Unintentional Racism

Does the novel seem to think that racism will eventually be overcome? Or will there always be an element of racism in Maycomb? The novel doesn’t suggest that racism will be completely overcome; however, it does show that there is hope and a better way to go around events. This is shown when Atticus points out to Jem that the jury “didn’t” make up its mind in a hurry; taking “a few hours” to make up its verdict. Nevertheless, there will always be some sort of racism in Maycomb, due to people like Mr. Ewell.

A powerful quote said by Atticus to Jem was the following: “[s]o far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process.” (295). I think this shows that anyone was once innocent as a child, but as one becomes older and aware of the evil, they get influenced to do evil as well. However, they are still good people.

But it is just these few huge problems that bring the entire system crashing down. One major issues is the oppressive rules and limited rights on the people. People usually don’t get to speak off their mind, because loyalty to the government is very important in Communist societies, especially North Korea (howstuffworks.com). Hyeonseo Lee left a legacy as a friend to all North Koreans. Through her speeches, interviews, and memoir, she opened up to the world a whole other world that desperately needs light shed on for any change to finally happen.

At Little Rock Central, everyone says that there is no equal opportunity and that racism still exists, which is true in many ways. Currently, prestigious academic programs solely seek for those that are hispanic/latino and African American, yet not for those who are Asian and Caucasian because everyone automatically assumes that they have a lot of money. This is not fully true and since we even have a candidate for president, Donald Trump, who will not allow Muslims in because they are supposedly a “threat”. Over time, our society has grown and improved from its immoral ways, yet society still has that hint of segregation.

In the documentary Freakonomics, there were many key points to the advantages of economy in our society that could be the reasons from lowering crime rates, to incentives that allow students finishing schools and so on. I was amazed by the perception of how names can affect a person judgments on the person who they never met. Although, names cannot tell whether the person can be successful or a failure in a life, but in our American culture is an important way for institutionalized racism. An example that the documentary stated was the experiment by the Harvard professor, who had resumes with white names and black names applying for the same job with the same resumes, and how that whites are 30% likely to get called for the job than the black.

Following into the 19th century, nothing has changed for education. African-Americans being harassed and beaten for trying to better themselves, don’t matter where you go or hide, racism was still creeping up on you. Imagine having the door shut on you for the simple fact you’re not the skin of chalk. Believing you’re useless cause “you don’t belong here.” But in a good perspective, you can truly admire Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X. For the ideology that you should be accepted into a world where you’re as human as everyone else.

Honor codes are an important and controversial topics on the universities on America. Many professor and students defend honor codes, by saying that are creating a culture of trust, and are they are also created to stop plagiarisms. At the same time many professor and students are against honor codes by saying that, honor codes are outdated and that is not including the new culture that students behold and has not increase plagiarize Lynn Morton is a professor at Queens University, in charge of giving a speech ` `Choosing Honor`for the new students of the class of 2008. She starts her speech by welcoming them and telling them that she has a college student daughter, and why she is related to honor codes. During her speech she explains why honor codes are one of the most important topics at the Queen University and why does she believes that

They are considered color blind, meaning they see people as equal no matter what their race is. Although the conservatives say they don’t see color and they don’t want the government involved, black men still see themselves as victims because police routinely make them victims by forcing them to assume positions to be pat down.(26) The black students at Maya Angelou are aware that this only happens outside their school and not at the predominately white St. Albans, but Conservatives say they are colorblind. Colorblind people should not agree with racial profiling, but conservatives do. “Most conservatives who support racial profiling are not racist, they simply consider racial profiling as effective law enforcement” (26).

I never really thought about our racism being hidden by our silence making it invisible “in the background of Whiteness” (Rothenberg 19). I think often the media plays a negative role in this form of discrimination, as while watching the news most of the broadcasts show people of color being arrested for felonies. Our text points out that whites stereotype African Americans as being dangerous.

Like most places, Maycomb County, Alabama was full of hardworking people of integrity, as well as dishonest, indolent citizens. Atticus, a distinguished lawyer, raised his two kids, Scout and Jem, to be disciplined youth, practicing honest morals. Everyone in Maycomb admired Atticus for his respectable character, just as they all abhorred the Ewell family, for their cheating and lying ways. However, Atticus’ prominent role in town was suddenly challenged when he was chosen to defend in court Tom Robinson, a black man whom Mayella Ewell accused him of taking advantage of her. Eyes that once looked up to Atticus with deep admiration, now glared at him in disgust.

When the experiment [of hiring blacks] was actually tried, however, the typical result was ‘no discernible difference in productivity’ between blacks and whites” (Wright 772). Even with the impact that the Civil Rights Act had, however, it did not create a post-racial society. “Title VII prohibits discrimination by race

After reading Miguel and Valencia’s “From the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Hopwood,” I was shocked to find how Mexican Americans were treated in American students. I was expect poor treatment from our discussions in class as well as other readings, but after reading what the authors reported, including schools failing to address learning issues and pushing kids instead into economic mobility, I am deeply troubled I was not made aware of this sooner. Along with segregation on race basis, I would argue the struggles of Mexican American students was the greatest struggle for education equality in the 20th century, though the struggles gone through by other minorities surely should be discounted or overlooked. I found the role of religious institutions

The act itself is disappointing but more importantly I was bothered by the fact that there are many white individuals who fall victim to acts of police brutality but they don’t receive as much attention because they are not minorities (especially as much as african americans and latino’s do). “Deaths of whites at the hands of law enforcement typically receive less attention, even when the case is shrouded in controversy.” (Richardson, 1). This is an issue as a nation, we are fighting for unity among us all so I find it particularly odd that I never hear cases of police brutality against white individuals on the news, but constantly I come across one’s relating to african americans. All cases of police brutality are wrong despite color, race and ethnicity and we all deserve the right to raise awareness of this growing issue!

He suggests that an academic institution like Harvard even has discrimination against nerds with “anti-intellectualism rampant.” The atmosphere leads the readers to his argument that America will not survive if nerds are not seen positively and in his opinion the U.S. is the only country with this sole

Although the examples he uses are inarguably about race, they brought forth injustices to the greater public becoming important parts of our American history and growth as a nation. Reflecting on our past mistakes while forgetting our growth is not a valid argument when attempting to prove that diversity is inconvenient. America has endured hard times before and we have been able to persevere through the strength of all its people, including those of color. These examples are frequently used to elicit a response in favor of the author’s point of view without needing solid facts from basing it on history. By using these types of examples, Buchanan was able to back up his points without evidence, making the essay an example of poor writing and