Speech: Prejudice And Racism In The United States

Across the nation, millions of Americans of all races turn on the television or open a newspaper and are bombarded with images of well dressed, articulate, attractive black people advertising different products and representing respected companies. The population of black professionals in all arenas of work has risen to the point where seeing a black physician, attorney, or a college professor are becoming more a common sight. More and more black people are holding positions of respect and authority throughout America today, such as Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Condelezza Rice and many other prominent black executives. As a result of their apparent success, these black people are seen as role models for many Americans, despite their race.

Charles Lawrence evokes that racist speech should be regulated to avert defaming the minorities in “On Racist Speech” from the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article addresses that racial insults do not deserve to be under the First Amendment because “the perpetrator’s intention is to injure the victim” (Lawrence 2087). After all, the Supreme Court has asserted that if the perpetrator’s intention is to “inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace”, then they are not protected under the First Amendment (Lawrence 2086). The racist slurs on the university campus was one of the vexed topics since students should have “the right of an equal education in a safe environment” rather than being surrounded by verbal

In this modern world, prejudice is still a universal problem we still have yet to overcome. Although it is true that our society is much less prejudiced than it was 40-50 years ago, we are still struggling to create racial harmony in a world that is so diverse in terms of racial group, sexual orientations, ethnicity, nationality, religions, and so on. I think the core of prejudice comes from stereotyping, which is the generalization of motives, characteristics, or behavior to an entire group of people. In the world where media propaganda is ubiquitous, often times most stereotypes are not formed on valid experiences, instead they are based on images publicized by the mass media, or even created within our heads after seeing and hearing examples from many different sources, like movies, or even hearsay. Stereotyping is more powerful than we think, because it allows those false pictures to control our thinking that leads us to assign uniform characteristics to any person in a group, without consideration of the actual difference between members of that particular group.

Since the new Donald J. Trump took office in the white house we have been seeing tension between people of color and whites. This tension has escalated ever since, manifesting in various forms, most notably would be police brutality and the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Trump claims to not be racist but his words, ideals and actions say otherwise. Trump held a rally in Huntsville, Alabama on September 22nd to endorse Luther Strange for on the primary election. What began as an already bad endorsement speech worsened very quickly as it turned into a ramble about about National Football League players “disrespecting” our veterans sacrifices, our flag and our country by taking a knee during the national anthem. This is a very bold claim coming from a president, then again, you never know what you are going to get with an individual like Trump. Trump’s assertion that NFL players are disrespecting our country by kneeling is a hypocrite claim. NFL players are not disrespecting our flag, they are protesting racial injustice; moreover, they are exercising their first amendment right of free speech, and if anyone has disrespected our country that would be Mr. President himself.

The United States government does not have the public approval to accomplish this goal. Just like the politicians convinced the public during World War II that the Japanese needed to be contained, Mr. Cruz hopes to convince the American people that the Muslim-Americans need similar treatment. By manipulating the public’s fears of attacks, he hopes to grow prejudice in the public against Muslim-Americans. The seeds of prejudice already exist in the public, simply because the Muslim culture is new to America. Given more time stronger relations could be built within the communities and eventually the nation could grow to accept their culture. In the present however, the American public fears what some Muslims have shown they are capable of and

Racism in America is really something a lot of people may not understand, and why it happens. Many hate crimes has been committed back to back in our great country. Some theories suggest that people are so disturbed to do such bad things as hate crimes it is most definitely a form of racism. Why do people do such harmful crimes? Great question it really takes a heartless person to take lives due to the color of the skin. How do this happen? There is so much hatred in the world now and less love and compassion in the world now until it’s just it scares me to even go to church is there any place safe? Anytime you can take a human life without remorse that’s a great problem that person is dealing with, and everyone is looking for answers.

Racism and discrimination inequalities have become a major discussion throughout the years in our society. Inequalities has impacted every level of humanity on this earth. Education, tolerance and acceptance can be used to challenge one another in attempt to change the negative traditions that continue to exist in our culture. Racism and discrimination inequalities continues to be passed from generation to generation.

Racism is something that has messed up our country for years. We’ve fought over it, there has been times where we thought it was over, but it always lingers around and comes back somehow. I believe that it’s the old generations that are bringing into the new ones. Racism is something we learn, not something we’re born with.

Hate speech is taking over our lives we get separated into groups defining what we believe in. Imagine yourself in a crowd of people fighting for your rights but in never ends. America should limit hate speech because hate speeches caused divisions in our cultures, Hate speech conducted into riots and violence it also relates to fights and citizens getting in deep trouble on social media.

It has been over 500 years since Columbus sailed the ocean blue and yet the vast majority of that time has been filled with the woes, hatred and oppression of the American white man for his darker skinned brethren. If we take as our assumption that such racially motivated injustice can not be justified and should not persist then we must first understand how such an obvious imbalance came to be and what can and should be done to avert it in the future. Historically hatred was born out of fear and misunderstanding of cultural, religious and physical differences, and the economic necessities of the time. It persisted because of the even greater fear of admitting ones mistakes and the divestiture of power From African

Through the transition of opinion left behind a hysterical fear of radical racism and recollection of the demeanor of The United States’ history regarding race. A population in disillusion of the thought of racism and it’s consequences. Tensions have built to the degree some are pursuing anyone who is racist. Although racism is less prevalent today, an anomaly has surfaced, where people get accused for verbally portraying something supposedly ‘racist’ but rather are purposely taken out of context. Often for personal gratification, a righteousness prosecution of anything that could be manipulated or slightly interpreted as racist or isn’t politically correct. This ‘P.C. culture’ stands to remove ‘Rude’ or ‘Hateful’ speech and believes, especially

Race is defined as an ethnic group of people sharing the same culture, history and language. However, there is neither a characteristic nor trait that differentiates races. To me, skin color is only skin deep. One’s skin color does not define how one should behave. America is the only country that I know of that defines people by their skin color. In America, rather than one simply being an American they are classified as African American, Indian American, Asian American, and many others. In other countries, people are just simply classified by their nation. An example being, a person who would be called an African American here would simply just be an American. Racism is a learned trait, as no one is born a racist. Many people claim not to

The first video was based on an experiment with taxi drivers who were paid actors that made conversation with their customers about different races, ethnicities, and even homophobia(ABC Prime, 2008). They conducted this experiment in Las Vegas, Savannah, and New Jersey to see if they would get different reactions from different people. The first person in the experiment was a Puerto Rican woman on her way to work in New Jersey. She was quick to debunk the notion that all Arabs are terrorists and even said that she is far from prejudice(ABC Prime, 2008). However when her driver started to talk about Asians she piped in and said, “They can’t see right or left”(ABC Prime, 2008). As the experiment continued there were people who either sided with their driver or challenged them. One person in particular was an African American women who stood up to her taxi driver and told him that America is a place where people can think different things and that is why America is the way it is but also that America was not built on intolerance or hypocrisy and that is why America is great(ABC Prime, 2008).

For centuries a disease has plagued our nation just like AIDS has Africa, I bet you all are wondering what this disease is. You probably think that it can be treated with limited breakouts every few years. The virus I'm talking about is racism. Imagine living every day in fear knowing that where ever you go, everything you do is being observed and judged. Imagine walking into a store or a boutique and having someone watch every move of yours thinking that you’re going to steal something, or expose a bomb from under your clothes. Imagine being mocked and hated at school because you're "different". Imagine being left out because of your skin colour. No one enjoys being left out, but then, why do people judge? Why do people set a fire of

Laurell Hamilton once said, “There is no light without dark, no good without evil, no male without female, no right without wrong… Nothing can exist if its direct opposite does not also exist.” Meaning that, in this world, there are individuals capable of both wholehearted goodness and obscene hatred. Throughout time, there have always been attitudes of racism, but also of kindness, thereby leading to the conclusion that we are all simply a product of our environments. In a world where everyone has loved and hated, where do you stand?