Social Justice Reflection Paper

“Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it’s because no matter what, I am a survivor. Not a victim” (Patricia Buckley). In the article “The Color of Success”, the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, and the Montgomery bus boycott all have something in common; they all have someone who refused to play the part of a victim. In “The Color of Success” written by Eric Watts talks about how he was not taken seriously as an African American man because he acted too white.

His identity is completely unknown to us due to his role in this white society. This knowledge of major themes, racism, and stereotypes the author entails in the beginning of the novel helps the reader presume judgement on future encounters the narrator

Martinsville had been suggested to be an all-white town that had known KKK organizations. Therefore, when police investigated the murder, they saw finding the murderer to be an unimportant task due to the color of Carol Jenkins. They also saw no reason to find a murderer because they assumed the murdered to be white and were trying to be lenient of the situation. 4.) In your opinion, are the racial demographics of Waverly, Ohio an indication that this city may still be a sundown town?

While we learned very little about how slavery was abolished in the United States and especially globally, I knew this would be important fact in our history all over the world. I never heard the name George Washington Williams until this very class, and I find that discouraging, to be honest. George Washington Williams was a well-educated man. During the time George Washington Williams had the most influence, was a time of deep oppression and racism toward the Black community. People actually believed that these African Americans did not possess any social or intellectual qualities that would make them writers of substance.

One reason she was brave was she didn’t care when the bus driver told her to give the white person her seat, she was just sitting there. How know it because in wikipedia it told me that she didn’t care of what the bus driver said to stand up. Rosa Parks was the first African American

We all wish it was not. But it’s a lie. I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America. When you are black in America and you fall in love with a white person, race doesn’t matter when you’re alone together because it’s just you and your love. But the minute you step outside, race matters.

How I feel Marginalized: I have never been part of the “in-crowd” due to a plethora of reasons. In fact, I have continuously gotten “INTJ” (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment) on the Myers-Briggs test, if that is to be taken seriously. This has only manifested itself as an issue for me in college, since attending a large public university is not inherently the easiest place for an introverted individual like myself to meet people and make friends. At the same time, I consider myself to be highly independent and non-conformist, two character traits that quickly eliminate any possibility of me joining a social group, such as a sorority. Although I have never been discriminated or marginalized against due to these character traits,

According to source C, When the railroad testified in court they said the segregated train cars were the same. However, the railroad did not back this up with any evidence so you can not be sure it is true. Also, looking at other segregated areas the train cars must have been worse if you compare it to bathrooms and water fountains for blacks. According to source A, buses were very segregated deep in the south. Rosa Parks does not give up her seat to a white person and arrested just for not giving up her seat, the back of the bus is also rarely cleaned and the seats are closer together which gives little leg room for the people.

They blamed themselves for losing the new feeling; they never talked about it, but they blamed themselves just like they blamed themselves for losing the land the white people took. They never thought to blame the white people for any of it; they wanted white people for their friends. They never saw that it was the white people who gave them that feeling and it was the white people who took it away again when the war was over” (Silko 39). Additionally, in Persepolis Marji has a hard time adapting to the new violent environment due to the war. She tries to gain all kinds of information through different sources like books and comes to a conclusion, “But in fact it was really our own who had attacked us” (Satrapi 39).

I also have faced such situations in which I assigned success to my own skills and blamed others for negative events. For instance, during my education life in the school, I got high grades lessons in most cases and attributed it to my great skills. However, when I got bad grades I started to blame teachers that they had bad cratering criteria or did not evaluate me fairly. After studying the Social Psychology course and knowing it is analyzed by Psychology science, I realized that it is not appropriate excuse for negative event to blame others in order avoid your own responsibility. Moreover, when I play PlayStation games especially football game with my friends I always attribute my achievements to my special abilities, and it make me boost my confidence unnecessarily.