Racism In Brent Staples

“The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.” US Representative, John Lewis said this in his return to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial he spoke on 54 years ago, during the March on Washington. Racism has been around since the beginning of time, but it is not human nature. Racism is something that is taught, and given the amount of time that has passed since To Kill A Mockingbird and the March on Washington, one would think that racism wouldn’t be a serious issue any more. Although race relations have improved along with other social issues from the time of To Kill Mockingbird, racism and discrimination are major problems in today’s society.

Over the years, the face of racism has taken on many forms. In present day America, racism is a very taboo subject. It a common view that racism is not a big issue anymore, given the large strides that we, as a country have made towards equality. However, the inequalities that still exist between races point to a different situation. Instead of the blatantly discriminatory acts that our nation has witnessed in the past, modern racism practices are more covert and seemingly nonracial, making this kind of discrimination seem more acceptable and politically correct. The Civil Rights Movement forced society to implement a new, subtler way to perpetuate racial inequality. In Racism Without Racists, Bonilla-Silva describes the justification

Racism has become more and more outraged throughout the years, to where it has divided our country. It’s made us fear our authorities, our neighbors, and ‘brothers’. The excerpt in “The Fire This Time”, titled “White Rage” by Carol Anderson, shows the progress that hasn’t been made because of white rage. Racism is not a fresh topic, it has been around since the times of slavery, only now has it been ignited and is now more of a threat than anything else in this country. The new subtle form of racism should not be accepted in society because it is barbarous, immoral, and discriminatory.

Both racism and violence are large themes of not just, Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space, but also of America during the mid-1900’s. Unfortunately, there still exists the same themes in today’s world even though the population is becoming increasingly more educated. Hate and discrimination are taught evils, not innate ones, and in order to prevent the need for stories such as Brent Staples’ to be told, society as a whole must band together to eliminate the occurrence of such a destructive, devastating

In Hanna Guthrie’s article, “Black History Month,” the UCI New University writer discusses the racism in America. In order for racism to be abolished, Guthrie accentuates racism is being spread through American Citizens self segregation. Though Hanna Guthrie article presents a clear claim and provides a small amount of factual evidence to support in itself, ultimately Guthrie article is unsuccessful because she fails to provide an adequate amount of logic-based information to support her primary claim, excessively dependent upon emotion-driven attacks on those who disagree with her, and frequently fails to present her augment in a approach that makes her creditable.

Discrimination has afflicted the American society since its inception in 1776. The inferiority of the African American race – a notion embedded within the mindset of the white populace has difficult to eradicate – despite the efforts of civil rights activists and lawmakers alike. Many individuals are of the opinion that discrimination and racism no longer exist and that these issues have long since been resolved during the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. However such is not the case. Discrimination is a complex issue – one that encompasses many aspects of society. The impact of discrimination of the African American race is addressed from two diverse perspectives in the essays: “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King .

Despite changes in the landscape for treatment of ethnic minorities in the United States over the past 200 years, issues with racism has never stopped being an issue and continues to tarnish and tatter the very fabric of our nation. There has been a history of violence against Black people that dates back 400 years, to a time when the first slave was forcefully brought here to the USA (Rogers, 2015). From that time on, people of African descent have been dehumanized and treated as second-class citizens and this has become an ongoing community issue (Diversi, 2016). Racial classification was created as a way to condone slavery and maintain the primacy of the white race (Tolliver, Hadden, Snowden, & Manning, 2016). Aymer (2016) explains that the Critical Race Theory (CRT) provides a way to understand that the violence that Blacks face in America originates from the societal belief in White superiority and, when trying to understand the Black reality, centuries of racial oppression must be discussed (Aymer, 2016). CRT acknowledges that racism is primarily a problem in America and has contributed to the social disparities in the U.S. In addition, it notes other forms of oppression that are important to discuss and work through. CRT does not believe in the legal rhetoric that there is an impartial, equal way of dealing with individuals in the community that has nothing to do with color and everything to do with achievement and hard work. It also takes on an interdisciplinary

Ernest Gaines focuses his story on the social issue of racism. Gaines uses many people

Racism has been one of society’s major issue, which still has no resolution. Many Americans are still unaware of the presence racism holds in their society, schools, and workplaces. The lack of acknowledgment for modern day racism stems from the idea that African Americans are no longer subjects to the violence of slavery and laws have been passed that not only protect their rights, but prevent such acts of violence from happening again, therefore African Americans have reached equality and racism has been resolved. However, “the circle of racism and its perverse logic remains unbroken” (Weidman 32). This statement is not to discredit the progress African Americans have made in achieving equal opportunities, but rather show that although racism

Personal experience is strong evidence in arguments, but perspectives may be distorted or narrowed due to bias. Ralph Ellison narrates the portions of his earliest days in the semi-autobiography “On Being the Target of Discrimination”, where he recalls the effects of racism had on his life as an African American child in a Post-Reconstruction Era environment. A narrative story written in second-person, his arguments are primarily supported by anecdotal examples rather than statistics and other hard proofs. Nonetheless, Ellison effectively argues his position and perspectives on racism and discrimination concerning its establishment, consequences, and possible solutions through his logical timeline and use of emotional events to demonstrate

The first thing that needed to be done in the process of this review, was to provide a historical background of the meaning of racism here in America after the post-civil rights era, and how the past can account for the African American’s transition from plantations to ghettos, and from ghettos to penitentiaries. The second is to take into account the role that economics, politics, and the issues of immigration that have been placed on African Americans in reducing equality and promoting equal

“Give me your tired, your poor, you huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” reads the statue of liberty. This is what our country should base our ideals and the way people are treated upon. Based on excerpts from Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, “ The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas,” “We Treat Racism” “Donald Trump’s Call to Ban Muslim Immigrants,” “Donald Trump’s False Comments Connecting Mexican Immigrants and Crime,” and Ava DuVernay’s “Selma”. It has become very obvious that racism still exists because of social oppression, mass discrimination, and the stereotypes that have been placed on people of color to this day.

In the 1940s, African Americans and other non-white minorities were violently discriminated against and felt unsafe in their own homes; unable to go to certain restaurant drink from certain fountains, or even sit in a certain part of a bus. This kind of prejudice would be inconceivable in this day and age. The notion that this bigotry is erroneous is devised by a few courageous people who decided to speak up for what is just.

Racism has played a role in U.S history ever since Columbus bumped into America and disregarded the true owners of the land, but it did not stop there. Once slaves were brought from Africa and then sold to the Americans, racism increased due to the fact that a subordinate race was not only in their towns, but also in their homes. It was not until relatively recently that our society thought to change their previously consistent views on racism. From our classic literature to our modern day news stories, racism is presented as a consistent issue throughout the history of the nation; however, it has widely changed in severity.

Racism – the word has a harsh sound to the ear and racism’s effects deliver a harsh reality to victims. The novel Raisin in the Sun and the circumstances of the Moulin Rouge Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, tell how racism destroyed dreams and crushed the soul through discrimination and lost opportunity. But there’s another side to the racism story. For some of the oppressed, discrimination and hardship will be fought with perseverance and achievement. In both the fictional Raisin in the Sun and the historical Moulin-Rouge Casino, a black woman, against great odds, will achieve personal and historic success. Racism in America directed toward black people originated over 300 years ago with the first importation of black slaves into the America from Africa (Frederickson). While great progress in eliminating explicit racism has taken place, American society has far to go in ensuring that blacks have the same protections, advantages and freedoms as whites. Racial discrimination in this country continues to harm millions of black Americans whether it is through an inferior education, unfair treatment in the judicial and law enforcement systems or delivery of sub-optimal health care. While the government can play a role in solving this problem with legislation, equitable law enforcement and national education, it will also take a recognition of the problem and then a focused, long-term effort by generations of families to acknowledge and remove the many stumbling blocks of