Race and Gender Discrimination – Contemporary Trends Social Inequality; as defined by sociologists is the unequal opportunities of different social statuses and positions within a group of individuals or in society. The opportunities we receive, our wealth, our rewards, and our punishments, can all be influenced because of our positions we hold in society today. Remember the saying “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer”, why is this? It’s all because of inequality, there is no fairness when it comes to opportunities, employment, housing, etc. and it is in fact evident. After reading the article, “Race and Gender Discrimination, Contemporary Trends” there were many trends that I would of liked to discuss in my reflection, however the two trends that I found to be importantly associated with social inequality is the percentage of people who deny racial discrimination against people of color and the belief that blacks and whites have the same standard of living.
In this course, a few weeks back we learned about the term colorblind and its relation with racism and society. When reading about the trend on those who deny racial discrimination against those of color I instantly think of this term. Colorblindness is basically suggesting that the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity. However, most minorities that encounter everyday difficulties due to their race view colorblindness
When discussing race, having the right intention is not nearly enough to ensure progress in racial tensions; as such, only positive, tangible action can be the catalyst for change in race discourse. This general rule can help when looking at the concept of colorblindness as a supposedly well-meaning myth, which realistically only serves to continue racist attitudes and systems. Using a critical lens to determine the harm caused by colorblindness can diminish the impact and eventually eradicate a source of racist microagressions. Patricia Williams explores the inherently harmful idea of colorblindness in her book Seeing a Colorblind Future: The Paradox of Race, through exemplary anecdotal evidence. This paper aims to analyze one such anecdote to fully explain the pervasive and malicious way colorblindness is employed in everyday life.
The norm of colorblindness has been used to fuel racism therefore it has not helped eradicate anti-blackness and other forms of racism in society because it ignores the struggles blacks face for being black. Anti-blackness is achieved by the dehumanization of black bodies by society in order to create a negative image of black lives. This dehumanization then allows members of society kill blacks, discriminate blacks, and assault blacks with impunity. Anti-blackness creates the idea that the black body is always the perpetuator and not the victim. Colorblindness is the idea that in today’s society race does not play a role in one’s life. If race does not play a
Colorblindness is the term in racism that best assumes to end the racial biasness and discrimination. Without the respect to ethnicity, race or culture, the concept of colorblindness is believed to end the concept of racism (colorblindness alone, however, is not enough). However, the minorities group sometimes finds the concept of colorblindness quite biased. It is because they feel it as a way which tries to “end” the racism by using the color that they have as a person. The color blinded person cannot distinguish any color either its white or black. So the black people think that how can they end the racism when the concept of colorblindness completely forgets black color? But personally, I think that colorblindness can help to normalize the racial discrimination. It might seem like it’s not going to help instantly but eventually, it’s going to bring some positive result in terms of racial discrimination and biasness. Even in the test that I took, I was identified as colorblind. This helped me go through the test very well. I also believe that my
Colorblindness has helped disseminate racism in the United States since the Civil Rights movements of the mid-sixties, by perpetuating anti-blackness and racial discrimination against other minorities. Colorblindness is a new form of racism, the new “Jim Crow” which “Legitimizes the state and society as racially neutral although they are not neutral” and creates the belief that we have become post-racial and we are all equal. While preaching homogeneity, colorblindness uses mechanisms by which white racial domination is structured and as a result, colorblind racism has caused a widespread of anti-blackness and racial discrimination against Latinos, Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians.
An individualistic, non-discriminatory approach being progressive is what makes colorblindness a dangerous and destructive concept, because it ignores the problem, therefore, the attempt at a solution to systematic and collective racism. In this paper, I will identify the flaws in both racist imitation of colorblindness and the concept and execution of colorblindness itself. The purpose will be to signify the importance of
Colorblindness: Why it is wrong, and racist. Colorblindness is a term people use to express that they don’t see a persons skin color, race, ethnicity, etc. And many believe this is good and positive and could be an end to racism, but I’m here to tell you that being “colorblind” and not seeing race, is racist. ¾ young white Americans say that society would be better off if we didn’t acknowledge race.
The idea of a colorblind society assumes colorblindness is a something we should hope to achieve. But does colorblindness help or fight racism? Colorblindness treats racial inequality as prejudice on an individual basis. This enables it to ignore what has happened in history. By being colorblind, we are fixated on a past understanding of race and racism. Embracing color blindness eliminates racial awareness and thus eliminates the need for accountability for the white supremacy that exists in America
that asserts the key to ending discrimination is to treat all individuals within society as
When I hear the term colorblind it makes me think we are supposed to ignore part of the human. It's like they're trying to tell us that race no longer “matters” in American society. I personally hate this term, if you ignore something and act as if a problem doesn't exist. It just gets bigger and bigger and doesn't go away. Then negative feeling or the issues become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference. It's just like anything in life if you ignore something by the time you go back to it, the problems harder to clean up.
Because of the economic, social, and political challenges, many African American have to confront adversities that rarely happen to people of other races. Racial segregation exists in many areas, including in the housing, healthcare, educational, and employment sectors. If one’s race is being prejudiced, women in that race are suffering from a double prejudice, both racism and sexism. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, my friend Tiana is an African American graduated from New York University (NYU) with a major in Gender and Sexuality Studies in 2012. Since she was a child, Tiana had suffered from racial and gender discrimination for many years in many respects, such as education, shopping, and medical care. Growing up in a disadvantaged
I agree with your point of view on this topic. It should not matter what gender you are or what racial background you come from. I believe that we live in a world now that wants to please everyone, and prove that there is no discrimination being done, but then you are basically being discriminated against if you are not a women or of a minority race. I think the fear that you will be accused of being unfair and discriminating has a lot of companies worried, so they make up a number quota so that no one feels offended.But what about someone who has tremendous work ethic and a very qualified work background, who applies for a job and yet is looked over because they are not a minority race? Like your work place, race and gender should be left
Social inequality is the issue pertaining to the lack of housing, health care, education, employment opportunities, and status. It is the dismissal of people from participation in what we, the members of society distinguish as being valuable, important, socially desirable, and personally worthwhile. There are many different perspectives on social inequality within our society; the three areas I am going to focus on are those of the Functionalist, Conflict and Symbolic-Interactionist.
Gender bias, also known as sexism, is a full of attitudes, laws, taboos, preferences, and behaviors that differentiates and discriminates against either sex. These may be a position of which male dominance and female subjugation in the modern society. It could also be a form of sexual stereotypes between men and women, these are commonly experienced in employment versus other positions. A final place that discrimination is faced is the academic environment, the female to male ratios are not in sync in certain programs and courses because of this and it is pressuring men and women to not go into certain fields and do what they love and please. Most advertisements on Television, magazines, newspapers, online ad’s, use a charged sexually image with a female as the star. Women are to be a pleasure for men, and nothing else. Many people have different opinions on genders and sexuality and that is okay, but sometimes you just need to keep them to yourselves.
Our social justice issue is gender discrimination. Gender Discrimination is a major thing going on in our world today. Therefore, gender discrimination happens in things such as sports, education, health, employment, laws, and in different countries. Gender discrimination was a major thing in the past, and is still a major thing today. Men continually think women are weak, and so women are targeted more in crimes. They also think that women won't stand up for themselves, and women continually let men bring them down because they aren't brave enough. In jobs they believe women won't work, and that women aren't capable enough to do the job, so women end up getting paid less or have to work ridiculously short hours. Today in our century, women are targeted more than men because they are considered weak. Being labeled weak makes women are more vulnerable to at least one form of abuse. 1 in 3 women are abused in some form at a time of their life by a man. Women are targeted for crimes, such as home break-ins, because if they live on their own, they are thought to not be able to defend themselves that well. Women are also being killed all the time. In India, women are burned to death if they can't meet financial requirements, while men aren't. In Egypt, women are killed if they do something considered unclean in their family or outside their family. In South Asia more than 2 million baby girls are killed or abandoned to die because they are considered a financial burden to the
We are now in an age of colors with brown and yellow, not only the ancient divisions of black and white. Even though there are diverse people in the United States, it is totally absurd that if some people think America is a color-blind society. I used to think that colorblindness of black, white, yellow and brown was the only way to cut across the lines of racial equality issues. At that time, I was one of the supporters of color blind who think that “color blind” approach to the problems of racial inequality: The legal and political systems should simply ignore skin color and treat everyone the same” (172). Similarly, I believed that “Blind” refers treating individuals as equally as possible because people are blind to individual’s race, culture, and ethnicity. In this sense, colorblind society is another name of a society where everything is perfect and every individual is always happy, Utopia.