that people of another skin color simple are not afforded”. This is something that was an interesting fact to me that even a person who is less privileged than most can see the White Privilege they still have even at the lowest of the privilege scale.

Acting white by Stuart buck and race relations light years from earth by mitu sergupta both use a form of racism and classism to express a similar theme to convey their message effectively. Acting white begins with the author explaining how most minorities are discouraged about furthering their education because of negative prejudice remarks from their peers. The conflict at hand was that desegregation introduced inequality in the schools where most of their teachers were white. With this being said their racial backgrounds caused education to be unequal. During this time, whites were viewed as the oppressors, and slave-owners. In everybody’s eyes whites were always superior to the blacks. Looking back at the historical record, the Jim Crow era introduced many cases of racial inequality. This goes to say, the author in Race relations light years from earth explains how deep racial allegation has changed over time. In this passage the author believes that racism is deeper than slavery, it has evolved to our modern day movies such as Avatar. Mitu goes into dept of how whites are more dominant in avatar than the blacks. The movie portrays many ethnic heroic roles defending the Navi. Many believe the navi are African Americans due to their braids and resemblance to color. Some may question the film but Avatar is a racist film. In other words the white messiah came into play when discussing the film. The author’s conflict at hand is that racism has yet to stop in today’s

Native Americans have been around for many of years. They were around for 10,000-30,000 years. This proves them to be the one of the first civilizations to begin in our country. In Daniel Richter’s prologue, he describes Native Americans in terms of “agency” through discussing their agriculture, culture, and civilization as a whole. The Never forgotten article portrays the tragedy of the Native American population through discussing their negative stereotypes and the “White Man’s Burden”. As a result of the “White Man’s Burden”, we see misconceptions of their humanity and culture. In the story of Pocahontas, we do not get the view of a Native American individual, instead an Englishman by the name of John Smith tells a narrative of Indian Princess, Pocahontas in his point of view. This causes inaccuracy in history through misconception of Native American culture, their beliefs, and always thinking negative/bad about them. In this case, John Smith talked very provocatively amongst Pocahontas. He sexualized her and talked about her physical traits and not so much how she was as a true person. In Daniel Richter’s Prologue: Early America as Indian, Never Forgotten, and Pocahontas, they describe Native American life before the Europeans came to America as civilized, diverse, and lively as well as depicted misconceptions of their culture and humanity through conveying an importance in historical agency and its role in developing a thriving civilization.

When we think of the color white we think of purity or innocence, for the child in the poem it was something far more than that. The color white gave her a sense of freedom and hope it was a way for her to be part of the society. The “white lies” were lies that would not help anyone but her. She used it as a scapegoat to get away from her heritage that she didn’t want to accept. In a society where they consider white to be acceptable any bi-racial child would want to forget their other half. Instead of embracing this fact that she is neither black nor white she lies about the fact that she is bi- racial. Natasha Tretheway uses double entente and irony to express the theme of childhood innocence and the struggle to find her identity in America.

I’m white, Irish Catholic to be precise. I’ve spent my life around white people, been raised in white schools, and lived in Valencia, a rather white town. And through my experience with this particular class of folks, I’ve realized something fundamental: many of us don’t know what we're talking about in regard to race.

The story, Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin takes places in the late 19th Century in Louisiana, where racial separation and inequality is very prevalent. The white landowners are often in a family whose name equates to high status. The African American’s are slaves to the landowners and are often whipped and beaten during their work. They hold no status and this is solely due to the fact of their race. In Kate Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby, it is evident that race and social identity is equated directly with character status in this time period, as shown through Armand’s changes in behavior when the baby is born, as well as Desiree’s fall of status with her new baby.

In many films and modern tv shows there are a lot of gender stereotypes, but many of the racial stereotypes are in front of our faces and we do not even notice. For example, in the movie “Caucasian Chicks” directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans most people do not notice that the main characters are trying to be a stereotypical Caucasian female. When you watch the movie for the first time, you may not notice all the racial stereotypes in the movie; you just see a comedy movie starring two African-American males. What we don’t notice is that the movie is based on the stereotypical Caucasian female and how they act, how they are more “privileged” then everyone else, and the portrayal of their beauty standards.

The works in the anthology focus on a major point in America’s history of equality based on race and ethnicity. Writers such as W.E.B Dubois and Wendy Ross focus on this issue. Each of their writings focus on the issue of inequality because of the color of their skin. Ross proves through her poem “If I Am Too Brown or Too White for You” that because she is brown she does not receive the same treatment and rights as she would if she had been born with lighter skin. This was a major issue in American history and it shaped the society that America is today. Works such as Dubois, Ross, Faulkner and many other writers during this time in American history are important today to help people today understand the things that people faced in history.

Racism is being unknowingly taught to the younger generation. Individuals are not born being racist they naturally adhere to what they perceive to be right. Discrimination can be cultivated based on a person’s surroundings. Children’s minds are poisoned with hatred towards someone that is of the opposite race. Children are blind to racism, they are blank canvases when they first start out in the world. It is not only until someone or something introduces the idea that the color of skin makes him or her different. It is shocking to see young children displaying racist characteristic and thinking that it is perfectly fine. A child’s surroundings can unintentionally teach them to be racist.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” Everyone has been told this quote at least once in their life, ether if it came from our parents or our 2nd grade teacher, we heard it. But is it really true? When you hear all the time that someone committed suicide because the words spoken to them were too much. Even when it was just an adult who told you to change the way you do things because it wasn’t the way they wanted. It’s amazing how words can affect a person. “A thought spoken, however, has even more power. It can never be taken back; it is out of our mouth and will have an effect.” Based off the article Harness the Power of Words, by Barbara White, it can be concluded that words can shape a person in the way they act or think and can have a negative or positive effect.

The Whites of Their Eyes by Jill Lepore is account of the American Revolution and the ways that the revolution has resurfaced throughout the years. Within each of the book’s five chapters, Lepore focuses on Boston but in different time periods. Specifically moving from 2009 and 2010 where she focuses on the New Tea Party during the election of Barack Obama and the controversy regarding the Universal Healthcare Act, back to the 1760’s and 1770’s during the American Revolution, and finally jumping backing the bicentennial of these events and the ways that it was adapted for politics.

‘The White Man’s Burden’ is a book by William Easterly. The book explain why Western relief has done more harm than good. There are high poverty levels in Africa where millions of children are dying from easily preventable diseases despite the increase in foreign aid. Gordon brown called for doubling of foreign aid which was a Marshall plan to help the world’s poor countries. According to Easterly, the West spent around $2.3 trillion on foreign aid for the past five decades and has not yet managed to get affordable medicines for children to prevent half of deaths caused by malaria. The West spent that amount and had not managed to buy cheap bed nets for poor families or give three dollars to every mother to prevent massive deaths. Easterly also argues that, despite the doubling of school fees, students from poor families do not go to schools.

“I’m not racist” by Joyner Lucas is one of the most incredible lyrical pieces I've heard so far in 2018. “I’m not racist” is one of the most controversial and debatable songs that our society really took into interest, which included powerful and deep meaning & messages, including the viral video that shocked and captured thousands of people. The reason why I've chosen this song "I'm Not Racist" is firstly it dedicates verses from the perspective of both sides white Caucasian and African Americans. Secondly, this song speaks to a lot of global issues that occur with racism in our society and the generation we live in today. Thirdly I really respect and enjoy listening to the artist Joyner Lucas, his music is very different and is very powerful that carries a lot of meaning to it.