Arguments Against Racism Today

December the 6th, 1865 marks the end of slavery and white supremacy. A glance at the 21st century America manifests otherwise. Racism is an ongoing issue that contributes largely to class boundaries within significant aspects such as economy, education and society of the United States, making people of color inferior to white people. The key components that construct a country into greatness are economy, education and society. The inequality and injustice present in these interlinked components, bound by social class hierarchy, can lead to desisting the full potential to be a globally respectable nation.

These were some of my favorite readings so far that we had been required to read through. They were very enlightening and provided many great perspectives and stories from white and minority people alike. The three readings I enjoyed the most are Defining Racism: “Can We Talk?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Color-Blind Racism by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, and Smells Like Racism by Rita Chaudhry Sethi.

Martin Luther King Jr. once stated "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." (“Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes at BrainyQuote.com”) This quote connects with some cases that happened well before the Civil Rights, because the court rulings gave one race more accommodations than another race. The cases decided that African Americans had to go to different schools and even use different water fountains. One case dealt with a slave living in "free" territory. The reason racism still exists is because people continue to believe that some races are better than other races: Dred Scott vs Sanford, Plessy vs Ferguson, Shelly vs Kraemer.

Institutional racism is a kind of discrimination formed by society to target a specific race, compared to having an individual’s personal racist belief. Having a personal racist belief is centralized. It is influenced by the society but it is determined by a single individual. Institutional racism and an individual’s racist beliefs go hand in hand. A person will always have his or her own individual racist beliefs, but when a society has one, it is usually about one specific race but it does not showcase the true meaning and depth of life supported by Bettie (2002) “do not reflect complexity of life”.

Racism has been around for centuries. It’s a topic our society is not ready to accept, the idea of racism makes people uncomfortable when it should not. Racism is something that’s taught. One Simply can not be born racist. Acts of racism can be seen in literature to everyday life. For instance The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a story about the adventures of a young boy named Huck and Jim, a runaway slave. Huck faked his death and left town. Together, the two travel on a raft down the Mississippi. Along the way, they overcome many obstacles, bringing them closer together. One can also see racism in the article “Take The N-Word Out” by Shelly Fisher Fishkin which touches on how today's society can not handle the topic of

Racism is a problem in our society, there has been shootings, protesting and disrespect for our country’s past, present and future.Black lives matter! Racism is no good and bad for our country.

The Progressive Era of the early 20th century marks a period of extreme political, social, and economic reform in the United States. Many of the movements that began during this time are still active in today’s world, such as the progression of civil and labor rights. Since the 1920s, civil rights have made the largest advancements out of any Progressive Era campaigns. For example, segregation has transformed over the last century from being the norm to being almost non-existent. On the contrary, labor rights have failed to change significantly since the early 1900s, evident by the fact that workers are being paid a similar amount as they were 100 years ago when accounting for inflation.

There is tons of evidence from “To Kill a Mockingbird” America will never achieve true racial and social equality. Bob Ewell throughout the novel is constantly making racist comments and being out right rude to everyone associated to Tom Robinson. In the time period that To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the middle of when racism and segregation was at its peak. Since that point in time there has been racism all over the world and it is never going to end because of the shear number of how many racists are still around, and when they have kids they will teach them to be racist too. As of right now racism is a thing but it isn’t as big as it was 30 years ago. Throughout time there has been and always be highs and lows of racial discrimination.

Race has played a pivotal role in the criminal justice system since the 1960’s. The Civil Rights Movement was a milestone in American history which “emphasized equality of opportunity and respect for individuals regardless of race, color, creed, gender, or personal attributes, As such, scholars, authors, and criminal justice professionals have long documented the treatment of minority groups and have attempted to reform criminal justice processing, handling, and the overall treatment of suspects. Unfortunately many believe that the justice courts are corrupt and unfair. As a matter of fact, with a crime some believe that the color of one’s skin dictates whether or not they will be charged with a crime or get away with the wrong doing.

The racial inequality that we have in modern day blossomed from the historic oppression and comprehensive prejudice of minority groups. From the very beginning of “American” history, other groups of people who were not of European decent were discriminated against and treated inhumanely and without the smallest regard for their lives. Native American populations were decimated by diseases brought oversea by Europeans and forced from their ancestral lands by settlers to make room for their expanding populations. African people were enslaved by the millions and were used as tools of labor, and weren’t even regarded as humans,

Racism is considered to be one of the most important and difficult topics to be spoken about all over the world. It has become a major problem for the nation during the years. In my essay I would like to speak about the beginning of racism, the situation nowadays, about the Civil Rights Movement and of course about a person, who had the greatest influence on the problem of racism in the history – Martin Luther King.

As it is mentioned in introduction part, although racism debate is a deep-rooted one in many different disciplines such as international relations, sociology and psychology; it is still ongoing debate which is transforming into other newer types. There are numerous studies on racism that focus on biological differences like color whereas the publications are less about “new racism” which refers to “declining role of biological hierarchies as ways to establish racial difference in contemporary period” (Ergin 2017:20). Moreover, as a consequence of focusing on biological differences, most of literatures are lack of information about the role of media, education and even family life that shapes individual’s perception on racism. Besides, almost

Racism has always existed with humans. Racism is treating someone differently of unfairly simply because they belong to a different ethnic community of have a different religion or nationality. When someone believes their race is better than another and feels superior ro other people because of his of her race, is called racism. Throughout time, many people have lost their lives, or lost their families and children, and are left without homes due to racism. Racism causes wars, which could destroy humanity ultimately. Feeling superior or more powerful than another race shows the evil within racism. World War II is a war that was caused by racism. The main reason behind the war was that Hitler felt that his race was superior compared to the other races, such as the jews and gypsies. The end result was a death count between fifty million to eighty million people. eleven million of them being jewish people. The slavery of the African people is an example of when people undermined a group of people based on their race, and ended with dire consequences. The white people used force and power to “rule” over the Africans, which ended up with about sixty million Africans to die. I believe that racism can be stopped in three ways. First educate yourself about racism as much as possible and learn about the consequences of it, next, we need to see people as equals and as human beings, and lastly, we cannot give up or fail to speak up if you see racism in action. These simple steps can be

Racism is a big problem which is being faced by almost every society all over the world. When two men from different races meet then this social issue develops. It is from the very first day and it is very easy to view the differences caused by racism. Race distinguishes people on physical characteristics and it is very obvious that people form many races live together within a same society. For example in most of the western countries whites and black live and work with each other. On the other hand it depends on the degree of presence of race within the population. Majorities have an influence on the minorities. Now in the developed countries due to laws and regulations, the problems which had been arising from the racism are now lowering

“Racism today is the ultimate evil in the world,” claimed Pope Francis in December. In several countries, racism is an issue recognized through acceptance of racial stereotypes, despite that these stereotypes not applying to individual or every situation. However, racism still exists. Racism is no longer an issue of a certain group, but of the individual and the character of racism has evolved since the beginning, and even since the 1960s.