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    Throughout history, the word race has changed across cultures. It’s been used to classify humans in a variety of ways such as traits and behaviors. There is no gene in our human body that can define what race we are. But in today’s society people categorize individuals According to Barba Fields, "racism is an action, not an attitude, bigotry or prejudice”. It’s clear that racism is an action you take to treat the other as a minority and with differences. Individuals shouldn’t be judging others

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    functioning of color blindness, people are treated equally in regards to skin color, there are no distinctions, profiling, or categorization based on race. It is the belief that we now live in a colorblind society where race privilege no longer exercises or shapes the power it once did. Realistically, we live in a society that defines race and is defined by race, in turn makes the ideology of color blindness inaccurate. People who are “color blind” cannot change or fix the system because color blindness

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    Race also known as ethnicities is a big topic, not just in the United States, but all over the World with all kinds of humans being that was once created by Adam and Eve. There is multiple race living in the United States that are known as Asian, African American, Hispanics, and others. My personal opinion on Asians are known with small eyes, straight hair, and ninety percent of the population are skinny. Another African Americans are known as tall, fit, and with different style hair, but mostly

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    Race and Ethnicity in America In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue. Everyone knows the story of Christopher Columbus; they are taught it in grade school if not before then. When he landed in America by accident, he had no idea that he would be creating the world's largest Melting Pot. This "melting pot" provided means for a new country, made from a mixture of many cultures and beliefs, thus creating a new country with a new and ever-changing culture. One complication with a Melting Pot

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    disproportionately poor” (Strolovitch, Warren, and Frymer 2005). This relationship between race and class traces back to the days of slavery and racial segregation that were prevalent in the South. Throughout U.S. history, African Americans, because of their race, have been denied their civil rights as well as the opportunities to advance in education, in income, and in social status. Even though it is true that race and class differ by meaning, they are deeply intertwined in a way that reflects a cause-effect

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    Thus, understanding both the origins of the “Race Power,” and the origins of certain means of interpretation proves the appropriate starting point when comprehending the difficult arena of constitutional analysis. Originally created as a section limiting Indigenous Australian’s rights to vote and be counted in the census , many suggest s51 (xxvi) in its amended form should be considered through a beneficial lens simply because of its prior elimination of detrimental, racially discriminative, foundations

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    The critical race theory is a theoretical framework in the social sciences which focuses on applying critical theory, a critical examination of society and culture, the intersection of race, law, and power. The father of critical race theory, the late legal scholar Derrick Bell, states his opinion on the critical race theory in his classic Faces at the Bottom of the Well (1992) that “writing in critical race theory stresses that neither neatly divorceable from

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    Although this quote is the ideal perspective of race relations it is not the reality. Race and ethnic identity exert an immense amount of influence on personal perception and opinion of race relations. Race and ethnic identity influence the networks and social groups people build for themselves. Social groups consist of two or more people with common identities, regular interaction, and mutual expectation. In society “common identity” often means common race or ethnicity. Primary social groups are characterized

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    Reaction paper 3 The article, Science and Race, by Jonathon Marks was interesting to me conceptually. I found myself experiencing a paradigm shift while reading this article. For many years, I, as well as many others, have assumed that race is biologically determined while ignoring the actual scientific and genetic information associated with that assumption. The research presented in this article displays that race is not a biological or genetically defined concept, rather it is a culturally constructed

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    The topic of “race”, is one that Americans have to confront every single day, whether we choose to consciously acknowledge it or not. As an aspiring educator, I am aware that I will encounter many situations regarding as race and be on the frontlines of the issue. It is important to know that there are credible and reliable resources out there to gain insight, and guidance, on something that is so crucial to youth of Americans. I say this because educators are on the front lines of this issue. While

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