Supremacism In On The Subway

Andrea Smith in the “Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy” argues how women who are victimized by white supremacy should not be joined a union based on their oppression because they are oppressed differently. She describes the previous framework having five races, which are Native women, Black women, Arab/Muslim women, Latinas and Asian women all mix into one group of women of color. She proposes viewing oppression of women of color through a model known as the “Three Pillars of White Supremacy.” The three pillars are divided into Slavery/ Capitalism, Genocide/Capitalism, and Orientalism/War.

Tannen begins her essay with the description of three different women, marking each of them in their own way and finishing that sequence by explaining that there is nothing to be marked of the men. Throughout the entirety of the essay she explains how society puts pressure on women and that the markings aren 't only on the female appearance but with the names they identify with, and even genetically. In the essay by Bell Hooks, Hooks immediately jumps into the controversy. She states that race and ethnicity “spice up” the norm of culture in today’s society by metaphorically voicing that “eating the Other” establishes power and privilege. In order for the white supremacists to keep order and control they must first exploit the Others, based on Hooks essay racist domination is inevitable and a mutual recognition for racism was required for any form of legitimate interaction without denial and a sense of fantasy.

Just Walk on By,” is an article written by Brent Staples and published in Ms Magazine to convey Staples viewpoint and personal experiences as a black man being stereotyped by society. He tells several stories of times where people made assumptions of him solely based on his skin color. He chose to publish his article in Ms Magazine, in hopes that the women who read the magazine would be able to relate to it, because just as black men struggle with stereotyping, women in many ways wrestle with the same issue. Staples begins his article by sharing a personal story of the first time he became aware of the stereotype he was categorized into. He tells us about the fear he witnessed when for the first time, he unintentionally scared a woman away with just his presence. He was a young, 22 year old black male studying at the University of Chicago when she came across him late one evening in an alley and began to pick up her pace, until she finally ran away. He could tell the young woman assumed he was some sort of criminal, but he goes on to defend himself by stating that he was suffering from insomnia, not out looking for prey. He also says that he is ‘a softy who is scarcely able to take a knife to raw chicken,’ (Staples 357).letting us know that he isn’t even remotely close to being violent. Later, Staples moves to New York where he continues to suffer from this generalization. In New York, he sees women often hunched over with their bags held tightly across them as they rush to get to their destinations. It’s clear that Staples feels as though all black men are being classified into a single negative category, but he admits that he can understand why these women feel threatened. Despite his understanding, he admits that it brings him no comfort, and instead only makes him feel like an outcast. Through Brent Staples life experiences, you can’t help but sympathize with him. Regardless of who you are, it’s an obvious and apparent issue, not only for black men, but for every race and every gender. I agree with Brent Staples that discrimination and stereotyping is an important issue in our

White supremacy is when a person believes that because they are white, that they have supremacy over someone else. This is the standard phrase explaining what white supremacy is and has dominated the mentality of our country for decades. It has been prevalent all over the US. The only difference is that in the south, it seems to have been more amplified than in the north.

In his piece, Staples first openly introduces his audience to his "first victim" by describing specific details of the woman immediately followed by the location of their crossing (1). Staples goes on to state the vibe that was given off by the streetwalker - a vibe that literally left in a flash since the woman ran "in earnest”, "disappearing into a cross street"(1).This is consequent of her becoming apprehensive of him - this is because of the presence of a black man. Not only did this embarrassing confrontation have an effect on the thoughts of a female walking along a side street, but it also negatively impacted the thoughts of an innocent black man. Over time, after several racial discrimination occurrences, Staples formulates an understanding of how violent the world is as a whole and how women naturally have all the right to fear any man due to their own stereotypes and struggles as a woman. However, Staples never displays the accumulation of anger towards those who feel the need to discriminate against him, he simply remains calm and seeks solutions. His newly discovered, partial solution causes him to actively make an attempt to come off as not so intimidating to others around him so that he is not misjudged and racially profiled. He has allowed the actions of another to alter his daily activities. Staples builds his credibility with personal facts and sources while effectively triggering the emotions of his audience through the broad use of ethos, pathos, abstract diction, sarcastic tone, and structure to portray the stereotypes that black males have to deal with. Staple's audience is both the victimized black men who

Words can affect people in a negative aspect, individuals strongly influence people from their degrading words. Many times, men and women nonchalantly state opinions society has formed, not considering their meaning. Angelou states, “But I personally had never heard it before. Never heard the words, despite the thousands of times I had sung them” (Angelou, 2015, p.188). Angelou during this statement refers to the Negro National Anthem. People proclaim statements, ideas, and opinions often based on the norms society has created. Even if men and women proclaim the words their culture and community has stated, often they can forget the true meaning of the words. “The man’s dead words fell like bricks around the auditorium and too many settled in my belly” (Angelou, 2015, p.186). The actions of Mr. Edward Donleavy, including his speech, allowed his words to negatively affect the audience, leaving them feeling humiliated. Individuals voice their comments without thought of the true message others insinuate from their words. The result from the impact of the words leaves an everlasting effect upon the individual receiving the impact.

In recent months, a new song has surfaced, “Everybody”; the composer, Logic, is a well know biracial rapper whose song are typically based on politics or social issues happening presently; this new song is not any different. The basic concept of the song is about how neither “whites” nor “blacks” consider him part of their culture, and he counters this with the chorus that generally says people are people and when broken down cry, bleed, and want the same things (Logic). Many allusions and references are made throughout the piece; for example, “Now picture little Bobby just a youngin’ runnin’ round with his mans, hammer in his hands, feelin’ like a man…before the popo get the gun, put it to your brain,” (Logic). These lines speak about recent police brutality against young black men and especially the Trayvon Martin case. The first line of verse two uses imagery as well as simile to convey that he is like a Jehovah witness trying to spread his truth and beliefs (Logic). He thinks that society does not want to “face facts” and admit the injustices that going on all around, so he is here to educate and enlighten (Logic). Logic also references his

The hidden purpose of the subway system which Jurgis helps to construct is to break the teamsters’ union. Because Jurgis got hit by one of the rail freight cars, he broke his arm and lost his job.

African Americans are judged more for their race than for their self-perception. Brent Staples is an African American male who is treated unjustly for being black. In his story entitled “Black Men and Public Space”, he describes himself as “a softy who is scarcely able to take a knife to a raw chicken”, yet he is “often being taken for a criminal”. In his mind, he is a harmless man who could never cause harm to anyone. This is not how he is treated by others; instead other racially profile him as a dangerous man. For example, one night he is walking around the city due to his insomnia. A woman sees him walk her way, and she runs away. Obviously, she judged him based on his race instead of his personality. She believed that he was “a mugger, a rapist, or worse”. Staple is not the only black man to be discriminated against. In American, there are hundreds of stories about how blacks are discriminated against, especially by law enforcement officers. They claim to be stopped by police officers often for being black. This happens so often that it has been labeled “driving

Kendrick Lamar’s song “Alright” talks about race and how African Americans are being targeted and profiled. The song tells about the gun violence and police brutality that is effecting our community, “And we hate Popo, wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, n…” (Line 35). This quote out of his song is significant because in the world we live in someone gets killed every day for the color of their skin color or a profile that someone made off assumptions. As the song goes he tell about how African Americans were discriminated. “When you know, we been hurt, been down before, n… / When our pride was low, lookin' at the world like, "where do we go, n…?”’ (Line 33-34). Throughout the years African Americans are looked down on to the point where they do not know what their purpose is. For some, living in a world where people do not want them there hurts the pride of people.

In addition, following their attack in 2.00-2.35, they see others who have tried to break the rule and go against their norms were left alone in a corner. This portrayed the stereotype of the society as being rejected by the other people who have not followed their culture. It can be noted that from the start of the song, each color remains untainted and rigid and it has only changed when the people started questioning and break their own stereotypes. For example the lyrics of the song '' Don't you think it's funny how they tell us how to live?

These visuals may reconstruct and confirm racist pigeon-holes that dub black buttocks with terms such as “junk,” “bubble,” or “cake,” linking its physicality and location to ideas of black ghettos, and dictating “its value and the spatial location for women who possess this body type” (Durham 41). However, within these stereotypes, along with Beyoncé’s self-representations, exists “classed femininity,” where “shared racial history is less useful when attempting to delineate within-group distinctions, such as class” (Durham 40-41). “Black ghetto” stereotypical depictions, such as hypersexuality, are often performed to maintain southern black authenticity in hypermasculine demeanors in order to gain respect from their black and white counterparts. This is done when Beyoncé’s lower half is utilized in her musical performances “to mark authentic blackness rooted in the American South” (Durham 43). These “hood” roots assist in creating respect and visibility for these otherwise demeaned, diminished, and silenced bodies, although, this practice can merely be a facade as “both the street and the strip club are hypermasculine spaces where Black girls and women are economically and sexually vulnerable” (Durham

In the article “Study Shows Black People Deal with Racism on Lyft and Uber,” Clutch addresses issues of racism and cab driver apps by bringing to attention a recent study. Said study, done at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, consisted of sending passengers to hail nearly 1,500 rides using the phone apps. Unfortunately, though also not necessarily surprisingly, the change in the various metrics they recorded between white and black passengers was indicative of some issues.

The society that we live in today had a lot to say about this song “I'm not racist” by Joyner Lucas and the meaning behind it, some people found it to be

In both “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” and “Do the Right Thing” the relationship between blackness and violence fluctuates between a mode of aggression and a tool of survival. Both films consistently attempt to represent violence by blacks as a symptom of white dominance and brutality. In “Sweet Sweetback” black violence is perceived by the dominant white institutions (i.e. the police and the officers) as an act of intentional aggression. White perception deems that blacks will be violent – both physically and sexually – because they are naturally violent. It is the responsibility of the whites to protect society from the hypersexual, hyper-violent black male (Class Discussions, 2014). Such is the case when police officers storm the hotel room in search of Sweetback only to find a black male naked with a white woman in the bed, presumably after having sex. The officers were quick to physically attack both individuals, though the black man received a longer and harsher punishment. Their response highlights the taboo nature of black and white relations in “Sweetback” as well as the dominant fear of black males as sexual aggressors who take advantage of white women whenever possible (Class Discussions, 2014).