Treat Others with Respect

Slurs of racism to suggest that one group is superior will not be mentioned, but the undermining of other groups through various systemic practices of standards by visual/verbal rhetoric will be discussed.

For centuries, one of the most controversial aspects of society was racism. Minorities and ethnic groups are despised and viewed with abhorrence since the coming of the Industrial Revolution.

We have all heard the phrase “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” However, depending on how words are used, and the opinions associated with them, they can indeed be very hurtful. Gloria Naylor writes about this in her article “Mommy, What Does ‘Nigger’ Mean?” She states “words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power” (Naylor 481). She explains that African Americans’ use of nigger does not in anyway invite Caucasians to use it. Naylor is accurate when she writes that the word ‘nigger’ would not be offensive had it not been for the thoughts, and sometimes, action others associate with it.

Hatred, abuse, social injustice, and general dislike of an individual or group will never be controlled or extinguished through any means of education or political mandate. These terrible practices are part of the human frailty of life, and can be found among every ethnicity and culture. While it should never be condoned, it cannot be eradicated.

Establishing rapport and respectful and trusting relationships is an essential part of working with and supporting children and young people. This is because it enables pupils to feel respected, empowered and it means that communication is comfortable and clear between both pupil and adult. It also enables staff members to be professional, build a good relationship with pupils and to role model behaviour that they would expect of their pupils. There are various ways that staff members can establish rapport and achieve respectful and trusting relationships including speaking at an age appropriate level with their pupils, displaying good communication skills such as eye contact and an appropriate volume to our voice, following through

When a person of color says something offensive towards a person who is white, it doesn’t enforce anything onto white people that has deep, cultural, or historical background behind it; and it doesn’t affect their ability to get jobs or how they are perpetually viewed in society. It isn’t right, but it wouldn’t affect them in life-altering way. If it were the other way around, it would be a different story.

Even if a singular statement may not lead to the development of aggression between the groups, it is a process that happens over time and after the heightened anger over many experiences. Whether a statement comes off as subtle or forthright, it develops over time and defines itself to serve as form modern day racism. The type of statement or action that is being used on a person is important to note since some microaggressions types of microaggressions may have more of an impact on people than others. For some, micro- insults may speak louder to them than micro-assaults or the other way around, but a mark is left either way. Even though it is only one aspect of racism, it leads to situations such as black on black crime, police brutality, and other forms of violence that we come to directly realize are created to intentionally give certain groups of people more importance than

“The waitress is so dumb; she must be Mexican.” “How can you live in a country without speaking the language fluently?! This is America and we speak American here.” “Oh, your mom cleans houses. That is very stereotypical.” Ignorant comments like these have had a disturbing presence in my life. In recent months, the hateful rhetoric against immigrants and people of color has increased. With uncertainty, chaos, and fear in the world, people turn to blaming scapegoats to make sense of the senseless. Unfortunately, this leaves the real problem and real solution hidden under a black shroud of anger and confusion. Part of me hates those that feel and spread dangerous and misinformed sentiments such as people of color are inferior or people of a certain

While these can lead to the worse levels afterwards, in our society they are viewed as acceptable. The first level is Prejudiced Attitudes which include accepting stereotypes, belittling jokes, and scapegoating a group. While this is not viewed as inherently terrible, this moves to the next level of Acts of Prejudice, which starts to become more hateful with ridiculing, name calling, social exclusion and avoidance, and the continuation of belittling jokes. With noone to challenge these ideas the excluded group continues to be discriminated against.

During the time in which we could own another human being as an object to do work we would use words that were only used to control others and bring them down. Racial slurs were used to control a person, to make them feel as if they were nothing and make sure they felt like nothing. In the book "When Race Breaks Out" even Helen Fox says , “Ethnic slurs by the dominant group are meant to keep a subordinate group in place.” showing that when any type of discriminating words should be left in the past.

Hate and prejudice among people has been there all along human history. In the United States, it continued with those who hold the majority of resources and power and control the social institutions, government, education and business. But we can say that the United States has taken a leap toward changes that can be view as optimistic of acceptance of everybody despite everyone’s differences. The vast majority of citizens have a progressive positive interaction with people of different cultures and ethnicities. But there are small extremist groups that have the means and know how to manipulate information to induce fear in people’s minds about someone who is different. The people in power in the nation who fear of losing that power create

What is respect? Is the way people should be treated, how you would want to be treated, and should it come naturally or should it be taught? Respect is what are world is built on, I feel that the phrases like “reap what you sow” explain what respect works like. For example to when I am rude to someone they tend to be rude back, the same works with respect. When being disrespectful to someone you most likely will disrespect you right back. Not everyone follows these thoughts of respect. Actions like these can lead to dangerous places, people begin to break boundaries that were once built on respect.

Hate speech is often misunderstood because it can be classified as either careless or intentionally hurtful. Many people interpret careless statements as acts of aggression, but with good reason. It would be false to say that the freedom of speech has never been manipulated to inflict damage upon others. Questions have been risen of what hate speech is and if it should be allowed to be viewed by public access. Alan M. Dershowitz delivers an enumerative definition of the term by asserting all speech that criticizes another’s race, religion, gender, ethnicity, appearance, class, physical or mental capabilities, or sexual preference. However simply defining hate speech by listing out its various forms only amplifies its definition, but it fails to clarify. Vicki Chiang manages to provide a more analytical understanding of the term by listing the various forms of the act and addressing the effects upon all involved. Dershowitz’s list of hurtful instances of hate speech conveys a definition of the term as a whole, but does not cover all forms hate speech. Hate speech is any action that conveys a critical perception of an opinion which criticizes a group in a harmful manner. By addressing all forms of hate speech and considering all involved it can be concluded that though such media is often viewed as offensive, it should not be censored by a legislative body that advocates freedom of speech. In a library, one should be allowed access to the records of the past in order to

There's no doubt the long list of pejoratives for minority groups is a problem, just like there's no doubt the long list of hate crimes against minority groups is devastating.

Along with the activities at the respect retreat, there was a message. The message that radiated from the entire retreat was to respect yourself, others, and to stand up for those that have been kicked down. Throughout the first section of the day Sam and Josh kept enforcing the idea of self respect. When someone first respects themselves they are then better able to begin to respect other people. One major reason this is so important to me is that because if I did not respect myself then there would be almost no way for me to be truly confident in my own abilities. In my opinion confidence is the key to success. After talking for a little while, Sam started to integrate self respect and respecting others together. Personally, as terrible