The End Of Racism: Annotated Bibliography

Over the years, the face of racism has taken on many forms. In present day America, racism is a very taboo subject. It a common view that racism is not a big issue anymore, given the large strides that we, as a country have made towards equality. However, the inequalities that still exist between races point to a different situation. Instead of the blatantly discriminatory acts that our nation has witnessed in the past, modern racism practices are more covert and seemingly nonracial, making this kind of discrimination seem more acceptable and politically correct. The Civil Rights Movement forced society to implement a new, subtler way to perpetuate racial inequality. In Racism Without Racists, Bonilla-Silva describes the justification

Throughout American history, relationships between racial and ethnic groups have been marked by antagonism, inequality, and violence. In today’s complex and fast-paced society, historians, social theorists and anthropologists have been known to devote significant amounts of time examining and interrogating not only the interior climate of the institutions that shape human behavior and personalities, but also relations between race and culture. It is difficult to tolerate the notion; America has won its victory over racism. Even though many maintain America is a “color blind nation,” racism and racial conflict remain to be prevalent in the social fabric of American institutions. As a result, one may question if issues and challenges

Racism Without Racists is perhaps one of the most eye-opening books i’ve read to date. Never before have a read a book and felt so much guilt and understanding, as well as a mix of both at the same time. The author, Eduardo Bonilla Silva, did such a great job of making statements and then backing them up with sufficient evidence to prove his point. After reading this, I feel much more educated and confident in understanding the topics discussed in the book.

Wise’s examination of the inconspicuous character of racism 2.0 dovetails fittingly with our course’s recurring theme of institutionalized racism. In class lectures we have defined institutionalized racism as the discriminatory practices that have become regularized and routinized by state agencies, organizations, industries, or anywhere else in society. Although such practices might not be intentionally racist, they end up being racist nevertheless as consequence of the systematized and unspoken biases that have become increasingly convoluted and entrenched within society over time. It also doesn’t help white people to recognize these discriminatory practices considering they have been unconsciously tailored to be consistent with white perspective and mentality. In her article, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh examines not only how white folks often consider themselves to be a normative figure within society, but also how they are carefully taught not to recognize the advantages they gain from the disadvantages that impair people of color. In the article, McIntosh acknowledges the reality of her own white privilege and expresses, “In my class and place, I did not see myself as a racist because I was taught to recognize racism only in individual acts of meanness by members of my group, never in invisible systems conferring unsought racial dominance on my group from birth” (McIntosh 4). In fact, even if white folks do not believe themselves to

The idea of racism has evolved and has become less prevalent throughout the last century. Schools and public areas are unsegregated, voting rights, racial slurs being considered as unacceptable behavior etc. American sociologist and race theorist, Howard Winant states that’s “The ensuing approaches increased recognition of racial injustice and inequality, but did not overcome the discriminatory processes” (Winant,2000)Although the United states has come a long way to try to end racism, one cannot ignore the fact that it still exists. It is something that may seem invisible in society, but everybody knows that it still thrives and that it’s racial attitudes affect the way our society functions. One of these invisible forms of

Rather than merely examining the affects of racism on people of color, the book turns its attention to whiteness and how a system of white privilege, supported and perpetuated by whites, also damages whites by inhibiting them from making meaningful connections with other human beings. Until I almost reached the end of this book I was uncomfortable and disturbed by the way the book made me feel. As a white male, I am aware of the pain that my ancestors have created for others to advance the free world. I have pain for those who suffered and disagree with actions that were taken by my white predecessors. But I believed that we are now in a much more advanced world where we have chosen the first black president and equality was a focus of most Americans. Identifying with my culture as currently being a white supremacist society is something I have never considered, or would not want to consider. In Neuliep, within the Coudon and Yousef’s Value orientations, we perceive the human nature orientation within the United States with people being essentially rational. This term, rational, can be somewhat subjective. And if we continue with the same value system, and look from ‘the self’ values, we foster our self-identities from the influence of our culture’s values. If we are to reflect truthfully to how our country evolved and what we ‘had to do’ to create our freedom by limiting the freedom of other, how would we then perceive

Even after its illegality was established towards the end of this century, racism would still remain a problem in the country for centuries to come. Two of the main figures to establish viewpoints on how to cure this rampant disease were the authors Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Although these two were trying to solve the same problem, they each had drastically different theories on how to achieve a society in which Caucasians and African Americans could live together peacefully. I will seek to examine each of these arguments and also show how they are addressed in Ralph Ellison's famous novel,

Since the founding of the United States, race has always been one of the biggest points of contention. In “The Hate U Give”, written by Angie Thomas, the themes of race, identity, and fairness are all explored in depth along with social issues such as police brutality and gentrification. While reading “The Hate U Give”, many complicated questions where asked and eye opening conversations were had. Understanding the views of others and they are influenced by external factors along with understanding why we talk about race in first place (in the context of reading THUG) as well as my feeling about the book all cropped up as conversation points.

The roots and manifestations of Anti-Black racism can be traced far back in western history and cultural practice. Needless to say its continuing impact and repercussions in our modern day public, private, Judaeo-Christian and social institutions and practices, while perhaps, not always understood or openly acknowledged, is

The fourth article, “Racism,” by Joe R. Feagin, provides us with multiple perspectives and new information regarding the statements of how “discrimination against white men is increasingly a problem,” and “racial minorities use racism as an excuse more than they should.” The second statement, “racial minorities use racism as an excuse more than they should,” more often than less, comes from the oppressor, and in this case of the article, the oppressor is usually a white male. Feagin suggests that when discussions of racism are being taken place in the mass media, usually it is the working class white male that is tagged as the serious racist, and the elite or middle class are downplayed or have no connection to the broader issues of systematic racism (Feagin, 2000, 358).

According to the D.O.J, equal treatment remains a human right that is fundamental. Despite this knowledge, failure has been witnessed, both historically and presently, when recognizing that in the different dimensions of the U.S society, racial discrimination persists. The fact that racism is viewed regarding the individual is partly to blame for this (Vazsonyi, 2016). This, simply put, implies that whereas most individuals will object to direct racism expression, they will often overlook or condone the fundamental ways that the society’s social, political, as well as economic institutions contribute to inequities for groups marginalized by language proficiency, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, as well as religious affiliations

The next section of the chapter is “The American Architecture of Racism: Nature and Dynamics.” This section is a discussion about how racism is embedded in the capitalism of the United States. Kieh states that racism is a tool used by the higher class to keep the lower class divided (p.59). He says, “Through racial segmentation, the racial divide makes it easier for the American bourgeoisie to ‘divide and rule’ both white and non-white members of the subaltern classes” (p.60). Racism also has a part in politics. This has transformed from the “era of old racism,” when black people did not have citizenship (p.60), to “new racism” where racism still exists, even though black people are legally equal to white people (p.61). Racism has a hold on the United States, mostly because of the way black people have been portrayed since the abolition of slavery.

‘The good news about racism,' by Margaret Wente clearly outlines the construct of race as an issue of discrimination; in this analysis, we will also look, at the author’s point of view, and the historical context of these issues of equity will also be discussed. Finally, whether or not the article advances or inhibits the achievement of equity will be discussed. When “white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Va., […] the President of the United States gave them a pass.” (Wente, 2017). By excusing this behaviour the cycle of oppression continues, causing marginal voices to be silenced and internalized in the sense of institutional and everyday racism.

There is not one key factor that has caused racism in America today, it is due to a long and complicated history of the oppression of the black community. The racist ideologies in our nation has lead to a dominant white culture, white privilege and increased violence in the black community. This is seen through Baltimore, Ferguson, Chicago and in other cities across the United States. [THESIS]

It has often been mistaken that racism only exists between those who are black and white. This of course, has largely been influenced by colonialism and slavery in the New World. Carlos Hoyt Jr in his article, ‘The Pedagogy of the Meaning of Racism: Reconciling a Discordant Discourse,’ states that although several key concepts in the study of diversity, social bias, and social justice are somewhat nebulous and overlapping, for example, culture, race and ethnicity, there