Arguments Against Racism

We live in a cold, cold world. These five gentleman who were not afraid to speak their minds during a difficult time of social oppression. Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella are all members of the infamous N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitudes) N.W.A. used their freedom of speech to express themselves with a song labeled "Fuck Tha Police" which capitalized on racism, discrimination, and conflict theory.
Ballantine, Roberts, and Korgen agree, “Racism is any meso-level institutional agreement that favors one racial group over another; this favoritism may result in intentional or unintentional consequences for minority groups” (243). Racism on its own is a very touchy concept for some individuals. People believe there always has to be some
I usually notice people generally discriminate against race and gender but I believe discrimination pertains to each one of us. Black men and women feel the hand of discrimination the most. Discrimination can happen any place, any time. In retrospect, people usually keep to themselves when they're being prejudice. The author's refer to prejudice as, "attitudes of prejudgment about a group, usually negative and not based on facts" (Ballantine, Roberts, and Korgen 240). N.W.A. were upset about the prejudice cops who always assumed whenever a black man was involved in an altercation, they had to go to jail. In "Fuck Tha Police," Ice Cube says, "Young Nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown" (line 17-18). He generalizes that if he has it bad then every other black man is having trouble with local authorities. Since black men are the minority they usually are the victims. Ballantine, Roberts, and Korgen define minority groups as, "groups...subject to less power, fewer privileges, and discrimination" (233). Does that pertain to human life too? Is a white man’s life at a higher value than one of a black mans? All human life is sacred and is all the same too me. In "Fuck Tha Police," Ice Cube states, "Some police think they have the authority to kill a minority" (line 20-21). Discrimination varies in so many ways but always seems to target the same
N.W.A called out law enforcement and suddenly everyone in the United States was watching. The Conflict Theory, "which focuses on societal groups competing for scarce resources" (Ballantine, Roberts, and Korgen 37). Its white cops against black men in a fight for justice. To this day there has always been beef with authorities because of past events. We socially accept these customs because they've been passed down through our culture. Culture refers to “The way of life shared by a group of people -the knowledge, beliefs, values, rules or laws, language, customs, symbols and material products within a society that help meet human needs” (Ballantine, Roberts, and Korgen 38). We pass our hate for each other from generation to generation. I believe we continue this until we truly accept ourselves and have total respect for one another. We can't have this now because people can't accept each other and people tend to take and not give back to people. Police officers tend to be overly aggressive and assume the worst because the man is black. This is all due to Racial Profiling which is, "The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by an officer of the law in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity" ("Racial Profiling"). In the song, "Fuck Tha Police," Ice Cube says, "Thinking every nigger is selling narcotics" (line 30). N.W.A. believes that's the point of