Race, Ethnicity, & Prejudice

The reading "Virginia’s Definition of a Mulatto" written by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, demonstrates how even the slightest drop of black blood can cause the person to be categorize as a Mulatto. There is equation for figuring out if you are not white. This shows a big changed since this article was first written because we do not hear or use the word mulatto anymore. The Pew Research Center article demonstrates comparing a timeline through 1790 to 2000 census, there was a lot of changes through these specific years. The drastic change in the black category changed numerous times with different names such mulatto, black slaves or black. There wasn't a big change to the census until 1870 where they started to add groups into the census such as the Indians and the Chinese. This also shows

While filling out a questionnaire like the Census it is solely up to the individual to decide the race they considered themselves to be in. Race can have many different meanings while trying to categorize a person. As we have learned in the past weeks, there are many aspects that can be considered while defining someone’s race. A few examples would be color, culture, family history and place of origin. Because of the flexibility in defining race, different ethnicities focus more on certain aspects. This causes a discontinuity while defining race. This leads to the question brought up by Julie Dowling in her writing.

I would like to focus my response to the reading in Gabbidon & Greene, Chapter 1, generally around the idea of social construction. Furthermore, I would like to specially provide responses to discussion questions number one and two as posed in the conclusion of chapter one. Discussion question number one asks to “Explain the origin of race and its implications for race and crime.” Discussion question number two asks “Do you believe there are distinct races?” I will also provide perspective on issues surrounding the term “minorities”.

When it comes to the dilemma of categorizing “Hispanic/Latino” as a race on the United States Census, the Bureau should be advised to not proceed in such a change. Although it may seem that enacting this change would be beneficial in clearing up confusion within the population, this classification would undermine the meanings of “race” and “ethnicity.” Thus, the change would prove to be more detrimental than beneficial as it would be placing the “Hispanic/Latino” label in the incorrect category.

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

I would like to discuss the issue of race and ethnicity in sports. We will also explore the bigger questions. How much does race and ethnicity matter in the sports world? Are certain races dominant in certain sports? Is there a difference in how we treat players based on race and ethnicity? Does it matter? I would like to answer some of these questions and gain a better understanding of how much of a part they play.

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.

Race and ethnicity are two terms which are crucial in understanding a person’s familial and personal identity. These terms are misunderstood by most Americans, and many do not know the difference. There have been major societal implications to the changing populations of groups of race and ethnicity in the US. Minority groups and immigrants have struggled with discrimination, poverty and other issues partly due to historical impacts such as slavery and segregation. Economical and political oppression has had a strong effect on the structure of Black families in the US, leading many families to an “extended household” structure. Latino families tend to exhibit familism, which may have slowed their integration into American life, but may have also helped their growth in the US.

Very few of us are aware of the difference between race and ethnicity. Many of us assumed that is the same definition. In Sociology this terms have a very specific and different meaning.

To begin my personal informative essay on diversity in the United States, I would like to point out what information has had the most influence on how I better understand and relate to others different from how I did in the past. I do not feel as though this class taught me any more than I already know about other races and ethnicities, in terms of, how their ancestors came to America, or what hardships particular racial or ethnical groups have grown through in the group’s history in the United States. What I do feel like this class has done for me is, put into prospective of how often and frequent prejudice and

Ethnicity and race have been used in American society to the point where both words are indistinguishable from each other. Race is a social construct (Throop, Lecture, 10/8/2015). Race is a social construct because race is used to differentiate the different ethnic groups from each other. Race should not be used to separate the different ethnic groups. In American society, it is evident that certain ethnic groups are singled out for the problems in our society. Usually those ethnic groups are minorities. African Americans and Latinos are usually the minorities that are singled out for the problems or benefit of the majority. In the article,” Who Dat?: Race and Its Conspicuous Consumption in Post-Katrina New Orleans,” Marc Perry states how African American citizens were affected by the devastating hurricane Katrina in 2005 and how the citizens reacted before and after hurricane Katrina to the relocation of African Americans to other places for the “restructuring” of New Orleans (Perry). In a related article titled,” Putting the Ninth Ward on the map: Race, Place, and Transformation in Desire, New Orleans,” Rachel Breunlin and Helen Regis state how African Americans living in New Orleans before and after hurricane Katrina were being dislocated for the benefit of whites for the “restructuring” of Post-Katrina in Desire,New Orleans and caused the culture of New

Race is a construction of social aspects that refers to individuals and groups that contain certain characteristics (Cornell). Races are identified differently in societies over a given amount of time; an example would be, “that one time racial classifications were based on ethnicity or nationality, religion, or minority language groups. Today, by contrast, society classifies people into different races primarily based on skin color” (Cornell). Ethnic and racial identities are quite important for many children and adolescents, particularly those who are members of minority ethnicity (ACT).

People tend to isolate or discriminate from those who they see as different from them. It can be because of race, ethnicity, religion, or even job. People need to take into consideration that everyone is different and everyone has their own circumstances.One cannot think of themselves on how everyone else should be. Everyone has a different thought process and a different life. Just because someone is different in some way does not make them any less of a human being. Even if that difference means that the person has no morals, unless thatperson commits a crime with an evil intention it means very little.Discriminating people because of race is like short people discriminating against tall people. How a person is born is

In this article the authors made a superb explanation about race/ethnicity. The article stated that society (United State) view everything into a category. The reason why society view race/ethnicity into categories is for Census purpose. Consequently in viewing race/ethnicity into category a stigmatization is behold on different ethnicity that can’t signified with some races. Although, some ethnicity have some phenotype features similarity, demographically speaking there may not be no relations. Therefore leaving a stereotype that certain race/ethnicity are the same and plainly speaking no relations. Subsequently, leaving a vast majority picking the ethnicity before

How you do in school, your social ability, and your awareness of others are all guided by how you identify. Identification in one’s gender, race, religion, social class, and ethnicity are all driving forces behind your future self. Identity is a crucial part of who you are, and in recent studies and experimentation researchers have been trying to identify new, untested factors that influence behavior in people. Although, in the past there hasn’t been a strong focus on the positive and negative effects of race and ethnicity, the conversation is now shifting to align itself with the current times. With America becoming increasingly more ethnically and racially diverse, we must take the time to see how certain factors, specifically race and ethnicity, impact a person’s development and behavior.