Reverse Racism

Racist terms can be used positively, but only depending on the preference of the person being addressed. The society that we live in today opposes the use of racist language, but it can be used positively with other people. In her essay “The Meaning of a Word,” Gloria Naylor wants the audience to understand her past experience with the word “nigger.” According to Naylor, the racist term can impact anybody negatively. However, I believe such languages can bring out unity, diversity, and a feeling of acknowledgment. Different races also use racist terms in a funny and friendly way. The common word “nigga” is used almost everywhere in this way. Similarly, Christine Leong’s essay “Being a Chink” discusses how racist terms like “chink” are used in a friendly and compassionate way. From the two essays, I favor Leong’s essay because she states how racist terms can be used as a trend of assimilating everyone together. At the end of the day, racist terms can express unity and diversity.

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

People have words they use with their family that would be hurtful had they come from outsiders. Gloria Naylor makes a great point when she articulates, “So there must have been dozens of times that the word “nigger” was spoken in front of me before I reached the third grade. But I didn’t “hear” it until it was said by a small pair of lips that had already learned it could be a way to humiliate me” (483). Naylor grew up hearing “nigger” everywhere she went. It was used as a term of endearment. It was used to describe people with great achievement. Occasionally it was used to describe a small group in the community who were not great people (481). However,

The United States of America has been called a “mixing pot” since the birth of the nation. Everyone, especially politicians and educators, will proudly declare that the U.S. is a land of unmatched diversity. The U.S. seems to always be portrayed as a highly cultural territory, harboring a vast population of many races. Admittedly, the United States has come a long in terms of eliminating racial barriers and pursuing equality. All around the world, America is seen as a country of colors, yet mass media does not recognize that fact.

Racism is still a very current issue in America today. By no means is racism as overt as it was fifty years ago with enforced segregation, but today racism is more covert and often hides behind closed doors to only strike out when least expected. Racism has been deceasing and will continue to be decreased only through education. Hopefully, one day racism will cease to exist. But, that day if possible is many years away.

In fairly recent years, the idea of reverse racism has been thrown around amongst people. Basically, it is when individuals or groups who have been discriminated against because of race in the past are now favored over others who hadn’t been discriminated against. For example, the idea that hispanics or blacks get more privileges because they are the minority in turn discriminates against white people, which could be seen as a major issue. Although this seems kind of absurd, the topic of reverse racism is catching a lot of attention from important sources. A handful of cases on the subject have been brought to the Supreme Court. The idea and issue of reverse racism first gained tons of attention when one case was brought to the nation 's highest court in the 70s, according to Associated Press. A student named Allan Bakke had accused the University of California medical school for denying him admission multiple times because he was white, even despite his good grades. After that, numerous other cases had made their ways to a handful of court systems, claiming that it is extremely unfair to discriminate against someone because they’re white. More recently, a teacher named Jon Everhart filed a lawsuit against the school that he taught at for this very reason. Katie Frates, a writer for the Daily Caller, tells us that despite all the great accomplishments Everhart had achieved in his many years of teaching, a fellow employee who later became his boss discriminated against

Is racism really deep beneath the ground or are we living in it? Racism has been around before before 1865 but 1865 is when slavery was abolished and in the 1930’s slavery is still a very harmful thing to the blacks. But racism really started to change around the 1960’s, blacks were able to work for Nasa and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was placed. And now the 2000’s, is racism gone or has it just changed form over the years. Racism is still here and is affecting the blacks.

Occasionally, minorities address themselves and their friends as racial slurs as jokes. Meanwhile, communities all throughout the country use these racial slurs to attack other minority groups because they are different. The most attacked minority is black people. The worst time for them was right after the civil war. The post-civil war era was the first time in history where black people were equal. This equality, however, led to segregation and black people were treated like trash. They had no power and they were more of slaves than ever before. This unequal treatment from the beginning has set an unreasonable divide between white and black that is still faintly there today. Most people of African descent take offense to words like “nigger” and “nigga” because of it being a very racial and profane word. These words may not always be meant as insults, but because of its long history, it causes discomfort and sometimes anger in people. Getting rid of racial slurs would be the end of the divide between minorities and non-minorities which would lead to a more open and accepting

Many people say that racism is a thing of the past, but is it really? Is our society racism free? Is America truly a place of equality? Are all races treated equally? I believe that the answer to these questions is “NO”, because racism is still a prominent issue of today’s society. Yes, we progressed greatly from the past but we still have a long way to go. In order for us to continue working towards equality for all and the end of racism, we must be aware that racism is still alive and continues to affect the world that we live in.

School. What a frightening place for teenagers. Once in awhile pleasing things happen like your crush finally talks to you or theres a real fire drill. But this one particular conversation crosses my mind alot generally. It was somewhere along the lines of racism. I know , I know. This scary system were so afraid to be but yet we live in it on a daily basis. Basically, a friend of mine was stating how any person (black) could be racist towards anyone (white). I simply told her that black people dont necessarily have the power to be racist or even benefit from such activity. She supposed "but cant you be like, reverse racist?" Now she could have a point there. Maybe a comment I made previously was racist. Reverse. It made me really think about

This is due people not understanding the roots and meaning of those words. These words are so popular in today's culture, that they seem to have developed a new meaning. For example, “The use of the word nigger isn’t so much about “racism” as it is about ‘status” (Wiley 104). Similar to what happened in Pulp Fiction, when gang boss Marsellus Wallace (who is black) asked Butch Collidge (who is white) “Are you my nigga?”. Wallace used the term “nigga” in the sense dependency and trust, ironically a slave master would use the term “nigger” as ownership over his slave. The redefining of hateful terms has become popular in today's culture. In particular, “There is a small but deadly clot of epithets that circulate in the stream of rap rhetoric, none more derogatory than “bitch”. The mother of all female insults is especially damaging because it is rooted in unjust social conditions” (Holler If You Hear Me 177). In the same way in Bamboozle, character Thomas Dunwitty was using the word “nigger” as if it was perfectly okay. He didn’t take in context that he was speaking with a black man, and that the word carries so much power and history. He seemed to have thought since he didn’t view himself as a racist, that it was okay for him to say “nigger”. What was shown in that scene was someone who should never use the word nigger, feel self-entitled to use that word. Which resembles in

Most people know racism is still around. It’s kind of like slavery all over again. We have partially learned from our past, and that is good. However recently our country has been on a downhill spiral to African-American inequality. Violence only seems to make situations worse as shown in the recent riots of Ferguson, Missouri.

Racism has always been prevalent in our nation. Even in the Beginning when Christopher Columbus landed on her shores, there was discrimination and racism against the natives of this country. With racism in this nation's roots, we can all see how the settlers allowed their hatred of other races to fester and grow in their hearts. We kidnapped African Americans and took them from their families and homes to work in our houses and fields without pay, only because we didn't want to spend money on white laborers. We beat them into submission and twisted their minds to make them think this was their rightful place. We justified it with science and religion but it was racism plain and simple. After our country become divided and fought over this

Racism has been in our country since the founding fathers have stepped foot on american soil. Its a sad the way white american have treated black, or other color people, in the past and present. It something that has died down in the last

Racial prejudice stems from deep evolutionary roots and it is a universal tendency to from alliance. I think there is still racism today. Racism comes from longtime ago and it is very hard to get rid of it. For example, on a lot of job applications they mention that in order to apply for the position, The applicants must have citizenship. Usually it is okay to require that if it is governmental job, but why would restaurants