An inclusive and tolerant society refers to a community of people living together in a particular country without excluding anyone out and being open-minded about opinions that one does not necessarily agree with. Do you really think it is possible to have an inclusive and tolerant society based on the world we are living in today? That’s a question to ponder about. Nowadays, it is common to read news articles about fights between two different parties. It is not a rare sight and it is saddening to see people fighting due to the differences they have between themselves. People who are not willing to accept one another into the community and excluding people out of the society is what that is happening around the world. With all the presence …show more content…
There is racism present in United States of America (USA) between the “blacks” and “whites”, which leads to having separate groups of people living together in the society, keeping a distance from each other. It has been fixed in the thinking of people in the society that the “whites” are superior compared to the “blacks”. This is evident in the USA. According to the Supreme Court's Sentencing Commission's findings,black men receive 20% longer prison sentences than white men for committing the same crime. Racism does not only happen in USA but in other countries like Singapore as well. One of the infamous news on racism that occurred in Singapore is the former assistant director of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Miss Amy Cheong, who posted an insulting racist remark on Facebook in October 2012. She posted her perspective about Malay weddings where she said that “lengthy void deck weddings” and low cost ones cause the high Malay population divorce rate. She was being racist and insulted the Malay community by posting a racist rant. This post went viral with people expressing their anger towards her remarks. If there are people who cannot accept cultural differences, we cannot be an inclusive society since they are not being open-minded towards others. Instead, we should learn how to accept each other’s differences in order to avoid conflicts from happening and to have a tolerant and inclusive
Systemic Racism in the United States Many individuals today have different point of views on how the United States of America became what it is today. For instance, point of views such as how society learned to function the way it does, the law and order in place, and ultimately, how circumstances have developed throughout history. Unfortunately, institutional/institutionalized racism, also known as systemic racism is also a concept that has settled and is grown to be quite predominant in the United States all through times past. Systemic racism continues to take place in settings such as banks, courts of law, government organizations, school systems, and the like.
There is racism in this country. Although this solution may be a problem to the criminal justice system, itself will aggravate race relations today. Whites takes blacks as self-evident because of their discrimination. Hundred years ago racism still continued out the U.S thought laws were made to protect colored, whites still found ways to make sure that would stay dominant.
“ According to the National Association of Social Workers Web site, racism is “the ideology or practice through demonstrated power or perceived superiority of one group over others by reasons of race, color, ethnicity, or cultural heritage....” The definition further goes on to note that “racism is manifested at the individual, group, and institutional level.” (Blank, 2013) Despite how much time has passed by, racism continues to be a huge issue today. We see it every day, some have even been confronted by racial discrimination, or racial slurs even. We see how the system could be for example: how blacks continue to get more severe punishments or blacks have higher the chance to get criminally sentenced than whites.
Racism is systemic, and it has infected everybody from our systems of education to incarceration. CONCLUSION In every way, the criminal justice system is weighted to favor the wealthy. While someone of means slide through the system and experience some minor inconvenience, while the less fortunate will go through the process of their life destroyed.
Racism plays a large role in dividing entire groups of people and most of the time, the racism comes from stereotypes and assumptions made of each other. One example of insensitivity and divisiveness when maintaining stereotypes is when someone starts asking questions about the said stereotype to another who is affected by it. Such as if a white man goes up to an Asian girl to get help with math because ‘all asians are good at math’. These kind of stereotypes are very insensitive towards others. An example of racism that proves that society is oblivious to how people of ‘other’ backgrounds are treated is the pay and job gap.
Racism & The criminal justice system Based on minority, culture and language, A lot of white police officers in particular are subject to control certain areas that mainly target communities populating a majority of the country 's minorities (African Americans and Hispanics). This process is causing a lot of confusion and discrimination coming from the police department which results in violence and rebellions due to people 's anger and frustration of the United States Criminal Justice System. People are being pressured to believe that the criminal justice system is choosing sides and is not balanced for all races. The battle between what’s right and wrong, What’s fair and unfair and how to solve problems is causing major issues in the U.S.
Racism, Discrimination, And Segregation Racial slurs, racial profiling, and police brutality are a form of discrimination that cause a separation between minorities and White Americans. The discrimination of the African American race is still a big issue today. Racial inequality is an event embedded in people's cultures to treat other human beings like they’re less than. The African American race has been beaten down upon by many races.
Racism in America Racism can be defined as a major problem in United States history, and can be dated back to the 1400’s. Racism can be viewed and defined in many ways, but most accurately is seen as the state of characterizing an individual based on his race, and or believing that one race is superior to another (Shah) . Racism is as big of a problem in the USA as anyone can think, starting way back to when the country had just began to form, when Europeans started settling into the 13 original colonies (Shah). Ever since then, it seems that the problem has only been on the rise, rather than the opposite. Racism has always been a major issue, although hundreds of years have passed since the birth of racism, the problem just seems to never go away.
Racism is a part of American history that can never be forgotten; a dark past that shows the constant mistreatment of African-Americans. Although African-Americans were freed from slavery in the 1860’s, discrimination continues to be seen today. Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one 's own race is superior. The white supremacy woven into mainstream American culture led to the continued widespread exclusion of African-Americans.
Racism: a curse for the society INTRODUCTION:- "Racism is an ideology that gives expression to myths about other racial and ethnic groups that devalues and renders inferior those groups that reflects and is perpetuated by deeply rooted historical, social, cultural and power inequalities in society." Racism is one of the oldest truth around the world .Racism, is said to be as old as the human society. Racism is nothing but only the belief that all members of each race possess the characteristics, abilities, or qualities which are specific to that race, especially, so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. And this differentiation change the people’s mentality and bring death among themselves.
Racism is an ever growing issue in the world, and something we can’t hide behind. According to dictionary.com the defintion of racism is: “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.” Race was created socially by how people perceive ideas and faces people are not used to yet. It is the “hatred” of one person to another individual, solely based on that person's belief that the person is inferior because of their language, birthplace and skin colour. Racism is an issue that has lasted throughout history, providing justification for a group’s dominance over another.
Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress. Working together is success” (Brainy Quote). From here, the concept of inclusive education, including students with and without learning disabilities as peers in the same classroom, originated. The aim of this type of education is to get students with learning disabilities involved in the society. Teachers and fellow students will also provide help for students with disabilities; in this way, students with learning disabilities will be motivated to study as they feel that they are a part of a group instead of being isolated in special places.
Racism is widespread among Brunei communities, Although it is subtle the existence of racism is undeniable. The presence of racism in Brunei should be eradicated to form a harmonized country. The act of racism could also affect the image of a country and its well-being. Thus, it is vital to put an action against this alarming issue. There are several ways that can be made to diminish racism.
The discussion on the social justice and injustice is one of the most important issues in cotemporary global scenario. New Oxford American Dictionary defines Social Justice as “justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society”2 (Wikipedia). Contrary to it where inequalities persist in the society it falls within the sweep of injustice. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines injustice as “unfair treatment: a situation in which the rights of a person or group of people are ignored”3 (Meriam- Webster). Thus it can be said that the concept of social justice takes the objectives of removing inequalities and affording equal opportunities to all citizens in social, economic and political spheres and social
Racism is one of the darkest, deepest and disgusting social issues of the world, existing throughout the history of mankind. It is a social construct created by humans to categorise the world. Racism is learned, we are not born with it. The most traditional form of this is discrimination based on one’s skin colour.