The Fight Against Racism Today By Scott Marshall

Racism will always be an issue and will always be considered inevitable due to society. Racism is said to be morally wrong because no one is born racist, they are taught. The ideals of a group are thought to be forms of extrinsic racism which lead to morally problematic intentions. Utilitarianism is ultimately the one way to prevent the consequences and effects of racism, as Kantian ethics follow it up by defining its moral rule.

“ The only way to stop racism is to stop talking about it.” was Morgan Freeman’s suggestion. This solution would work with many people who don’t even talk about it. If we didn’t talk about it, we wouldn’t have this problem with racism. I have to agree with Freeman about not talking about racism.

The first and most crucial step to solving an issue is to recognize that the issue actually exists. Many people fail to recognize that race has a correlation to the way that a person is treated in their society. In many aspects of American society, a person's race is a major determinant to how they are treated. Race impacts the way a person is treated in the workplace, by police and in the doctor’s office. Race grants privilege to those who it

There can be many causes of violence that affect a person or a group of people to carry out acts of violence targeting specific people or a specific institution. There are dozens of potential triggers. The main one to focus on is violence in the media. The media is able to portray violence all day long thanks to social media, 24-hour news channel, newspapers, radio broadcasts etc. It is easier for the media to use these various outlets to broadcast violence because we are always plugged in via our phones, tablets, laptops, computers etc. It is often said that the United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence. Americans not only engage in violence; they are entertained by it.

The prejudice dilemma is exasperated by the distinctive treatment black people receive from the world, consequently strengthening the feeling of mediocrity in the colored community and forming their negative perspectives on whites. As Jablonski noted, associating “skin color with inferiority has been one of the most powerful and destructive intellectual ideas of all time, leading directly to slavery, civil war, and, more recently, segregation and apartheid.” Racial discrimination still causes hardships suffered by many people. Wilkins expresses deep concern regarding racial integration “not only because of the past but also because of the future.” Even though the former segregation laws have been done away

Phillis Wheatley is a black, African slave, female poet, and then Christian American (Acton/ American Literature). The life of Phillis is attractive, some painful and some pleasant (poetry foundation). At that time, black skin people cannot be educated while she was American Christian and educated. Wheatley was a model of all black skin people or those were persecuted (Acton/ American Literature). She is the owner of the first published poems book in the colonies at 1773 after brought her from Africa to America; by that Wheatley was the first slave and third American woman do that (Biography). Indeed, Phillis is not her real name, but it is the ship's name which carried her to Boston; she used it until she died. Wheatley did not only change

Today, racist sororities and fraternities on college campuses have grown to be a public crisis. Recently at the University of Oklahoma, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity released a video including racial slurs and lynching of African Americans (Glionna et al.). This activity shows that there is racism among Americans even in the twenty-first century. There are many other publicized cases involving racism in American society which proves that racism is not just an issue of the past. The past contains elements of racial misconduct that can be explained by James Baldwin and Brent Staples. Baldwin, a preacher and published writer, writes “Notes of a Native Son” to emphasize his experiences and actions towards racism of a different time (50-71). Staples, a reporter and columnist who wrote “Just Walk on By: Black Men in Public Spaces”, describes difficulties and stereotypes from the nation and how he suffered through, yet, another difficult time in American history (394-97). Both have a way with words in describing past racial issues. But in comparison of Baldwin and Staples, one can see that the type of racism they experience, their age and maturity, and their response to racism differ entirely by noting the different time eras of racism that each encounters.

“Racism still occupies the throne of our nation,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pronounced just before his assassination. Almost fifty years later, we are still faced with the same unchanged threat that makes the words of Dr. King true. As individuals, communities, and a proud nation we have made an everlasting fingerprint for the children of our future, yet we lack the strength of acknowledgment to alter the course of racial discrimination and conquer prejudice. Has the formation of structural discrimination rooted itself too deeply into our subconscious that hope for rehabilitation seems unattainable? As a nation, we voted a man with a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya as the first multiracial President of the United States. Racism has not been eradicated because of the racial background of President Barrack Obama and we have not accomplished victory because of his African decent because prejudice has been too deeply fixed within our society. Social circumstance and the insinuation of race continue to change over time, precisely because race has become a social construct that serves political ends. The prior and present leaders of our nation organize, generate, and endorse the laws and public policy that ensure racism continues to maintain itself against people of color. Our historically racist foundation, the rising effects of structural discrimination, and the view of modernized racism all actively participate in shaping our structural

Many Americans today embrace the culture of hip-hop. Since hip-hop became mainstream its influence has surrounded most Americans. People engage in social issues from the hip-hop culture In his recent work, How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back, John H. McWhorter have offered harsh critiques of hip-hop for delaying and marring the success of black people. McWhorter asserts hip-hop music “celebrates a ghetto life of unending violence and criminality(10).” He believes hip-hop contributes to the stereotype nearly all Americans maintain in regard to black people. Reflecting on harsh song lyrics McWhorter attempts to strengthen his argument. McWhorter acknowledges not all hip-hop promotes violence in people. He concedes “not all hip-hop is belligerent

The aftermath of the Atlanta Race Riot gave rise to a new generating of self-styled New Black Men. The new Black Men reevaluated their racial loyalties and masculine identities. Prior to the race riots that broke out in Atlanta in 1906, many African-American men who were educated reffered to themselves as the New Black Men. W.E.B. Du Bois lived in Atlanata during the time of the riot and had a major influence on the black elitists. Du Bois gave the New Black Men the courage and willingness to speak out against racial injustices. Du Bois believed that black manliness equated to intellectual achievement. During the riots, the New Black Men would defend their fellow African-Americans who were victimize of racism, but later would turn their backs

Out of the three essays I choose the “Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples, because the writer did not just write about what had happened to him but he elaborated what his feelings and emotions toward the situations as well as the understanding of the behaviors of the woman. He kept his tone informative and was not biased with anger, which to me was a great approach he wanted to get the point out that not all black men are dangerous and up to no good that they are educated with morals just like everyone else. He understood why people react the way they do fiving examples of the crime and wrong he had seen people he personally knew. But, at the same time he wanted to express that this stereotyping is not right and does affect the victim’s

Fear provokes people to behave in multiple unreasonable ways. First of all, George Zimmerman is a racist guy who thought trayvon martin was up to no good. But really trayvon was really a good kid going to get tea, a snack and on the phone with his girlfriend. George called the cops and they told him not to do anything but instead he got our and chased him down and shot him. George said it was self defense but Trayvon didn't do anything. George went to trial and was charged with second degree murder and manslaughter in 2013.

Yesterday, I posted a statement on Facebook that stirred a little bit of conversation. My initial point said,

Charles White concentrated on the pre-civil right movement, he exhibited his skill with pencil drawings. He reiterated to society what it was like for African Americans prior to the civil rights movement before Blacks had an opportunity to protest. He gave African American culture a timeline of how to illustrate how far they came and to never stop pushing ahead. This Commanding drawing of two African American siblings concealing their selves in a small room. The level of detail condensed into this picture made it so, the actual drawing was real. The picture denoted the amount of fear they were experiencing and the quality of life they had.

In this article by Nehad Khad, he emphasises that students in school only learn about America’s Civil Rights Movement through a few big figures such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X. Nehad Khad states that the movements from these key figures are, “Individualized rather than communal structures, our youth learn to remain passive until a savior comes along to change things”. Teachings of U.S. history in school are unsuccessful in showing the communal, or shared, effects of the civil rights movement because they only show what a few individual figures have achieved. By doing this, the students are being taught that people who take action are courageous, so they are waiting for that brave individual who will step up to do it, instead