Reflection Paper On Racism

Rosa Parks once said “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and hopefully, we shall overcome.” Racism is a struggle that, to this day, has continued to be a major issue. The color of someone’s skin alters how a person is perceived by society as a whole. Race is a social construct created by humans to categorize the world. (Sullivan 2) The outlook on racism varies from community to community, family to family, and even person to person. Skin color can alter all aspects of an individual’s life, because unlike inner differences and beliefs, skin color is a physical appearance. Social status, perceptions, roles, occupation are just a few of the characteristics of life which can be affected simply by a person’s physical differences. Not long ago somebody could even be discriminated against and their basic rights and freedoms could be altered based on their appearance. Many people believe that the United States is a colorblind nation or is tolerant of people 's race. Racism may go unnoticed by those who believe that it is a thing of the past, but to the people who are directly impacted by racism, it continues to be play a major role in today’s society.

Throughout history in America there has always been the idea of racism. When Americans think of racism, they usually think of slavery and that racism is no longer a problem in America. However, this is not the case. Racism is still very apparent in America. It is true that since the end of slavery, the U.S. has made great strides towards becoming a less racist country. In reality, racism will never be extinct. In today’s society, all American citizens of all races have the same rights as one another, yet there is still racism. Racism can be linked directly to stereotypical mindsets of certain groups of people. It is human nature to make conclusions about other people, this is what leads to racism. Today’s racism is not limited to whites

Racism has affected many people creating problems for everyone as it is a huge problem. is is very important and significant topic in our lives. This topic can link to The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie because racism has affected Junior’s family and made them feel like they aren't as good as other people as well as junior getting treated differently at Rearden (the white school) because he is Indian. Racism has changed Junior’s families life because it is affecting them from getting good jobs that pay more. Another reason racism is affecting their lives is that it makes them feel scared to leave the reservation, because they are scared that they might get made fun of or beat up. The last reason racism is

Throughout time, some views on particular issues in society change dramatically while others remain unchanged. Sometimes, only one aspect of the issue is perceived differently while the rest of the topic stays the same. This is demonstrated well in the case of racism. In the United States, racism itself has not changed, but the allotment for what is considered acceptable has. Racism deals with the actual outward discrimination upon a race or the mental process of thinking a race inferior to your own. This phenomenon exists in the U.S. today just as it existed in the first years of the nation's existence; however, the way it is perceived has changed drastically. Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe

Racism in our society has a long deeply rooted history. It has been in every part of our society and appears not to be getting any better. In order to fully understand racism one must look at the root cause of racism and the effects it has on an individual and a group. One must also look at the big picture of why there is the need for one group of people to think they are more superior than another and how it continues to progress. Experiencing racism is a traumatic experience and is something

Explanations that justify the use of racism directly relates to differential treatment of minority groups and contributes to racism’s existence as an unstoppable social problem. The foundations of these explanations are based on the common misunderstanding of the definition of race. Thus, problems that tend to concentrate in one race are mistakenly judged as “race problems”. This judgement leads to the establishment of a system of inequality between a superior race and inferior races. However, the logic behind these explanations don’t account for the true reasoning behind minority individuals value status. In fact, these explanations contribute to minority individuals’ further struggle in life.

Around the same time, he began to notice other races and his classmates began to notice his race and comment on it. He said how this memory resonates with him because it was the first time he felt out of place because of something he couldn’t control. George further explained the feeling as knowing on some level that everything was created with someone that was not him in mind, that society was not best fit for him to succeed. A second early childhood experience George remembers well is having a sit down conversation with his family where they told him that some people would discriminate against him and hate him just for the color of his skin. This was a very startling and nerve racking conversation for a young child to have. George feels that race has shaped his upbringing from the very start and these are just a few of the moments where race played a pivotal role in his early life. He believes that there is an innumerable amount of examples like these from his preschool days that are stuck in his subconscious.

The final major aspect of racism is health. Health affects more blacks than whites concerning this issue. An article from Counterpuch.org claims, When African Americans are interviewed most revel high anxiety levels caused by ill treatment (Golash-Boza). An ample amount of blacks feel conscientious of themselves and their surroundings because of hefty levels of stress due to the pressures of trying to blend in. Counterpunch also adds, “Racism is especially detrimental to people of color, but has negative repercussions for everyone insofar as it is a hindrance to human development” (Golash-Boza). Even though blacks tend to carry more of the weight on this topic, discrimination affects everyone. A section from the Humanrights.org websites adds,

When we think of racism we think of discrimination of a lower of less powerful group but, when you hear reverse racism what do you think of ? Reverse racism is prejudice directed at members of a historically dominant racial group. In my perspective, reverse racism is not real. Reverse racism is not real because, exclusion is not considered to be racist, and “all history is white history” so, there should be no need celebrate and rejoice their history because they have been dominant over different races for so many years and they are the ones who made other races strive to live and get through rough times. I am persuaded to conclude that reverse racism is invalid, due to my examples and statements made.

The only way racism or racist can truly effect anyone is if society lets it, but as long as there are people who stand against it racism will never win out over

Throughout this course we have learned about many things, one in particular would be Racism. We have learned about many different types of racism along with examples of racism. Before I go into specific examples of racism that I have learn about in this class, I will first define and explain the differences between racism, prejudice or also known as bias, discrimination, race, and racist so there 's a clear understanding of why I picked the specific examples. The definition of racism that we learned in class would be an “Institutionalized system with disproportionate unjust outcomes for a particular race”. Prejudice or also known as bias was defined as “A negative feeling, opinion, or attitude toward a certain category or people” this would be an feeling with no action acted upon, where discrimination is defined as “Action or inaction toward a category of people” which would be acting on the negative feelings or opinions of a certain group. The definition for race is a “Social construct, but a lived reality” while a racist is “Discrimination based on the category of race”. (Disadvantage privilege notes, 2016)

The article by Time.com about racism and it polluting our society is powerful and direct. Written by Sharon E Watkins, it illustrates the struggles of being a person of colour and the freedom of being white in the US.

Racism is an ongoing force that negatively impacts the lives of Americans every day. The racist mindset in America stems from the times of slavery, where blacks were thought to be inferior to whites. Throughout history, the ideology of race and racism has evolved and developed several different meanings. Today, we can still see the devastating effects of racism on people of color, as well as whites. “Racism, like other forms of oppression, is not only a personal ideology based on racial prejudice, but a system involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as beliefs and actions of individual” (Tatum, pg. 9). As a result of this system, it leaves the

Of course though the results of my analysis are bias (just like everyone else's) due to my friends and my already developing political values but it is what I believe to be true. When I sat through that lecture that day in class I was annoyed because it took me and others off guard and squandered our time. It left me feeling as if me and my fellow students were separated based upon our races. It formed a mental segregation in the class dividing us into our respected groups. This event did not frustrate me because of the scholarship in itself, it was the fact that they were a government subsidised group and a organization that practices any form of discrimination no matter if it is well intended or not should never be funded by the federal government. These is what was basically running through my head during the presentation and lead to me looking at the broader picture and how this could affect a community or even society as a whole during the following days.I started to think of it in differing points of view, although nearly impossible even trying to place myself in the shoes of the African American students it helped to try and find a sturdy reasoning for the program. I found it insulting not to me but to the very student it was praised for helping. If I was a African American student and was given racially based scholarship opportunities I wouldn't think of it as a good I would think of it as a insult saying that blacks need there own because they can't compete

I empathized with one of my classmates when they talked about their experience with racism. She was talking about how a man was harassing her mother because she could not speak english. Not sure how to handle the situation, she decided to call him out on it. When telling her story I could feel her frustration and anger even though it was not happening to me. I could also imagine if someone talked to my mom like that I would want to be able to be brave enough to stand up for her as she was. It is not right that people think it is okay to verbally abuse others for having different identities. Especially full grown adults who are supposed to set examples for those who are younger. I think it is really strong of her for standing up to the man given the situation.