Pattern Seeking

This paper deals with ways history can be interpreted and influences different interpretations have on society and individuals. This is explored through

In reading a Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich you realize that history seems so much less complicated when you are the one standing back and reflecting on the past. You realize how easy it is to often forget that every single new idea, religion and war was a struggle that lasted generations upon generations. History is more than just a page or a story, its our account of the world. That goes to show how short life and history is, you realize that history is always repeating, war after war, peace then war. There are good and bad periods in history and its up to us to learn from them. In a way history is much like a human being it goes through stages, learns about life, and has inner struggles or wars about their ideas and their beliefs.

First cause why racism is still going today is unfamiliarity. Unfamiliarity is one of the most common causes of racism is unfamiliarity. Some people become fearful of what they don't know or understand. Suttie stated, “If a child has grown up with people from only their race, then the child is more likely to become racist towards that race.” This is not always the case, but when someone has been given negative stereotypes and doesn't have the life experience of being around people from a different race, the person is more likely to be racist. This is why it is really important to children to be around people from different races to ensure their minds adapt and to make sure they don't believe in false stereotypes in the future.

The first reason that racism and anti-Semitism are still being seen today is from ignorance. The beliefs of people based on their religions and how they were raised are often very focused on what they were taught when they were young. As they age, they do not choose to move forward and attempt to learn more about others and the world around them (McVeigh, 2004). Because they are not interested in seeing other people as equals, or because they do not want to expand upon what they have learned and see how others may feel differently than they do, they simply avoid focusing on anything that is not what they have already been taught or shown. Until individuals can receive better education on race relations from an early age, and until they are

Which relates easily to why some people (mostly those of European origin) hate people of color: because they are threatened. Each race/ethnicity believes that they are superior, and when introduced to another race, they pick up their guns and try to eliminate this potential threat to their power. This would explain why the United States treated African Americans crossly for many years, because white citizens felt threatened that black people would challenge their power and become dominant. Same goes for Native Americans and Europeans, as well as the Western World and under-developed countries. Humans have the need to be in power and hold that power over others, which is where change becomes a

History plays a big role in how racism came to be. The years of slavery in America has set a picture in people’s mind of how African Americans are seen and portrayed. Slavery has taught people how to treat African Americans horribly. People are encouraged by this event which ha happened ages to teach their peers and their kids that it is acceptable to treat others differently according to the color of their skin/race.

Racism is as old as history that’s because it was known in history everyone was divided by race. This division had caused trouble because of how they treated each other or how the powerful treated the others. There are plenty of examples of this, but only one of them stands out in my book .The biggest most memorable discrimination is the one between the Americans and the African Americans. The African Americans were placed in the lower and below class by the Americans. Their relationship if there was any was known as master and slave, owner and property, and exterminator and vermin. Basically, life for them was the hard knock more like the eternity in hell.

For example; if James were to see a driver that did not stop at stop signs or speed through red lights, James is more likely to imitate the same behavior of a bad driver. If James were to see a good driver who watched for pedestrians, James is more likely to imitate the good drivers behavior. This is due to Observational learning. Since we learn from other people in our life, James probably has watched and learned tha habits of his parents or an older sibling. Chances are James will drive similar to whoever normally drives

Many of the young minds of the time were formed with the mentality of “I am superior to all other races”. Some say this is just a nazi Germany tactic, but it's wrong. America used the same tactic, but not to the same extent. We taught children that Germans were a lesser race. We still can see this in our culture today. Between white supremacy groups, racist gangs, people are still killed daily for the same reason, ignorance. We see people repeating history because they don't understand what happened in the past is the same thing they are doing now. If we were to educate people about history, both sides of it, we might be able to stop some of the violence that continues to repeat in this time and

Is it because of the pigment of our skin, religion, or where we come from? Today in society it is because of all. The pigment of our skin has been a huge problem against law enforcement. It has not only brought death to our society, but riots and racial slurs to one another. It even caused people to go back to their old ways, by judging others based off the color of their skin, rather than what Mr.King fought for. Now, society is questioning if racism is still occurring today? The answer is yes. Matter of fact, it was always been there, but not noticeable as it is today. For example, the shooting that has been going on, where white officers our killing black men. This is not anything new, but it is now being noticeable to society. Just like religion. Many people are judged based of their religion and where they come from, which it is not fair. What someone practice does not always mean they are this or that, it is only what they believe in, and nine times out of ten most people are going based off of what they were taught. So why hate?

Why does our past have to be filled with racial harm towards most that are of color? In the past, blacks were known as slaves and treated unfairly because of their skin color and culture. They worked hard for the whites while being beaten, afraid to run away. Although there were multiple ways of harm towards the African American people we fought through it. Nowadays I strongly believe the people of color (the blacks) should learn about their history and read the stories. White people should also read these stories because they are the people that did this harm and its their story too. Everyone other than whites and blacks should read this story just to have a better understanding of our world’s past history.

As shown by these texts, history overall is not concrete and the lack of awareness to this fact may lead to chaos. Prejudices will be formed, enemies will be made, and connections will be lost. All of this sorrow and discord, but why? To what end? Because of some falsehoods that have been drilled into people’s minds since childhood? Awareness of the truth of history and an open-mind would save many relationships and connections. This notion is not only relevant in fantasy novels, but in real life as well. Which is precisely why people need to educate themselves and not be fearful of questioning history as it is

But our past doesn't affect our future. We must learn to forget and move on from the past. The thing is that any form of hate including discrimination comes from self-motivated experience or what the surrounding world wants you to think. For example, slavery, it was wrong, so our government banned it. However, that ideology of having someone less than you, breed the police brutality that we see today. Those officers used their occupation as a conduit for a reason to show their hatred, but all they needed to do was forgive and forget because hatred breeds

What is part of the familiar, or universal pattern, and what is surprising, disturbing, or otherwise different from the pattern

From the time of cavemen and dinosaurs people have always been curious about others, since we are social creatures who need others in our lives. Though we need to have others in our lives to maintain balance we always treat those who come to us differently. Just as I was treated differently by the Korean girls, I to treated the Koreans differently. To no fault of our own the human race has an ingrained rivalry and racism, in the sense of treating people differently, into our very