The Pros And Disadvantages Of Minorities In Society

In our world today, White privilege is an existing matter. White privilege can be defined as advantages that assist white individuals in flourishing and gaining success. Privilege is in and of itself a struggle to equality. The advantages in privilege display the inequality that is in our society towards those who are not white. We as a society usually do not see the inequality in the opportunity and quality of life amongst those of different races, and this results from the fact of wealthy white counterparts being in control and in power since the birth of this nation.

What does the word minority mean to me and tell a situation in which the actions of myself or of others toward minority? It's a scholarship that gives one thousand per semester for one year

No matter who you are, where you came from, or how old you are, everyone is in a minority group. A minority group is a group that experiences a pattern of disadvantages or inequality, has a visible identifying trait, and is a self-conscious social unit. People with disabilities are a minority group because of their disadvantages and visible characteristic. For example, a child with down syndrome, autism, nonverbal learning disorder, and cerebral palsy will be put in a separate class and area of the school because they are not like the other students. As a person who has first handily seen what they do in school, they are definitely a minority group. They are treated differently by being stuck in one class all day and they aren’t really being taught like the other “normal” students. This disadvantage goes on into these people with disabilities adulthood as well. It harder for them to find jobs, if they are able to work. They are sometimes treated as less because people may feel like they cannot do certain things. They are basically treated as less because people automatically underestimate them because of the disability they are born with

Minority status has long since been viewed in a not-so-positive light. From the reflex many people have to lock their doors when they see a homeless person or a person of color, to stereotyping and assumptions based on institutionalized racism, to discrimination, minority status has a part to play in all of it. Similarly, many people have the idea that deaf people cannot do anything for themselves because they are “disabled”. Even though America was once hailed as a melting pot because of the diversity of its citizens, things like “you’re in America now, speak English” are said in today's America. While being defined as a minority isn’t inherently bad, it has become an excuse for some members of the majority to treat minorities as second-class citizens.

In the mist of the countries involvement in one of the most grueling wars in history new barriers were broken to make room for an equal America. Although true equality was not reached, these short four years would lead to the turning point in American acceptance toward diversity, both in and out of the work place. The movement of thousands of men overseas create a substantial gap in the work place, creating a never before seen chance for women, Blacks, and immigrants to flood the many war based jobs. At the same time, the Japanese faced radical discrimination for the events in which provoked the United States entry in to the War. In the years incasing WWII opportunity opened to those who had been affected hardest but

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The United States of America is suppose to be the place to pursue the “American Dream”, yet no one never said the path to that dream was going to be easy, especially if you are not white. Minorities in this country are riddled with struggle and barriers that hinder the growth of the people starting from below the bottom. As Berkman and Blunk said in their Thoughts on Class, Race and Prison, “we live in a country where large numbers of people, particularly young Afro-American, Latino and Native American women and men, have been written off by society.” The minority of the United States experience bare minimal surrounded “in a consumer society, [that] if you’ve got nothing, you’re considered to be nothing, and the frustration of this reality leads [minority] people into crimes and drugs” (Berkman & Blunk). Minorities throughout times have faced challenges and persevered for rights in this country, though their rights have been achieved “racial inequality...may linger on for indefinite periods of time after the racial barriers are eliminated” (Wilson).

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Are all men created equal? Are all men guaranteed the same opportunities in life? Are all men born into an equal environment? Do all men have the same potential? These are questions that are difficult to answer. Some would argue that although all men are created equally, they do not enjoy the same opportunities, environmental advantage and potential for advancement. Although not always, this disparity of privilege is often due to the color of one’s skin. Merriam Webster defines privilege as “a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage or favor (“Privilege”). This privilege refers to the advantages white people enjoy simply because of the color of their skin. White Privilege is also an invisible element that negatively affects the opportunity, environment, and potential of people of color.

Canada is a place known to be a multiculturalism country to many. Although it is meant to be a positive thing in many minds, it is also tended to be a negative thing. This is shown in the essays “No Place Like Home” by Neil Bissondath, and “Immigrants, Multiculralism, and Canadian citizenship” by Will Kymlicka. Both essay make powerful points to why multiculturalism is negative, but also shows the method that the authors use to write such as racism, how both author’s use the pathos and logos method, but also false premises.

McArdle describes this idea coming to play into our society, in 2007, the Supreme Court decided that it wasn’t correct that schools should consider race when admitting students in which these schools wanted to so they could uphold a varied group of students. Along with this limit of opportunities for minorities, McArdle illustrates an event showing the mistreatment minorities face. In South Carolina, there is a bike parade in which there are 2 events, one for the white community, and one for the black. The white bike parade was a very animated event in which business opened and lots of resources where used, however the black biker parade was the complete opposite. The black biker parade was littered with police giving tickets, a lane closed down causing traffic issues, and 25 restaurants were closed.

Inequality towards minorities in the United States has been established to be forgotten but in this century we have noticed that it has never gone away but instead been covered with other structures that allow inequality to take place. Being a minority and watching this video reminded me of the inequalities that I will still have to face throughout my education and career path. For many of us we have been tracked since elementary and allowed structures figure out where we belong due to our race, economic status, immigration status. For some students, we realize the inequalities that we have been given and try to make a change that will affect us and future generations. Cases like Brown vs. Board of Education and Mendez vs. Wethcmister Shows

Race is a term that society has created. The term has had a long history within the United States and has grown in both the complexity of its meaning and effects as time has progressed. Before race and physical characteristics were used as a way of dividing people, nation’s would sort their population based on religion, social status and language. The concept of Race and Racism has proven to be enduring, and has had underlying effects on our nation’s social and economic structure. Race has altered the fate of every one of us, causing vast socioeconomic disparities in America. In recent years, scholars, anthropologists and intellectuals have come to understand some of the devastating effects racism has had on North Americans and have recognized the need for widespread change. Race has not only permeated the economic and social opportunity of Americans, it has established a society of spitefulness and an environment of advantages and disadvantages that greatens the opportunity of light-skinned people at the expense of dark-skinned people.

As the American society attempted to protect the minority groups in our communities the majority members of society had to join the minority in creating social changes that allowed for the protection of the minority (Miller, 2003). In fighting for the protection of minority members of the American society there, has been laws and constitutional rights that have been put in place that remove discrimination from the workplace, public educational systems, and in the criminal justice system (Greenhouse, 2000). In the 1960’s, the civil rights movement installed the largest amount of legal protections

“My people are poor. And they are tired. And they are determined to live. Our South side is a place apart, each piece of our living is a protest.” (Hansberry 2) The minorities in Chicago live on the Southside, and work hard, harder than they should have to, to live there. Each and every time they step out of their house, their actions are severely judged because of their race, and these people are cut no slack by the rest of Chicago. By doing something wrong, the people who live on the Southside of Chicago

towards minorities in education, employment, housing, arrests, and many other issues of society. Social inequality and discrimination towards