The world has a population of seven billion people and of that seven billion, people differ in numerous ways, whether by color, age, gender, race, ethnicity, or beliefs. Due to those differences, people tend to treat each other unfairly. Reasons for such discrimination stem from intolerance; people’s unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from their own. The United State, a nation of diverse culture, is no stranger to intolerance. Common types of intolerance in the U.S are religious, racial, gender-related. These types of intolerance trigger issues that are complex. It's without a doubt that intolerance associated with race and religion breeds racial and culture clashes.
The United States has a diversity of religious
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It’s evident that America has racial problems. There have been many shouts and speeches that silenced racism, however, did it silence it for good or just long enough? In the twenty-first century, racism has disguise itself in a new form; systematic racism. “Rooted in a racist foundation, systemic racism today is composed of intersecting, overlapping, and codependent racist institutions, policies, practices, ideas, and behaviors that give an unjust amount of resources, rights, and power to white people while denying them to people of color” (Jay,200). In 2014, an unarmed eighteen-year-old African American man, Michael Brown was gunned down by a white Ferguson police officer. A grand jury later acquitted the officer which sparked violent protest through the city of Ferguson calling for justice (Mclaughlin). Due to intolerance, Caucasian authorities are racially biased toward Black people. For example, instead of analyzing an African American male from a clean slate, the authorities use prejudice to characterize him or her as violent and aggressive (Hall). A 2012 FBI data report found that US police kill black people at disproportionate rates. However, some people view this data as misleading and blame the black victims being noncompliant as the true reason for their deaths. However, this real life situation reported by CNN totally debunks that theory. Although Charles Kinsey was compliant with …show more content…
Genetically, a person is either born male or a female based on the basis of their reproductive functions. Sadly, being born out of the one can come as a disadvantage or advantage. In our society, being born the male holds the advantages. Historically and culturally, males are viewed as more dominant than females, thus sculpting the patriarchal societies of today. All this eventually leads to a major societal problem of today; sexism. Sexism is prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex (Hing). Identical to the issues that pertain to race and religion, sexism stems from intolerance. In America today, sexism foster sexual harassment in the workplace. Furthermore, in the United States, one in three women between the ages of 18-34 has been sexually harassed at the workplace (Alanna). According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, although 98% of companies have sexual harassment policies, the amounts of sexual harassment claims file with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is significantly high. However, those stats may be even greater in number. Sadly, many women don’t report harassment due to fear of retaliation (Alanna) The recent allegation against Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein have ignited social movements that highlight and bring awareness to sexual harassment. One is the Women's March and the other is the online #MeToo campaign.
Whenever I read stories about racism that used to be even more in the past decades than today, I have always wonder how it came to an end. Who and what actions did they take to end it? This thoughts, feelings, and doubts led me to think that this article would be the best option for me to read.
Destroying the Civil Rights Rodney King and Oscar Grant cases both have racial injustice. Rodney king was in a high speed chase, he was caught; therefore, the officers pulled him out of the car and beat him. A couple of police Officers were detaining Oscar Grant then another officer shot him in the back. The beating and shooting of people, because of racial issues can and will defeat the purpose of civil rights.
“There are more African-American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850” (Arene-Morley). Racism in present day America is harder to see than previous periods because the most apparent and obvious forms of racial discrimination such as slavery or segregation have been eliminated. Nonetheless, racism effects the political, economic, and sociocultural structures of America in ways that cause separation between people of color and whites. Race constantly affects the way we are seen in society and controls our actions. Racism leads to ostracizing, bullying, and even violence.
Although laws and court decisions have led to significant improvements in racial injustice, problems with race continue to persist in American society. For example, after the brutal murder of George Floyd by policemen, the Black Lives Matter Movement started aimed towards recognising continued racism towards Black people. While Plessy v. Ferguson was a setback for civil rights in the US, subsequent laws and court decisions have expanded citizens’ rights and served as the foundation for fixing racial issues. At the end of the day, the fight for total racial
Over the last 500 years people of color, especially African American, have endured a pattern of state-sanctioned violence, civil and human rights abuse. To enforce capitalist exploitation and racial oppression the government and its police, courts, prisons, and military have beaten, framed, murdered, and executed private persons, while brutally repressing struggles for freedom, justice, and self-determination” (Fitzgerald, 2007). More often than not, police brutality has been a persistent problem faced by African Americans. “Historically, racist violence has been used to impose racial oppression and preserve white power and privilege. Racist violence has served five primary purposes: to force people of color into indentured, slave, peonage, or low wage situations; to steal land, minerals, and other resources; to maintain social control and to repress rebellions; to restrict or eliminate competition in employment, business, politics, and social life; and to unite “whites” across ethnic/national, class, and gender lines” (Fitzgerald, 2007).
When a police officer shoots a young black unarmed man in the streets, than does not face indicement, anger in the city is ineventable. But is Rioting wrong? Protests and Riots began a day after a fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Many that were unsettled by the shooting sparked vigorous debates in the United States, about the relationship between the law enforcement and African Americans, and about the use-of-force doctrine in Missouri and nationwide. A St. Louis grand jury decided not to indict officer Wilson, and he was discharged of criminal wrongdoing by the United States Department of Justice.
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.
Current Racism in America The Civil Rights movement brought segregation to a general close but many people have the illusion that it ended all racism when in actuality, racism is still very much a problem in this country even though it is kept under wraps and disguised. It only keeps progress from occurring and limits the social progression of a society that is expected to be great. Denial of the issue doesn’t mean it does not exist. While men and women of all colors can now drink from the same fountain, they are not safe from institution discrimination or even dirty looks from their peers.
People marched through the streets filled with anger, in hopes of informing others about the brutal incidents involving police brutality. Discriminatory police violence is by no means a new phenomenon in the United States. Violence amongst African Americans has deep historical roots and persists today in multiple forms; to have come a long way, yet in the present with everything that has been going on it seems like nothing is changing. A number of these incidents are being caught on camera yet, there is little to no justice. Even with the proof of police misconduct against minorities, yet “the law” tends to find their way around the actual facts.
American society has stigma, prejudice and irrational. Racial prejudices based on the spirit values of a people. A land of immigrants with many different traditions from around the world, American have also created themselves such as a melting pot culture, which is the main thing causes racist criminal in USA. Racist discrimination will occur cultural, civilized and legal differences are made to minorities, whether black, Latino, oriental or
Nonetheless, to resolve the racism, sexism and ignorance derived from it, people need to realize we are all human beings. We need to acknowledge that inconsistencies in our belief pose a dangerous threat. We must figure out who or what decided only certain people receive the benefit of the doubt while others suffer. We must hold those people accountable for their actions, they need to know privileges do not only apply to one group of people, it applies to all. Most importantly, we need to realize for all the time people have been on earth, the only consistency we managed is figuring out new ways to harm other people, from bows and arrows to atomic bombs.
Sexism is discrimination based on your gender. Much of this discrimination is contrary to women. Sexism is not just a discrimination of a gender; several social issues come along with sexism, including stereotypes, which Beyonce includes in several of her songs. Women face stereotypes day in and day out, and people do not even realize are wearing revealing clothes and people say you 're automatically vulnerable to
Intolerance and oppression have confronted humans as far as history has been recorded. It dates back as far as 18500 BC. Jews, homosexuals, muslims, gypsies, women, prisoners of war, disabled, Africans, these and more religious and ethnic have been suppressed one time or another throughout history. By examining history, all the horrendous acts of intolerance against humans shows all the areas of oppression still active today and the pattern of methods used to oppress people. The Israelites in Egypt forced to be slaves is one of the oldest examples of oppression we have today.
Police Brutality in America and the 1990s The legal system in the United States has been broken since it’s inception, disproportionately attacking, and punishing anyone who is not white. As the country grew, improving, growing prosperous, the broken system continued its work. One result of this broken system is police brutality, and overstepping of police power. In fact, according to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, of the black people questioned, 70% said they felt they were unfairly treated when dealing with police.
Cops around the United States have been accused of racially profiling black people. This topic has been brought up by everyone around the U.S. and is very controversial. Studies have shown that the majority of deaths by police officers have been people of opposite color in America. Police brutality in America is a growing epidemic that has shown no signs of slowing down. Innocent men, women, and even children have been killed by police officers for no reason.