Racism In Racism

In America, a culture of sustained racism and sexism influences foreign policymakers, which results in colonialism and imperialism, the desecration of nations, and militancy. The authors of the articles, Michael L. Krenn and Laura McEnaney, with differing skill sets, provide evidence of racial and gendered bias in foreign policy. In “The Adaptable Power of Racism,” Krenn expertly examines the history of racism within foreign policy; how racism adapted in the face of religious and scientific challenges, and the overall effects of racist foreign policies.1 McEnaney, in “Gender Analysis and Foreign Relations,” provides a lackluster account of the application of gender analysis to foreign policy, specifically in relation to the policies of the Cold War and Spanish-American War.2 The history of racism and sexism in America provide a blueprint for foreign policymakers, where racist militancy and sexist excuses override basic human rights.

In the United States of America, the media has become the breeding grounds of extreme hypersensitivity to race. The media has caused a lot of racial tension in many ways, including spicing up stories that weren’t actually racist. Sometimes people spread the wrong facts through media so the actual story becomes distorted. Sometimes, books will use harsh words to create a long lasting effect on the reader. Authors will use their choice of words to strike a certain emotion in the reader to create a point, but some readers get so caught up in the word they lose the meaning. Today’s media has created extreme hypersensitivity to race in many ways including distorted stories and distorted understandings.

The year of 2017 has been one of the most politically heated and controversial years of the twenty-first century. We are facing issues as to whether we, the people, should be legally allowed to change gender, required to be open to homosexuality, or in the case of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., have the absolute freedom of speech; Should we be allowed to act with our feelings, and be required to be sensitive to the emotions of others even if it might be a limitation of our first amendment? Or should we abide by the same book of ethical and legal code we have kept since our country’s birth. Racism has plagued America for centuries, and we still have the question of, “have we moved on”?

This issue of racism is popular by name but tends to be sugar coated by the way people see it. In order to truly understand racism you need to take a bite into the topic in order to get a taste of what it is really like. Racism comes in many different forms and can be seen many different ways. But why even care about racism at all? Why does it even matter? One would think that with such a harsh background regarding racism in America it would no longer exist in society today. But sadly that is not the case here, racism continues to show up all over the country sometimes being worse than others but still racism is racism. People should all be considered equal regardless of what they look like, talk like, or even do that makes them who they are.

Many famous individuals of color in our history have hoped to one day live in a nation without the feeling of a segregation between different ethnicities. Unfortunately, these hopes have still not come to fruition in our society today. The United States is still rocked by the idea that one pigment of color is superior to another. This discrimination is caused by a lack of education in our generation and an aversion to difference that has been passed down from our ancestors. Rick Wormeli in “Let’s Talk About Racism in Schools” argues “The violence among U.S. residents of different colors, cultures, religions, and political groups has heated to new levels. Social media may have exacerbated the divisive rhetoric and fanned the flames of hatred more than in past decades, but the intense distrust and contempt, and the inability to resolve these feelings in a civil manner, didn’t start with social media. They are the new normal for many.” (citation). The movie Crash, accurately depicts these problems that we have seen with racism in our country for the past hundred years and more abundantly today. In this essay, I will be discussing how the movie crash helps reveal the fact that racism is multicultural, how racism affects the crime rates in our younger generations, and how the nation can begin to heal from racism.

Racism has always been a big factor in the United States, less so in the 21st century but ever so present. This issue resulted in the longest and biggest human massacre in history, followed by decades of discrimination and horrific acts of abuse that are a reality until this day.

Throughout the course, we have learned how race and discrimination against race are present in our daily lives. Racial issues have not just started occurring however, even when we were children discrimination could be seen every day through the media we were exposed to. From beloved childhood cartoons to announcers on TV for sports, we can really see how whitewashing and colorism may be more present than ever thought.

Racism and race are topics that regularly occupy our social media and news feeds. Even though, race is a social and abstract concept, it affects a wide variety of individuals in profound ways. After viewing the films on the Greensboro Massacre, my heart felt full of sorrow and dismay. A quote by former president Lyndon B. Johnson recurred through my mind “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact”. Racism and race are tightly intertwined concepts, rooted in misconceptions regarding biology and genetic factors. The United States is a color-coded society; moreover, our society prefers to classify individuals and put people into a box that gives them a label. Thus, the labels that are enforced upon us assist in reinforcing racism and racist ideologies. Due to all aspects of American life being shaped to some degree by race, racism will always exist. Racism will not end until we acknowledge ethnic and racial identities, dismantle the

Racism is a serious social menace not only in the US, but also the world over, including Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The situation has escalated to a new high, especially in this twenty-first century where technological advancements have necessitated mass and quick sharing of information (Nairn et al. 188). Indeed, social media elements like Facebook, Snap Chat, Twitter, Instagram, and What Sapp has been core in enhancing globalization and its effects, some of which affect and influence racial discrimination both directly and indirectly. As opposed to the views that racism is real and has gained momentum globally, the work of media has on the other hand chosen to report the manifesting cases on the extreme degrees, so that it appears as though the world has come to a halt because of such discriminations. At a critical approach, scholars have noted that media is a channel that creates awareness about racism, and hence could easily escalate the situation if a critical balance on the news and reports aired to the public are not balanced between estimates and practical occurrences (Baker and Rowe 443). While discussing the subject of racism and racial discrimination, it is not only essential to outline how the situation is apparently but also imperative to confirm that race relations are depicted to be really bad in today’s times but the media tries to persuade people to believe an exaggerated side of the situation.

Racism is a very controversial topic in today’s society. Some might think racism ended when the 15th amendment was passed and black men were able to vote, but some people still face racism in today’s society. With the new presidential leader, minorities are being more and more ostracized. Racism is no longer just “black and white”. Rather, it is a gray area where racism is no longer clear to all people.

Starting with just a few years ago with the confederate flag and all of the shootings involving white males and young African American males. People either believe the confederate flag is part of racism or it is just a way the flag demonstrating the pride of down south. “57 percent of whites said they considered it mostly an emblem of Southern pride, while 68 percent of blacks said they saw it more as a symbol of racism.” As of today there are too many shootings to mention involving racism with an altercation between a white male and a young African American man but the most popular cases are the Treyvon martin and Michael brown. And unfortunately it is so common in our world today to hear about shootings with both races involving an altercation with a police officer .But the most controversial topic in 2016 was the Oscars. For the second year in a row the award show had not one single African American nominated for an Oscar. It was all white actors and actresses. It got to the point that the African American actors and actresses wanted to prove a point to our society that they then began to boycott the awards show due to racism. There was numerous celebrity’s all in the media giving their thoughts about it all and several actors/actresses did not attend those being Jada and Will Smith, Spike Lee, Tyrese Gibson and the list goes on. I believe racism will always continue to be a relevant topic because racism is a taught behavior and we also see it nonstop in our media. Not to mention ill end it with ,we as a whole of united states have “Columbus day” as a marked holiday as a day to remember when he found our “new world” even after

Racism in America has changed over the years since the Civil Rights Movement has taken place. It has improved overall, but not as much as we think. We do have segregation laws and even a black president, but the minds of a few American’s still believe they are superior to other ethnicities. Discrimination has taken on new forms and roles that did not exist when the Civil Rights Movement took place, or even ten years ago. It is rapidly evolving, and today some of the main issues of controversy are centered around sports, the police force, and the media. In the field of sports, teams across America are receiving racist comments from outsider and even within the team itself. The police brutality that has made so many national headlines this past year has mostly been centered around one race versus another. The media is the main source for all Americans to stay informed about news and politics; everyone is up to date on social media and things that are happening all around the world. Blacks can easily, and do, get discriminated against in the media. Although we do have segregation laws and even a black president, discrimination still exists. Through the power of sports, the police force, and the media, racism is still very heavily present in America and is constantly changing into new and dangerous forms.

Prejudice, an all to dominant feature throughout the course of human history, is still plaguing us today in a more inconspicuous fashion. Racism in the United States continues to negatively impact social stability due to media hype, xenophobia, and institutional inconsistencies.

There is only one race: the human race. However, throughout history, we have separated ourselves in order to make some of us superior to others (Elliott). Over time, people began to use race to justify discrimination, hatred, and oppression. Subsequently, the tendencies to create stereotypes based on a person’s skin color, and the outright discrimination against a certain group of people are still present today. In direct response to the recent presidential election, racism has been brought again to the forefront of American media.

To understand whether or not racism is learnt, we first have to divulge into the nature of racism. It is usually assumed that racism has been a part of civilisation since civilisation started, that it is embedded into how people work and that no matter what, it will always exist. Another assumption is that racism derives from the capitalism of the slave trade by white elitist men seeking to dehumanize people for economic gain, and used racism as a way to mask their financial motives to justify enslavement as righteous. After anti-slavery movements began to happen, the capitalist motives behind slavery “took on a new form as the justification of the ideology of imperialism” [4].