Although there has been a lot effort put into race equality, I believe that we still have a long way to go before as a nation we can all say that we are all truly equal. My goal as an African-American woman is to become a Chief Executive officer of a fortune 500 company. Of the 500 top leading companies around the world there are only five African Americans chief executive officers and of those five individuals there is only one woman. I also want to show black children that all the differences in our culture; race, ethnicity and gender do not separate us or put targets on their backs. I've watched the police brutality protests and riots across the nation and I know firsthand that violence will not solve any problems. As a community, we need
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In certainty, the model of racial equality has not always been performed, nor has it been fully accomplished in the world. This is because the acceptance in racial equality has been said to “counter” deeply rooted beliefs in racial inequality and political, legal, and customary practices of racial discrimination and oppression. Therefore, racial equality is stated in antiracist philosophy and in antiracist political mobilization.
Race in America was always a problem for the blacks, even in the past it was a problem. For example like Brown vs. Education, the people didn’t want their kids to go to school with blacks or even be associated with black people, so Brown fought the supreme court. Another example would be Rosa Parks when she wouldn’t get up for a white person on the bus. We as White people have many more privileges than Black people do, white people may get jobs easier and all those things but these 2 people in history tried to change that.
Reverse racism, its existence has been questioned for years now. People worldwide share their views on it and how different they are is astounding, but the question is, is it real or not. No, its not. Reverse racism shouldn’t even exist in the English language. Because, It was just made up by people who commonly want to make a scene over something irrational. For example, when someone says “white people cant dance” people put it off to be more than it actually is. Just because someone says white people cant dance doesn’t mean you have to go through osmoses or something and be salty for the rest of your life, that’s irrelevant, much like the attitude people put off when someone says that.
My proposed area of concentration for my Peace and Justice Studies major is Racial Empowerment and Community Development through Education and Policy. This concentration will focus on ways in which to provide support to minority communities through educational resources and policies. The foundation of my major will be AFR 213 - 01 Race Relations and Racial Inequality. In order to effectively work with disenfranchised and marginalized communities, I must have an adequate understanding of the systems and institutions that perpetuate the underdevelopment of minority communities in America. Thus, Race Relations and Racial Inequality will give me the historical context for why different racial groups live in under-resourced and underdeveloped communities, and how chronic poverty and institutionalized racism perpetuate such conditions.
American society likes to believe that race relations in our country are no longer strained. We do not want to hear about the need for affirmative action or about the growing numbers of white supremacist groups. In order to appease our collective conscious, we put aside the disturbing fact that racism is alive and well in the great U.S.A. It hides in the workplace, it subtly shows its ugly face in the media, and it affects the education of minority students nationwide. In the following excerpts from an interview with a middle class African American male, the reader will find strong evidence that race plays a major role in determining the type and quality of education a student receives.
Racial segregation in the United States continued even after the Civil War, in the form of laws requiring separation of people by race and in the form of ubiquitous discrimination and widespread social resistance to integration. But even during the height of racial segregation and discrimination, people in the performing arts pushed their audiences to reconsider their prejudices and assumptions regarding classification and disparate treatment of people based on race. Broadway’s and Hollywood’s most famous musical theater writing team, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Jr., both reflected and powerfully commented upon these racial tensions in two of their most famous musicals: The King and I and South Pacific. These musicals reached immense
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.
Race is not is biological, race is an idea that we perceive based on physical characteristics. People experience their racial identity at different times in their lives. Describing how I became aware of my own racial identity and how it affected me to be the person I am today and my future is a good eye opener for becoming a future educator. Also my perspective of how my racial identity has changed maybe a slight change but nothing too drastic.
There are many reasons why there have been racial disputes across America throughout time. However, three important reasons include the mental state of the police officers involved in potential threatening events, the social environment in which citizens live in, and America’s history with people of non-European decent. These multiple reasons also lead to a quantity of possible solutions. Some that may work include early interventions in schools and better communication between America’s leaders and its citizens.
How do you feel race, ethnicity, social class, and religion has shaped you and your family lives? Whether we take notice or not these aspects of our childhood and today’s life contributed to our view point about different parts of the world. Also, the way your family interacted with you and others is determined in a way by these key points. My race, social class, ethnicity, and religion has helped mold me into the young adult I am, beliefs, and values I hold today because I understanding who I am which provides me with the ability to understand others backgrounds.
Race and ethnicity are the occasionally have been used interchangeably. Race is described as a person’s physical appearance such as skin color, eye color, hair and many other biological traits and characteristics. Race mainly refers to the differences in skin color in the contemporary world. When we say that person is fair skinned or is black we are referring to the race of that person. Ethnicity is the cultural aspect of a an individual or a group such as the nationality of the person, the language they use to communicate, their descendants , the particular region they inhabit for example American, African, African Americans, etc. In a nutshell race is an overview of how you look and ethnicity is the social and cultural aspect of grouping you are born into.
Throughout the history of America, there has been constant problems with the quest for racial equality. In three different time periods; early views on race, civil rights movement, and the fight for equality in America, how race is deceived has been altered in a variety of ways. To this day society in America has not fully accessed complete racial equality, but have furthered the advance to achieve it in creating more laws that design equality among everyone.
The central idea of this article focuses on intersectionality and how it affects different people's point of view. In the article, intersectionality is described as different kinds of identities people have. These identities are race, gender, sex,disability, and sexual orientation. Intersectionality also impacts how oppression and privilege connect and influence each other. Oppression is when someone faces unfair treatment because of their identity. This article gave us the story of Nicole who is in ninth grade who faces oppression from her teacher because she constantly misses her first period class and rarely turns in her homework, and as a result her grades are suffering. The teachers do not take the time to peel back the layers of Nicole's
Ethnicity, to me, can be defined as a group of people who share the same religion, ancestry, and cultural regions. This opinion of what ethnicity means was developed when I took a course in sociology. By no means am I saying this is the actual definition of ethnicity, the first time I could really identify with the word was when I was taking the course. As mentioned in class, we come from an area where there is not a lot of diversity, and the word ethnicity was not really mentioned in school. In this area, we aren’t taught about ethnicity, diversity, or other cultures. Sure, there was an occasional mention of different ethnicities or cultures, but we were given no real definition as to what these words meant. Therefore, I had no identification with the word, or even how the people in this region with a difference in ethnicity or culture feel. I believe this is a real hindrance to the people in this area; the lack of knowledge about these topics can lead to a misunderstanding between people. This misunderstanding could have been avoided if people were taught about these topics in school.