The Evolution Of Racism

Before the arguments are made for each side regarding on how to uplift the African-American race one must know the historical context of the time. African-Americans had just been

White Americans considered African Americans not a part of the white race and therefore they were treated as inferior (second class citizens). This method that white Americans used was really cruel, because they gave rights to African Americans, but in the same time those rights were only a “paper thing”. There were separate pubs, separate schools, separate trains etc. It was a taboo to see an African American and white American sitting together, or even just having a normal conversation with each

Many people believed that America didn’t properly solve the issues in Europe after the Holocaust. In America, citizens experienced a similar problem. Criminals who committed numerous crimes were not imprisoned or their punishment wasn’t harsh. Additionally, innocent people experienced more harsh punishments than those who actually committed the crime. During this time period, African Americans were targeted, and they were treated unequally. African Americans not getting justice became a normal thing.

Whites believed that Blacks had no right to have be able to read, write, attend school or work. To White Americans giving African Americans a chance anything seemed diabolical to them, and they would do anything to try and stop African Americans from being Equal.

Believed it or not but, back in the days African American didn’t have the same rights as the white American did. African was subject to name calling and racism. In the 1950 African American was not allow to use the same building entrance as of white Americans, also, they was not allow to eat, sit and drink in same area as white American. You can image African American was not happy about segregation. The blacks that opposed segregation pursued action to end racialism by protesting, like for example, when Rosa Park got arrested for not give up her seat which started the Montgomery bus boycott, which end bus segregation, and up changing African American history.

We live in a society where categorization is introduced to us at an early age: when we go grocery shopping, we find fruits labeled at different prices based of their varying origins; when you are introduced to new people, you’ll run into that person who kicks off the conversation by asking what astrological symbol you are. A random question? Not really, as soon as you respond with a “Gemini” or Capricorn” then you are automatically pigeon-holed into that class of person. “Oh so you’re outgoing, passionate, and an intelligent person? We’d have great compatibility!” For all they know, you’re a polar opposite of that immediate categorization you’ve just been given based off a symbol, or word, or color. While categories don’t physically harm an individual, it has a detrimental impact on the progression of society as a whole. Categories such as race, class, and gender seemed to be placed into rankings, whether one tends to be dominant than the other. Which opens the door for discrimination and inequalities to be utilized by those in a position of privilege.

African Americans always had to do as the whites demanded of them. But eventually they grew tired of being mistreated. And that was when everything began to change. African Americans began to speak up for themselves, “African Americans had been fighting against racial discrimination for centuries; during the 1950s, however, the struggle against racism and segregation entered the mainstream of American life (History 1950).” Even Troy spoke out about unequal opportunities when he was faced with it in the workforce, “why you got them white men’s driving and the colored lifting? What’s the matter, don’t I count? You think only white fellows got enough sense to drive a

In Europe and the United States the struggle against racism has progressed slowly and it is becoming less evident. With organizations such as Youth Against Racism in Europe, and simply having a black and white able to be friends, racism is beginning to decrease. It has only been fifty years or so since America’s public schools were ordered to become integrated, and we sure have come a long way since then.

Evolution is known as moving forward, adapting, getting rid of what stops the growth to reach one maximal potential. Humans seem to be good at just that. However, evolution must be made in unity. The ability to overlook other people’s differences and bond is humanity key to success. Instead of working towards that goal, some believe that they are better then others. The belief of superiority over another man is already atrocious, yet the reason why some believe they are better is even worse. Some believe that their life holds more value the another’s because of their skin color and race. This qualifies as racism. Racism is an issue that was believed to have ceased when slavery was abolished in 1863, unfortunately that is not the case. Although

What is racism? I believe racism is this disconnection between people of color. The disconnection keeps people from coming together as one. You ask yourself the question, is racism in your life every day? And 99% of the time, it is. Everyone encounters racism issues at some point in their life; they may recognize it or understand it but they know it exist. Nevertheless, as the topic states, “How People Express Racism” the examination of what it is.

Where Did Racism Come From? Well, before the Civil War, skin color didn’t matter, because all black people were slaves. However, after the Civil War, they got their freedoms, and the name “slave” didn’t really fit anymore so that former slaves started calling themselves “Black” or “Negro” or “colored.” In short, the skin began to matter, and, folks, racism was off to the races.

The reason to select this topic was because all of us in the group have gone through racism and discrimination in one way or the other. It hurts in many ways when you do not get equal opportunity and chances because of the color of your skin. This is unfair on all the levels. Every human deserves equal rights. The way we are deceived by other people cannot decide the way we live. There have been multiple meetings at the UN that have been held to eliminate Racism. If there is no law as such, we do we want to follow such a tradition that gives nothing but a complex to the same human race as anyone else is. Racism has polarised and shrunken the society and doesn’t offer much to the minority groups. The main motive of our group behind choosing this topic was that we all have worked hard enough but we did not receive the kind of appreciation, we would have achieved if we were of

A class divided really opened my eyes on problems society has today. One of the biggest problems that we struggle with as a nation is racism. We have all heard racist comments throughout our lives and we sometimes do not realize that people actually struggle with this and are affected by racism. One question came up in my mind. “Where did racism start?” From the video, I found that someone had to differentiate certain groups from each other for the discrimination to start. The groups were brown and blue eyes in the video, and black and white in our society. Once segregated, the children started to make discriminatory comments to each other and put the “weaker” group down even though they were the same. Five minutes earlier, they were

Multiculturalism, on the other hand, by reposing political problems as issues of culture or faith, transforms political conflicts into forms that makes them neither useful nor resolvable. Rather than ask ‘What are the social roots of racism and what structural changes are required to combat it?’, it demands recognition for one’s particular identity, public affirmation of one’s cultural difference and respect and tolerance for one’s cultural and faith beliefs. The problem with multicultural policies is not, in other words, that they stress diversity. It is that they possess too rigid a notion of what diversity entails and why it is useful. The consequence is to create the kinds of conflicts that are politically neither useful nor

Racism has presented itself countless times throughout the history of human existence. It exists in many forms, and its consequences have proven dire several times. The definition of racism varies depending on the dictionary, but the common theme throughout all definitions is one of intolerance or hatred toward a culture. The concept of a culture, however, is a socially constructed concept in order to classify humans based on their behavior, mannerisms, social ideals, ethnicity, age, faith, skin color, or other category deemed identifiable. Every single one of the categories created to define a culture was just that; they were created. On the grounds that culture is a social construct, by the virtue of the definitions at hand, the hatred of a culture and therefore racism is in fact a social construct.