Racially Offensive Language Debate

Slurs of racism to suggest that one group is superior will not be mentioned, but the undermining of other groups through various systemic practices of standards by visual/verbal rhetoric will be discussed.

The n-word is considered one of the most vicious racial slurs in the English language today. True that the n-word is closely associated with slavery and the oppression of blacks. Even after the abolition of slavery the word still haunted African Americans, especially in more segregated areas; where blacks were viewed as inferior to whites. In recent years the n-word has become less of a malicious slur in parts of our country. Public figures who use the n-word run the risk of losing their jobs. However, since the 1960s African Americans have coined the term “nigga”, when addressing one another. The rise of hip hop culture also enhanced the use of the word-they felt as though they are using the word as a term of endearment. Critics of the

High school is often considered a microcosm of society. Beliefs, social order, and current issues present themselves through student’s interactions and the environment they learn in. One of the oldest and still prevalent issues in the United States today is race and equality. So it is no surprise when racial issues are exposed in public education. Although many believe the civil rights era fixed most discrimination, racism remains in schools. Even after court ordered integration, classroom disparities have led to harmful segregation to continue within schools.

Society’s understanding of gender roles debate about gender equity and have always been connected to the social roles that men and women we assigned to shape Americans views of education for girls and boys. What has also been affected is race and social class between females and males who attend schools. Ideas of what women and men are suppose to be and do have cut across different classifications. Ending unfairness in schools has rested on change to gender roles mainly women.

In some schools there has been an issue of white teachers and students treating black students differently. This issue has been going unnoticed or ignored and needs to be addressed.

When you send your children off in the morning to go to school, no matter what grade they are in whither it be elementary, junior high, or senior high, you expect that they will receive the best education that they can get. They should be asked challenging questions, encouraged and called upon to participate in class, they should also be given as much help as they need to secede by the teacher. However, this is most commonly not the case. Parents and the children themselves are unaware of what is going on because gender bias is not a noisy problem. Most people are unaware of the secret sexist lessons that occur every day in classrooms across the country. In this essay I will use two essay's from the reader:

the African American community, polite speech creates a sense of unity. If one black person sees a stranger that also happens to be black, they will oftentimes speak to them. This tends to happen more than usual if the two are in a location where there are few to no other African Americans. Many may question whether all black people know each other, the simple answer is no, but the community is so amalgamated that we do not feel uncomfortable speaking to one another. This “How are you?” or “Alright,” or even just a head nod communicates that African Americans are some sort of family, one that sticks together.

During my time in Mr. Arts room, I observed an interaction where race words were silenced between two students. A Hispanic female students says, “can I use someone’s white crayon.?” Bobby an African American student says, “did you just call me white man?” The female student says, “no I said can I use someone’s white crayon.”. Bobby replies, “yes you called me white man.”

The word ‘ni**er’ is a pejorative directed to people of whom have a black skin tone. It was used very widely and was prevalent in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. The term was mainly used by white plantation and slave owners and was directed towards said slaves. In today’s day and age, there is still an abundance of racism and the n-word is still used.

“It is early indeed that children show an awareness of the message that… females are generally less interesting and important than males are… The (often inadvertent) bearers of this message include parents, peers, and teachers.” (Lips, 1979, p. 128.) The absence of gender equity can be damaging to both males and females. Surprisingly most of the teachers and administrators are unaware of this problem. Organizations such as the American Association of University Women (“Gender equity,” 2003.) strive to create programs that will improve equality within schools. The purpose of this research paper is to identify gender equity issues in the classroom and explore strategies for teachers to incorporate equitable

Recently in 2015 the topic on college campuses is racially offensive talk. When I first heard about this I was shocked. I never thought of a college ever being a place where you’d find students talking in a racist way. To me school has always been a place where I didn’t think anyone had to worry about hateful or racially offensive speech. But to my surprise many campuses around the United States have this problem and they need to find a way to solve it.

Concepts of sex, gender and race in English language have undergone uncountable naturalization and universalities, to a point that they are now considered to have always been present. There are numerous arguments that revolve around the three concepts of human diversity. Dr. Warnke for example argues that the three concepts above are social constructs (Warnke 153). This paper is in the light of Dr Warnke’s argument but rather disagrees with her argument about sex, gender and race as

In recent years an unfortunate trend has emerged that has created a new awakening in American society, however this birth of awareness has been at the cost of several innocent lives. The origin of this trend began on the night of February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida, where an unarmed 17 year-old boy named Trayvon Martin was murdered by neighborhood watch member, George Zimmerman. Every since this tragedy, media outlets have been pouring out headlines that grab the attention of the mass majority by way of highlighting racial differences. Adam Hodges, in his article, “Ideologies of language and race in US media discourse about the Trayvon Martin shooting,” argues that the

Several similar broad statements follow, weaving ideas of gender identity into the various aspects of school life. When it comes to the topic of education, most of us will readily agree that a school needs to provide a safe place for all children. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of how this should be implemented, and who should have the primary authority.

In public schools across the nation, sexism is on the rise. Male students are being separated from their female counterparts, based solely on their gender. Most people that you ask will say that they do not approve of the classification of individuals based on gender alone, but that is exactly what is being promoted in our schools. Public schools should be fostering the idea of equality among sexes, and not teaching their students to make false judgments about the opposite sex. By placing students in coeducational classes, schools are able to establish a place, where students can be surrounded by people at the same academic level as they are, regardless of being male or female. While this has proven effective in some school districts, through standardized test scores and overall academic performance, this would not prove effective in the West Warwick Public School District, as each student requires an intellectual stimulation, that may not be provided solely by members of their own gender.