What Is The Social Conditioning Of Racism?

No matter how open-minded a person may claim to be, everyone makes presumptions on first impressions or rumors. Despite seeing someone for only a split second, people make assumptions about others’ attitude, personality, and character! Usually, people tend to notice things that they feel are grounds to pass judgment upon. The quote “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” by Harper Lee is a quote that truly signifies how people should perceive others. Rather than judging someone, people should place themselves in their shoes and try to understand their way of thinking

Why do people now a days discriminate people by colors, eyes, or basically the physical appearance? Generally people say that Asians are smart, blacks are dirty, whites are rich and powerful (soundvisioncom,2015) . Racism is the belief that one race of people are greater than another because of the race they are born into. In other words Racists people judge other people or discriminate them by their race. Nelson Mandela once said (Smhcomau, 2015) “Racism is a human conscience. The idea that any people can be more powerful than another, to the point where those who consider themselves as powerful and treat the rest as sub-human or low ranked people"

People judge other people because of their social class.For example, in page 29 of the book “The Watsons Go To Birmingham”,Kenny Watson explained that whenever somebody new started their school the ,students would take time and see what the new kids were like. The students would check what type of clothes the new kids wore.Kids that wore brand clothes would make fun of the new kids like Rufus because of their raggedy clothes. Rich people and poor people

Sometimes things are not as they seem. People often choose to hide their true self in hopes to protect themselves from the wrath of others.

It is very easy for people to judge others because they are different from one another, and do not fit in the status quo. Being different is okay because that makes each person or thing different and unique from everyone else. Even though discrimination did happen and there are laws passed to change, so equality can happen, things still have not changed and it is the 21st century. In today's world people are stilled based off their skin color whether they are doing good or bad. Discrimination is seen throughout schools, work, adoption, and so many other places where other people that are not white exist. In the book The Bean Trees, written by Barbara Kingsolver, the main character learns what it means to be a mother of a child from a different

In a perfect world, everyone WOULD be judged based on the content of their character. But we do not live in a perfect world and humans have always pre-judged others based on physical and cultural differences. These are the first things we notice about a stranger, and first impressions are hard to forget. Racism and prejudice have caused us to make dire mistakes in the past, but we have learned from these mistakes and have bettered our society. However, society today is filled with stereotypes and prejudices about people of certain races. It

Racism is a learned behavior; humans do not choose to be it but have it forced upon them from the second they come into this world. Written by David Margolick, “Elizabeth and Hazel” is a book which explores how racism has affected the life of two women captured in a historical photograph, one white, one black and in the end, friends.

Our nature as humans is to judge others. We are programmed to judge everything for the benefit of ourselves. Think about it for a second. What do you do when you meet new people? You judge them from the way

You can never really know what ethnicity someone is based on physical appearance or his or her name. The article “Why Race Isn’t As “Black” and “White” As We Think” by Brent Staples, does a good job explaining that physical appearance is not always what it seems. The majority of people do not even realize they are a certain race. They do not take the time to get to know their ancestors. All people ever believe is what family members tell them about their ethnicity. People get judged based on how their name sounds, for example if an African American has a name that is typically a “white” person name. African Americans also did not have any rights in the 1950’s and 60’s. But later, African Americans were granted equal rights and people start to overcome racism.

Throughout my life growing up I have only had one person judge my family and I based on our skin color. I come from a Mexican background,

After I read this article about white supremacy and racist hate group. Dylann Roof told friends he want to start race war to African American. But in my view I don't think this 21 years young boy can do this alone. There some people in the back or some of the member of the racist hate group send to attack the black church. According to CNN Politics Live TV say, “The number of total hate group has risen 17% to more than 900 organization since 2014. The number of the hate groups focused on Muslims. Some racist hate groups- including Neo-NAZI and White nationalists- have seen declining numbers Trumph said “Racist is evil and those who cause violence there are evil too.”

People that are in constant judgement by the people are the poor and the colored people. Just because someone looks like they are from the wrong side of society. Whether someone is from a certain place, race, religion, or their social class does not mean they are not great people or bad.

After reading and viewing the racism pieces, I conclude that many use racism as a form of acceptance, an ego boost, survival, and for dominance. According to “Exploring the Psychology Motives of Racism” by Clay Routledge, there are many motives to racism that influence someone’s actions and beliefs. One of the motives is to boost self esteem. When people target others self esteem, it may give theirs a little boost. Another includes fitting in and the fear of change. When you want to be accepted into a group, you would do anything to get in. Being prejudice against another minority or group to be accepted is one of the more common reasons. When you grow up in a house that is prejudice, it is very hard to change your ways; you grew up believing

Devine (1989) argues that stereotypes are inevitable on the basis that stereotypes and prejudice coexist and that stereotyping occurs automatically. Devine attempts to prove this hypothesis in three experiments. Devine reasons that “as long as stereotypes exist, prejudice will follow.” This hypothesis is rooted in a correlation. Prejudice and stereotypes are related, however there is no clear evidence of causality; Knowledge of a stereotype does not mean an individual agrees with it.

Racism and the effects of racism can be seen anywhere. In the hallways of the high school, the streets, housing, neighborhoods, cities, and more, one thing is seen, and that 's segregation, which is ultimately caused by racism. Walking in the hallways at school, chances are that you’ll see a group of whites, a group of Hispanics, and a group of African Americans, but rarely do you see these three groups interacting with each other. Racism has been made a part of people’s everyday lives, a border posed by racism: segregation. Racism and its effects can not only be seen around us but can also be traced throughout countless readings in HWOC this year. Almost every literary work focuses on the topic or underscores at its effects, and today, you can walk into any library or bookstore and find something, whether it be a news article or chapter book, regarding racial conflict. This alone is evidence of how racism has integrated our society and continues to inform and manipulate our minds. The literature we have been exposed to this past year is a reflection of society, similar to a reflection in a mirror showing us the piece of hair sticking up in the back, literature is showing us the problem so it can be addressed.