Understanding Of White Supremacy And White Liberal Racism

Andrea Smith in the “Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy” argues how women who are victimized by white supremacy should not be joined a union based on their oppression because they are oppressed differently. She describes the previous framework having five races, which are Native women, Black women, Arab/Muslim women, Latinas and Asian women all mix into one group of women of color. She proposes viewing oppression of women of color through a model known as the “Three Pillars of White Supremacy.” The three pillars are divided into Slavery/ Capitalism, Genocide/Capitalism, and Orientalism/War.

Unfair laboring and immigration in the United States has affected Latinas/os lives for decades. In the United States millions of Latina/o citizens, emigrants, and immigrants have dealt with bias, racially segregated, and limited positions in regards to labor. They have been limited to blue collar jobs with low wages, no benefits, and hardly any raises. In the article, “Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy”, Andrea Smith argues, “This framework does not assume that racism and white supremacy is enacted in a singular fashion; rather, white supremacy is constituted by separate and distinct, but still interrelated, logics.” (Smith 67). I believe that Andrea Smith’s two of the Three Pillars of White Supremacy: Genocide/Colonialism and Orientalism/War fits with Latina/o labor and immigration. I also believe that her first pillar of Slavery/Capitalism could be displayed slightly differently to be more suitable with Latina/o labor and immigration. In this paper I will argue how the two out of the three pillars fit with Latina/o labor and immigration. I will also argue and propose a new pillar to represent Latinas/os labor and immigration. I will also argue how sexuality, power, and gender play a role in these three pillars.

Although efforts have been made to fight white supremacy, nonwhites continue to face injustices based on their color. The US has made efforts towards liberal multicultural era whereby white supremacy is obscured by certain events. The election of President Obama was a step towards liberal multicultural era (Melamed, 2011). Obama's government made efforts to empower people with color in the US.

I believe the most important lessons that I could learn from this activity and that anyone could learn from this activity is that our mindset on racism can affect an entire race of people. For a good portion of my life I always just assumed, well if you’re in a minority you just have to accept the fact that life is harder, I never thought that something could be done to equalize the playing field. Although, Jane Elliott simply brings awareness to the problem of racism I believe a major aspect that she is fighting for is that we do in fact balance the manner in which we view and deal with people of different races.

Racial diversity is something that is often discussed on college campuses. As a student who self-identifies as a minority in more ways than one I often feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the subject of racism and race. However, often times when these issue are discussed I learn something new; this was the case when reading the articles this week. This week’s articles examined the issue of race from different perspectives. This allowed me to re-examine the issue in a fuller manner; it also allowed me to question some of my own notions that I hadn’t really challenged before.

In our daily basis we are bombarded with millions of images, but we rarely stop to think about what those images mean and what they are persuading us to do. Images can be found in many forms, newspapers, magazines, internet, radio, television, smart phones, social media and billboards, amongst other forms. Images have power, which is why individuals need to understand the messages being sent to them.

Moreover, Hsu states that people in America today no longer see being white as an advantage but as a cultural void and surmises that liberal white people are coping with this change by divesting themselves of their whiteness and

Lets say, once children learn the importance of diversity, they are able to fight racism through their unprejudiced appreciation of the different races and cultures. In other words, diversity in the classroom ensures there is no room for racism in future.

It wasn’t until I earned a few college degrees that the military would even entertain my packets for promotion where I was station. Once I realized my ignorance regarding not just racism but also sexism I found myself encouraging minorities to obtain an education in order to compete. As Spencer (2008) said in his article “education and employment opportunity, he was made in his opinion palatable to the dominant culture.” This article compels me to think of situations from my past life experiences. It amazed me how much I overlooked some hurdles that I overcame when it comes to racism and/or sexism. My reflection involved my critical thinking skills to determine if I deliberately block it out or did I truly forget. I found myself questioning my experience and opportunity to search for new perspectives and new solutions if

As a result of this individualistic ideology and confirmed by media, whites enjoy the comfort of not dealing with the “social burden of race.” Until whites can face the reality and openly discuss the imbalance between opportunities that whites and black have in American society, the injustice of segregated privileges will continue without any prevail.

The chapter discusses white progressive views on racial issues and questions their views differ from those of past generations. The author describes past racial views to those of a fictional television character named Archie Bunker. This character was a bigoted person with strong racial views that still resonates today. However, the author did profile white racial progressives; he suggested that these individuals are more likely to be young white women from a working class background. These individuals are more likely to have close personal relationships with minorities in general, showing support on many racial issues such as interracial marriage, affirmative action and racial injustice.

In this article, Abby L. Ferber shares her thoughts and experiences while reading the works of white-supremacists as a Jewish person. Growing up, Ferber never noticed her Jewishness because she grew up in a Jewish community and attended a majority Jewish college. She wasn’t made aware of her Jewishness until she attended graduate school in the Pacific Northwest and another student referred to her as “the Jewish one.”

For example, the rap duo from Seattle, Washington, the Blue Scholars, were inspired to make a music video dedicated to their idol, Yuri Kochiyama. In this rap, the two young men say, “ when I grow up, I wanna be just like Yuri Kochiyama”. This line is repeated multiple times throughout the song to prove the fact that these people look up to Yuri Kochiyama because of her courage of standing up for those who are not able to. It is important for people to be knowledgeable about social injustices towards other races because they will be the ones who can protest for these people to be treated fairly and equally. Helping others who are incapable of doing so is a duty that every citizen in a community must follow through with. This is a significant act of activism because it leads to allyship. Becoming an ally with someone will be beneficial to both races or communities involved because this allegiance would become an even harder bond that would have the potential to be destroyed by racial discrimination. Allyship is important because it shows others that they are not alone. Everyone can feel included because allyship is not meant to be an exclusive concept. The main purpose is aimed to make all races feel involved and represented in the grand

The most significant thing I’ve learned in sociology is that based on our background it will influence our behavior, way of looking at things and life chances. For example when I looked at income by race I was expecting everything to be equal, but I was wrong. I will use this new knowledge to better understand people and the struggles they have to face in society that other people aren’t aware of. An idea to establish harmonious relations among the many ethnic groups in America is basically what I’ve learned from my mom the golden rule “treat everyone the way you want to be treated”. It’s more than just being kind to people it’s also a way of knowing that everyone is equal and no one is better than the other. The best way I think I can do to

Firstly, one meaning of racism from the dictionary is "A belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others". Another definition of racism including a etymology from;http://www.etymonline.com/index.phpallowed_in_frame=0&search=racism+, is "Sambo which is a stereotypical name for male black person (now only derogatory), 1818, American English, probably a different word from sambo; like many such words (Cuffy, Rastus, etc.) a common personal name among U.S. blacks in the slavery days (first attested 1704 in Boston),