During this video, I became more and more frustrated. I have briefly understood what white privilege was growing up, but I had never heard it in this detail before. I could not believe that this was how this came about. I was shocked to find out that it started only briefly slavery came about. I thought that once the African Americans came here to the…
In the article, “The Business of Hate” by Greg Maresca, the speaker conveys a theme of the hate issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center that once exposed hate groups like the KKK and Neo-Nazis. The line, “However, today, the SPLC has devolved into a radical, anti-Christian, anti-conservative, political action group spinning in a whirlpool of angst,” appeals to pathos because it evokes the pity of how corrupt certain groups can turn out to be. Extremist groups like this one often display hate towards the opposing beliefs and use this hate to generate revenue for their own organization. These groups claim of providing information to overcome problems other extremist groups are creating. However, we see these groups follow the same route the…
Even though the whites felt bad about people from their own community having to be sentenced to death, they still deserve their punishment. Both races knew and felt that segregation was not something that was good and should not exist. In the documentary, a white person said,” MLK holiday does not do much to me, but they should of not deleted it.” This shows that whites knew that segregation is wrong even if it does not affect their own race. This also shows that the whites do not believe segregation should exist because even though they did not get along with the blacks they still felt like they deserved there holiday as much as rodeo day.…
You can see the anger in the student who argues how American’s are the real terrorist oppose to the other students who are against the Islam religion, they show an expression of being worn out of the argument. The student showing his anger convinces the audience in the way of how tired he is of Americans showing there hypocrisy on how the terrorist are Islam religion. While the student who are expressing themselves as worn out help out the argument even more by showing how he has exposed them, which truly will impact the audiences . The video ends with the pro Muslim student showing his anger. His expression makes it look like all Muslims are fed up with Americans stepping in their soil and taking advantage and just bombing there country. The student makes the argument more emotional and appealing as well as the depressing background…
Racism has existed throughout human history, ever since the western world got in contact with people of darker skin-color in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Everything from trade slavery, national regimes and ideologies through the years have played a role in the creation and substantiation of racism. Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another. Racism is treating other people badly or hate on them just because of their characteristics such as skin colour, culture, religion, place of birth, or language.…
Watching these events unfold visually compelled me in way I never quite had been before from an emotional standpoint- the social implications of these events are so much graver and severe than I had even thought previously. As the documentary noted in the third act, racism is so deeply rooted in American soil that one born here or moving here after the most blatant forms of racism have vanished (segregation) finds themselves unwittingly fitting into racialized society. Without viewing films like these and having the kinds of discussions we do in class about institutionalized racism, it is rather easy to accept it as normal having grown up from a place of privilege.…
I believe the article and the video were very interesting and they both made me realize certain things about racism that have gone unnoticed. In White Fragility, DiAngelo discusses the negative behaviors of whites when there is any racial tension, or any mention of racism. I have never experienced or witnessed any of these behaviors by white people because I have never had a deep conversation with anyone about the topic. I am aware of how whites have more privilege over people of color, but there were some aspects of this material that surprised me. Watching and reading facts of how it is to be white or how society structures racism.…
It’s amazing how ethnicities with minor differences have developed hate towards each other over time. However, the United States and some other countries are trying to stop such wars and hate crimes being committed between different groups. Slowly but surely people are starting to come to the realization, that despite any difference in backgrounds, race, or religion we are all equals.…
In the article “Race and The Raging Brain” by Jeffrey Kluger talks about how people have been driven apart by religion, language, and geography the most common reason for separation is race. Jeffrey Kluger explains reasons what makes a person so worried about humans of different color, and why something so simple has made a big difference and can make such hateful people.…
Muhammad Ali once said: "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong." For most of us, the words "skin color" and "hate" bring to mind the issue of racism. Why? The answer is a well-established mentality to racism.…
I learned many new things from this video. I learned that many people died in the black’s non-violent revolution for freedom and rights. I also learned that most African Americans were paid an average of only about $700. African Americans were denied education at all white schools, and were only allowed a less than average education at black schools. Under the Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education, a number of African American Honors students integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Every day they had to endure abuse from a huge angry mob that protested integration and wanted segregation. I feel that I would not have been able to put up with all that abuse. Those nine students that integrated Central High had great determination and never gave up hope. I also learned that it was a very long and hard struggle for all blacks during the Civil Rights Movement. The KKK terrorized blacks and killed them. Many African Americans were killed before they won the rights that they deserve. I was very proud of all the African Americans that participated in things like the Montgomery bus boycott because it showed that they weren’t afraid of standing up for themselves. I felt joyful that they always had the courage to stay non-violent, because if they turned to violence, the situation would not have turned out the same way. Now I will do anything that I can to eliminate discrimination of anyone because it is a very serious and destructive…
The effect that was made in the students facing these problems in their schools was very terrifying, some of them were in a point of being embarrassed of their heritage. They were embarrassed of being Mexican Americans, and this was something that had to be changed. The rise up of the Chicano students to demand their district officials for equal education rights in their school, was a movement that made the Chicano voice strong not only at East LA but all over the country. This is one point everyone should be able to understand, the video gives us the struggles Mexican Americans were facing at the time, and how they became together to overcome this issue is an example of unity something that we need to do now a days to become stronger and make our voices heard as a…
This seemed unreal when I first heard it, and disgusting due to the fact that everyone was watching a human being tortured to their death. The part of the event when the young adults spoke in a discussion format about their experiences as a black individual, and their response to the noose incident at CSU was extremely impactful for me. As a white individual, I wasn’t aware of many of the struggles that these young adults experience in their day to day lives; such as not being sat next to in classes or struggling to voice their thoughts in group projects. The noose incident that occurred on campus is terrible, and, as many students stated, it wasn’t dealt with in the best way possible. Many black students were scared and didn’t get the support they needed from staff or other students to get through the matter. I feel that there should have been more of a message sent to other students to keep them aware of the matter, and provide a university wide awareness for the incident to ensure that these students feel safer on a campus that they call home. This incident, and event, played a key role in showing popular culture in our society. In this day and age, it seems that individuals are expressing their racists sides more due to the fact that it may seem…
Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another - or the belief that another person is less than human because of skin color, language, customs, and place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.…
Muhammad Ali once said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which colour does the hating. It's just plain wrong.” You cant judge people because of their colours but you can on their personality and behaviour. Kofi Annan was remembered for saying "Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda.…