Racism Is Not The Same Rights

Racism has existed in America for centuries. The relations between Whites and Blacks first began in 1696 when a Dutch ship brought twenty slaves into Virginia. Their origins of enslaving the Blacks led to white people believing they were the superior race. Slavery was abolished when the Civil War ended in 1865, but black people still did not receive equal treatment. This struggle for equality was caused by a legislation called the Jim Crow laws, which prohibited African Americans from using the same luxuries as their Caucasian counterparts. The struggle to achieve equality was made even more difficult by the legislation of racism in the Plessy v Ferguson case.

I can make a connection to police brutality in 1965 to police brutality in 2018. In 1965 over 500 civil rights demonstrator taking action in the march between Selma and Montgomery to promote African American voter registration and protest the killing of young African American man by a state trooper. Police launched tear gas at the crowd charged on the backs of horses and striking the marchers to the ground with force using nightsticks, whips, fire hoses, police dogs and other weapons which became known as bloody Sunday. Police brutality today has not changed as displayed in the media of the killing of unarmed African American civilian such as Travon Martin, Michael Brown and many more victims. This is the reason why black lives matter is still fighting today. Black lives matter movement is established for purely honoring the victims and raising awareness of social

Prior to taking this course, I was taught, and therefore was under the impression, that prejudice is a preconceived notion about a group and that racism is essentially the same thing, except that racism also encompasses the idea that the group is lesser. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva states that “for most whites, racism is prejudice; for most people of color, racism is systemic or institutionalized” (Bonilla-Silva, 2010). Quotes like this force me to reflect, both on how I see myself and how others see me. Reading that quote, I felt like I related more to ‘most whites’ because I believed that racism was essentially prejudice for so long. I remember once while doing a cross the line activity, I hesitated before moving when the facilitator said “step forward if you are a person on color.” Technically, yes, my skin is pigmented in a way that would qualify me as a person of color but there is a connotation with that phrase that I felt didn’t relate to me. My first reaction to that phrase is the thought of someone who has struggled, someone who faces racism on a regular basis, someone who is treated differently because of the color of their skin. In my opinion, the more others acknowledge a part of your identity, the more apparent that part of your identity is to you, and I don’t often feel that people acknowledge my identity as an Asian American. I’ve been called a coconut more times than I can count. Brown on the outside but white on the inside. Sure I look brown, but I don’t ‘act

Police brutality has been a growing issue in the United States of the past century. The unique thing about police brutality is it does not discriminate. With that said some races have it worse than others. Such as the African American race they are continently in the news for African Americans being shot and killed by the police. Many look at police brutality as a physical abuse, but it is much more than that. Some people have suffered from mental issues to, such as thinking back to a incident with the police or having anxiety everytime they see a police officer. With that in mind if the police are viewed as a threat in the eyes of some of the public it can only get worse.

One way the face of racism has changed is that there are now laws against it. Because racism was such a major problem back then, the 14th amendment was created, which

Police Brutality has increased over the years. This issue has been spreading around the nation and worldwide. The police officers are hurting more people than the actual criminals that are roaming the streets. Some officers may have personal problems that distract them from their work, which could be a cause to why there is a massive increase in police brutality. Even if the police

Racism has always been a big topic in society, even during Jesus Christ time. I believe racism comes from independent thinking and views and how this view from family, friends and society forms us each day. Racism has to do a lot with social status, money, power, looks, sex and much more. Coming from a third world country I can really see the major differences of racism how they vary by culture and education. My experience in the United States as a young boy has formed my racism definition and view of society in general. One of the biggest influences in my life is my father name Evaristo Navarro in terms of racism, he came from an era where marrying a

Racism was a big problem during the 18 and 19’s century. White people always thought that they were at the higher level in the society and they treated black harshly. They could trade them in the markets. They also thought the deserved to have better life, better education, better house, etc. Why this happened? The government was the chief culprit. The government educated white people that they were above the blacks. Because of that, they taught their children in the same idea. Luckily, the growing number of people realized that it was unfair and they tried to make the government treated everyone equally. More than that, the government laid down the law of protecting all of the colored people; however, even the laws passed, the racism still happens today. Black people were classified as robbers, murders, or thieves and a lot of people judge them with this category.

Racism across the world has always been a problem that will never fade. From the mass genocide of Judaism, to the riots and protests for black lives, racism is a huge cause of separation within our countries and societies. Sometimes it may seem like there will never be an end to racism, which there probably never will be, but there can be a change of ways. Racism is a mindset, and if people start to teach the younger generations about accepting and loving others for who they are, the world can slowly become a better, more accepting place. Not one person is born racist; the ignorance and close mindedness of racism is learned by the environment in which a person grew up in and the people they surround themselves with.

According to this article, Dr. Donald Saucier, a Kansas State University Psychologist, studied racism issues for nine years. He believes people have to understand the modes of racism before reacting to it. First, they should not have a bad behavior toward it. However, he mentions two types of behaviors people experience concerning racism. One, the person that knows they are racist and try to hide it and those who are not sure if they are racist. One, those people who hide their feelings soon let it be known they are racist, especially when an opportunity presents itself and those people who are not sure their racist. They try hard to hide their racist but eventually it comes out but at the wrong time.

The history of racism has no date. By the same token, prejudice lasted since the beginning of mankind. Institutionalized racism is one of the main enforcers, often with the smallest of encounters building up onto an institution of prejudice (hence its name). As stated by the Huffington Post, it asks those to consider the community around them. In an event so innocent, slivers of racism still maintain its prevalence. “However, if most folks spend time with folks who look exactly like themselves, how are relationships formed with anyone who might be different — in terms of race?” It’s in the smallest of our actions that can define racism, either strengthening it, or breaking it. This may have its age-old ties within colonialism and slavery. Because

Racism existed throughout the history of mankind. It can be defined as a hatred of one person to another because of their skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factors which may show the basic nature of man. This affects the war, slavery, and the formation of nations. Racism in the USA has a much more significant impact on history than in any other country. The most notorious example of the racism in the USA was slavery, especially the enslavement of Africans in the New World. This enslavement was achieved due to the racist belief that black Africans were less endowed with human qualities than the white

Racism began back when the African Americans were sold to white Americans for slavery by the Dutch. The North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 was were the first African American slaves. “Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 solidified the central importance of slavery to the South’s economy” (History.com). Slavery was one of the worst things to happen to any human

Police brutality has been a much-discussed topic in this country, but the problem still persists. What do you think about this issue that has plagued the nation?

Racism is a thing we cannot deny we have done. Whether we are black or white or just poor we are prejudiced. Although we may say,” I am not racist.” Everybody is guilty of racism whether we deny it or not. If we grow up in a non racist home, we still know how the world views other races. Of course, there is caution walking into another country, but