Racism Is Still A Prominent Part Of Our Society

Discrimination has afflicted the American society since its inception in 1776. The inferiority of the African American race – a notion embedded within the mindset of the white populace has difficult to eradicate – despite the efforts of civil rights activists and lawmakers alike. Many individuals are of the opinion that discrimination and racism no longer exist and that these issues have long since been resolved during the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. However such is not the case. Discrimination is a complex issue – one that encompasses many aspects of society. The impact of discrimination of the African American race is addressed from two diverse perspectives in the essays: “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King .

Racism has been the most provocative topic in American history; it has seemed to transcend other struggles, and fester its way into almost every facet of American culture. It has grown like weeds in an unattended garden in to the ideology of America. Politicians use it as a tool for reelection, corporations use it as a way to exploit, and the media uses it as a way to control. But the underlying question is where did it come from, how did it translate itself into political power, and how and what did African Americans do to combat that power. Many of the answers to

1.Which of the teachers Ali Michaels worked with in Raising Race Questions did you most identify with? Which of their lingering questions resonate with you? Why do they resonate? (Their response to her writing in the Appendix should be very helpful for this.)

In America, people used to deal with racism daily in The Jim Crow South, the era of ‘Separate but equal.’ In the South, many people of African-American descent experienced racism seen never before. Since the 1960’s, Americans have tried, and tried again to fight for the rights of people, but it never seems like enough. People have long debated, and are still debating, about the issue of Jim Crow, and whether it still lives on today. The effects of The Jim Crow South today still negatively affecting African-Americans today in the south.

African American’s have been inferior to Whites for nearly 100 years. Moreover, experiencing the forefront of brutality, racism, and discrimination of this great nation. Baldwin, King, and Coate write informative letters addressing the lifestyle forced upon blacks, due to the misguided tradition. The authors express the benefits of the injudicious customs for Whites at the price of slavery, injustice, and violence towards Black Americans. Baldwin, King, and Coate overflow their letters with hope, faith, and love to educate people when they’re in their darkest hour.

These sentiments, he contends, are a direct product of the repressive system of racism that has persisted for millennia. Baldwin contends that these feelings contribute to the persistence of systematic racism by preventing real communication and understanding across racial communities. Baldwin provides no simple remedies to the issue of hereditary racism. He does, however, emphasize the significance of acknowledging the past and facing racism's legacy directly. Baldwin contends that by recognizing the foundations of racism and its consequences, society can begin to break the cycle of inherited racism.

People these days tend to make assumptions about others based on the criteria such as a person’s clothing or skin. However, people rarely realize that these assumptions can lead to violence and it could end up killing innocent citizens. In another way you can put it is that, prejudice ruins and sometimes even destroys society. It also causes people to lose all understanding for their fellow human. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (39). People often fail to examine a situation from someone else view because their opinions are biased. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows readers how

When children come into the world they are not born hating anyone, in fact they are born completely helpless and dependent on another person to care for them. Children are also dependent on others to learn. They come into this world needing to feel protected and loved, so why do we teach them to hate? Why not instead teach them to love? There are many things that will need to change in our society to dismantle racism; however it will need to start with our children. My paper will show who is oppressed, who is oppressing, and will compare and contrast what has happened in history, and to where we will need to start to end racism.

This essay will focus on the film Racism: a History. I picked the film over the other films offered, because it taught me many things about history of the Black Americans. It illustrates how race continues to justify economic misuse and injustices. It shows how people moved from their maternal land, bound in slavery, and killed. This happens when people view others as though they are not human beings.

August 28, 1963 (Eidenmuller) marked a very important day in history that had an impact not only on America, but the whole world. On this day, Martin Luther King Jr. presented his well known I Have a Dream speech that aimed to eliminate racism, inequality and discrimination. He strongly believed that one day people would put their differences aside and come together. So, what happened to that dream? Along with other equality initiative ideas, they rarely make it past the idea stages or end in the actual eradication result. It is clear to us that even after 51 years, our societies still struggle with accepting full equality. Within those 51 years we have made a mass amount of progress but, a common thought would be that after this long the issue should have been eradicated. Two essays that can be used as an example of proof that racial inequality still exists in our society are, Black Men in Public Spaces by Brent Staples and Who Shot Johnny? by Debra Dickerson. In these essays, both provide solid evidence to support their main goal with the use of different writing styles, tone, and rhetorical devices to display how African Americans are perceived and treated by society.

Throughout the paper we will be exploring if has racism come to an end or just evolved as time went along. Im Going to explain the values of an African American lives throughout history till modern days. Explain the physiological abuse African American went through from back far as the middle passage. People never pay attention to the mind abuse and try to put themselves into the same circumstances. Can you imagine being in a boat in pitch black? Do you have any idea what that would do to a human being? As human beings certain events can trigger a nervous breakdown and cause you to lose sanity. Certain Events that African Americans had to go through

We will be using Moody’s book to discuss and give examples of how racism had strained or ruined the lives of the African Americans who had been alive during these tragic and scary times. We will also discuss how these strains had been manifested or in other words where they came from as well as how the African Americans coped with racism, fear, and the violence that engulfed the nation during the movement.

The article also states that “studies have consistently shown that negative, automatic evaluations of racial outgroup members are elicited on indirect measures of racial bias despite explicit, self-reported nonprejudiced attitudes” (Ronquillo, 1). While the amygdala activity was suppressed in the span of seconds by areas of the prefrontal cortex (the region of the brain associated with thinking and learning), the results of this and other studies still propose a controversial idea: people, regardless of self-reported prejudice, have biases that cause them to instinctively fear people who are unlike themselves. The opposite also seems to be true: people instinctively feel less fear towards people who look like them. Similarly, in her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explores biases in humans and how they translate into outward behavior. Additionally, through the extreme, rash, and deadly behaviors of the monster, she suggests that people will go to surprising ends to have relationships with similar

African Americans have been inferior to Whites for nearly 100 years. Moreover, experiencing the forefront of brutality, racism, and discrimination of this great nation. Baldwin, King, and Coates write informative letters addressing the lifestyle forced upon blacks, due to the misguided tradition. The authors express the benefits of the injudicious customs for Whites at the price of slavery, injustice, and violence towards Black Americans. Each letter argues that a person should not be discouraged or dismayed, but to have faith in the system because you too will live the American Dream. Baldwin, King, and Coates overflow their letters with hope, faith, and love to educate people when they’re in their darkest hour.

The issue of racism is an ongoing problem and it is something that each of us shares a responsibility to help address. Discrimination against black people is particularly prevalent in American society and it is troubling and unacceptable. “An Associated Press survey in 2012 found that 51 percent of Americans express explicit anti-black attitudes and racist attitudes have actually increased since the U.S. elected its first black President”(Sonya Ross and Jennifer Agiesta, bigstory.ap.org) People need to be taught that when it comes to other human beings, race should never matter. The solution is that people need to have open minds and be accepting of other’s cultures and ways of life so that there are no misunderstandings, misconceptions, or dangerous stereotypes that are detrimental to the positive evolution of our society.