Race Reflection

I was very shocked to see how the video showed how the movie Birth of Nation and how race opporates in the U.S are still prevelant today. We are still living a place where people of color are still thrown under the bus for things either they did'nt commit or just because it can be done to them because they are considered a minority and are known as second class citizens. An yes Jim Crows Laws still exsist today in a more discrete form, however, alot of people see it as well. Only difference is now people can join together as a movement to seek some sort of justice. That will probably never happen, since issues such as them ones shown in the video have been going on for years and may still go on for years to come. I believe out of all the information

Race as Class Herbert J. Gans Herbert J. Gans is a urban humanist and a group scholar. He is a liberal and among the extremist social researchers who are impacted by Marx-determined ideas. Gan's article "Race as Class" mirrors his liberal idealogy. Gans clarifies how he trusts a man's racial make-up is straightforwardly identified with their class status. The article is the writer's interpretation on how Americans take a gander at those they go over in the social world. It likewise calls attention to that a few minorities have moved toward becoming models for Western culture, what's more, that African Americans, being darker, are deliberately being kept down at the most minimal class. Gans trusts that a gigantic and maintained level of bigotry

It appears to be that the discussion of race and class in America has become amplified, especially in the last couple of years. For many, it is a touchy subject that hits close to home. With the presence of social media and news that feeds off of racial tension in America, the issues are polarizing and difficult to productively discuss. America’s handling of race and class relations is generally not something to be proud of, and there exists a long history of issues with race. It is clear that there is a lack of understanding and empathy of what others experience toward those who are oppressed. So often it is too easy to dismiss another human’s experiences as reality if one has had no prior encounter with the same challenges. Race is easy to sweep under the rug, but we must address the problem, and it is not a one size fits all solution. It is a problem that has been years in the making and continues to have an enormous impact on our human capital from an economic standpoint. And most of the time, there is a correlation between race and class.

Minorities remain overrepresented in crime, offending, victimization, and all stages of the criminal justice process especially confinement. Overrepresentation alludes to a situation in which a greater part of a particular group is present at various stages within the justice system than would be expected based on its part in the general population (Rosich, 2007). Minorities have always had a larger population in the prison system and after the Civil War they were overrepresented in American prison. There are a few reasons as to why races are disproportionately which are denial of jobs, poverty, and it is felt that police have bias and

When we hear the word "race" we're more than likely inclined to automatically think of the color of someone's skin. Though this isn't entirely inappropriate, there is so much more to race than that. Sociologists say that race is a social construction created in society, meaning it's basically a set of "stories" we tell ourselves and hear overtime to make sense of the world. Since we hear these stories over and over again, we act on them, ultimately making them true. This can be said of many aspects of culture and society, however, it seems to happen with race without our realization.

What if we lived in a world where there were no races? What if people were not discriminated against because of the color of their skin or because they are different from what we see as acceptable? This is what Kwame Anthony Appiah tries to examine in his essay “Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections.” Appiah tries to point out that “American social distinctions cannot be understood in terms of the concept of race.” (102) That America is made up of so many different races that no race is the more superior or in other cases inferior to one another. America is defined by its cultural diversity; it is what makes America the nation that it is. It is the reason that we as Americans have freedoms other people

In her 2012 TEDx Talk, “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion”, Peggy McIntosh discusses how race is a privilege system and how white people are given an advantage without even realizing it. In her lecture McIntosh says, “These privilege systems, which locate us above and below the hypothetical line of social justice, were invented and we were born into them. And we all know both sides and that is the reason for compassion, about the sadness of having been born into systems that gave us such… such different ‘politics of location’”. Here, it seems that McIntosh’s main goal is to inform people that we are born into a privilege system because of our skin color and the only way that we can prevent a social hierarchy we must be able to recognize that we are all different. I think that the human population should be able to identify that people are different and have compassion for the differences in society our world today could have little to no race issues. After listening to McIntosh’s arguments, I support the ideas she makes throughout her works and I find that privilege systems are still prominent in today’s society.

The sources 1 and 2 says, “nor for any person intermarrying with any freedman.” An example used was, “An African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allergerdly flirting with a white woman.” In the documentary, at 1 hour and 20 minutes, a person said, “I don’t believe in intermarrying.” This shows that intermarrying or even contact with other races it's still not believed by people of this time. From 2003 to 2010 (show in sources) blacks had the highest percentages of being unemployed. Their percentages are so much higher that we know that it will continue to increase. Not only they are the most unemployed but the most in poverty and most of them are homeless. This shows that blacks are the ones that can’t get a job easily. There was a fighting for the 15th amendment, which African Americans had the right to vote but white people's wanted to take out that amendment with Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and Grandfather Clause. African Americans couldn’t be able to vote because they couldn’t read, couldn’t afford money and their grandfathers weren’t even able to vote which there was no chance on voting. Andrew Johnson would only defend white people and not other races that are shown which means only white men should have a guard against others. A quote says, “This is a

“What I told you is what your grandparents tried to tell me: that this is your country, that this is your world, that this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” (Coates). This powerful quote exemplifies the mistreatment of blacks in America as something that has been prevalent throughout our nation’s history and is still present in our contemporary world. Our national founding document promised that “All men are created equal”. As a nation we have never achieved the goal of equality largely because of the institution of slavery and its continuing repercussions on American society.

Primary source number 2, section 3, states that, “no freedman, free Negro or mulatto intermarry with any white person.” Freedmen are emancipated slaves and mulattos are people who are white and black mixed. This evidence tells us that even after the amendments and reconstruction the whites prospective over the blacks has not changed. They still see them as slaves or not worthy to marry a white person because they think whites are better than blacks. This shows white supremacy ;which connects to segregation because the blacks had to marry the blacks and whites had to marry the whites. Additionally, source number 6, a secondary source, shows that blacks from 2003 through 210 had higher percentages than of being unemployed. Their percentages are so much higher that we can predict that they will continue to increase. Not only are they the most unemployed, but they’re mostly in poverty and homelessness. This shows that blacks can’t get a job easily just like other races because of their stereotypes and discriminations. Moreover, in the documentary, KKK members were harassing blacks just like James Byrd. KKK members, known as the Ku Klux Klan, which is a white supremacist, which was founded after the Civil War and still exists today. They mostly capture and kill blacks. The reason

The PBS series “Race: The Power of an Illusion” effectively works to expose race as a social construct and deconstructs the false notions that race is a biological marker. The series first discusses that all human beings originated from Africa but dispersed about 70,000 years ago to various places in the world. As a result of this migration, people were spread to different locations throughout the world with different environmental conditions that affected their physical traits. It was many years after the migration in which people began to display these new physical traits such as slanted eyes, fair skin, and differing hair textures. While the series notes the physical changes that occurred during the migration it also emphasizes that race while it may seem apparent in skin color and other physical features has no real biological basis.

A popular notion says a child is born “color-blind” and remains color-blind until they reach adolescence. The problem with this concept is that people believe it to be a positive idea. However, it actually presents a damaging ideology – it suggests that race should not be a factor when trying to determine the type of person an individual is. I see it as an unsophisticated approach to view people because race is a vital part of our existence. Race is an attribute that makes individuals differ from one another, and the problem is not the differences in the colors of our skin. The problem is that we attempt to detach ourselves from the reality of being racially different. Racism will seem to inevitably exist, and in order to even try to end the malice, parents should begin teaching children about racism the right way.

In this movie the African Americans were treated nicely but in reality they did not feel this way. The masters mistreated their slaves but in the movie they were actually having conversations. There is a scene in the movie where a group of African Americans were shaking hands with the white Americans. The producer of the movie wanted to inform others that the “birth” of America was founded on the basis of equality rather than discrimination. If the producer of the movie did not show how the slaves were mistreated, the people will just see the world in only that point of view; the slaves’ point of view does not exist. Ruling countries oppressed both the undeveloped, barren places and the African Americans. The Birth of the Nation is a perfect example of a form of travel writing; the Americans wanted to inform others about America but this movie was only produced in their perspective. Rather than recording the reality, the produces or writers record history with the input of their own influences.

“All men are created equal” or that’s what they say at least. Yes, we are all created equal but not everyone thinks that way. Throughout America’s long history POC, specifically black people, have been enslaved, tortured and, given less of a chance because of the colour of their skin. Even in modern times POC still face prejudice and discrimination because of how they look. In TKAM, it approaches many of the issues black people faced in that time period through the eyes of a child. This book shows a lot more than that, including: superiority complexes, equality, and that white people need to grow up.(edit that l8r)

Dr. Lindsey was very influential and made it a point that experiences change a person’s perspective on life; within your own family life and life within your community. Through his experiences he has learned to love all people and recognize his issues and do something about them. He called out one of the students and acknowledged him as a human being; “I see you as a human being not just a black guy with that hair”. Race is like a rainbow, it you take out one color it loses its beauty. As a society, we are lazy and see what is on the outside rather than taking the time to see a person as an individual. Recently, I was judged for the way I look on the outside not for who I am. This person does not know who I am and has not put in the effort