According to Dr. Beller, culture of a society affects the behavior and the society of individual members. Also, he stated that all people need to be equally treated as human beings; we should not relate our perspective by treating other people based on race, gender, and sex. For instance, white and black people have very different group identities; for example, some white people always see themselves above others and believe that they always have an advantage which benefits them. If we look at many black people, most do not get as much benefit as white people do. Society’s benefits are for many of society’s benefit are more likely denied for black people. Moreover, racism is still around and takes on more negative meaning as “white pride” and makes some white people still be narrow minded and think they are superior. He said that, we should not put ourselves on the top and think about how each of us is the only person in the world instead of sharing the world with others. It is always about us, as long as we have the opportunity to get an advantage; if we do not care about others, it creates an immoral disadvantage for others based on race, gender or other anything that makes others uncomfortable. As he stated , “I see myself as white American, a man, a husband, and father, it would be wrong for me to fail to publicly acknowledge and reject the Bigotry” Also, denying an opportunity to others is another form of racism. The whole group does not have the same soul;
He says “But the fact that they could rise to the occasion as they did, these imperfect human beings, and do what they did is also, of course, a testimony to their humanity”. Meaning that everyone has their own flaws, regrets, and weaknesses, but the ones who overcome them are the ones that help us the most. Martin Luther King Jr. is an example of someone who has stood up for humanity when no one else did. He was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights movement that used nonviolence civil disobedeance against segregation. He organized non-violent protests and delivered many speeches and because of his brave accomplishments he changed the view of segregation. A woman named Rosa Parks was also part of the civil rights movement when she refused to get up her seat in the bus to a white passenger; this story became a symbol for the racial segregation. Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are prime examples of what it means when your character and destiny defines who you rather than your
Under the will of the law, people should live in unity for a common good. He suggested that everybody in America should contain that sacred principle of unity and should consider being reasonable rather than being rightful. The minority has equal rights just like everybody else and going against it is oppression. He talked of those individuals who would have bad intentions of ruining the unity of people of America, people should persevere and never allow giving chances. The unity in the country is promising which is evidenced by the prevailing peace in the country. Although the diverse types of the people living in the states have different origin, they live in unity without discrimination. Out of this unity, America seems to be the most powerful state in the
This is of opinion that the differences and issues of race and ethnicity at some point have served the society. The big question here is how racism and discrimination positively accord to society. That is because it is beneficial only to those belonging to dominant race and ethnicity not to the society or community as a whole. It has helped the dominant reap advantage from the subordinates. The best example could be the slavery. Slaveholders were benefitted considerably especially when industrialization first came into practice.
“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people. And while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and
He then says how he himself can not celebrate the fourth of July due to his skin color. “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” He says this because only white people are the ones who are celebrating their “freedom.” The slaves still have to work for the white men and nothing really changes for them. He goes on to say that the slaves are not really free because they are still slaves and are not being treated fairly. Towards the end of the speech, he is saying how no other nation is as cruel as the United States and that no one else in the world can compare. “Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.” This quote suggests that no matter where a person goes to look in the world, if they were to get information on abuse on other nations, it would not be as cruel as it is in the United States and that no other nation comes
(2.124-126). Everything he does makes people feel less valued such as the time he said all whites should be superior in society " Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it.
Racism has shaped societies since the beginning of time, as far back as the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Even then, people living in the land of Goshen were subjugated to racism because of their differences. From Hitler and the Nazis to the Southern American slave owners, prejudice of one race against another has resulted in atrocities. Racism has shaped the form of our present day societies. Racism will likely never be completely removed from our society it will always exist. However, in an effort to counteract the disease of racism, modern-day societies have drafted and enacted legislation for the sole purpose of ensuring that people treat each other with respect and dignity allowing one another their inalienable right to their
How people have been accepted and treated within the context of a given society or culture has a direct impact on how they perform in that society. The "racial" worldview
Many said racism will cease after the 1960s, but we are living in the 21st century and yes people are still racist to all the ones that are not their "same kind". He mentions the opportunity of more diverse schools, for me that was just like, " Are you Kidding Me?" I attend a very diverse college where I have had Asian, White, African Americans, Jewish, Hispanics, and Arab classmates, and he comes to that bullet point when we have that already in society and we still have discrimination and racism. If a school isn't diverse enough we should the parents why their children don’t attend a school that has a lot of African Americans and Latinos, but private schools tend to be a better choice. Sometimes even teachers have discriminatory comments towards their students and you don’t need to be Einstein to read that between lines. Then he goes on mentioning an example that it would improve public transportation by connecting the "creative class" with working class. That sentence was like humm….
Both authors use history to explain the negative interactions between people of different ethnicities. Parrillo reveals why prejudice is frequent within minority groups and Fredrickson discusses the four different ways people of different ethnicities have associated with one another. Both Parrillo and Fredrickson discuss societal interactions and how whites are always the dominant group that remind the minorities of their superiority. Whites have denied African Americans equality and assimilation to white culture and deemed the Chinese as conniving competition for jobs. Throughout history, whites have never been on the receiving end of prejudice or anything less than dominant. Although both authors do not view whites in a negative light, both
He states that Africans are inferior to the whites from their body to their mind. Ironically, he stated in the Declaration of Independence
When he went to jail at Birmingham he wrote these words, “Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, “Wait.” When you have mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will you have so much hate and range which has not even touched these white people!
His arguments about love and hate were appropriate at the time of civil rights movement in this country because racism was not only institutionalized, it was built within our society. To creating an equal society for all, we should develop a love and positive peace among our
For centuries, racism has become the universal epitome of culture, despite the efforts of various civilizations, such as the Western and European to combat these indifferences among people. A race is specific social group that can be differentiated through various ways, from facial features and hair textures, to social norms and habits that constitutes to that group. These differences contribute to our uniqueness and humanity. Because people can be grouped by any number of differences, Man, lead by his ignorance, perpetuated the issue once social-hierarchies began to develop, splitting society to its various groups. As a result, social disparity from one’s upbringing became the common tendency to look down, or look up at people of other
He states, “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’” (Jr). This is an analogy to which everyone can relate because everyone understands money and can recognize in being handed a bad check. He also speaks about discrimination and segregation. He uses this logic to make people understand that nothing will get better unless discrimination and segregation are eliminated.