How Racism and Other Prejudices Effect Society

How Racism Effects Society Racism and other prejudices effect the moral views of society as a whole. The ways the prejudices effect society are easily seen in the Martin vs. Zimmerman case, in the Paula Deen scandal and with the Little Rock Nine. For instance, in the Martin vs. Zimmerman case, most of the reason for the hype over the case was because of Trayvon’s race. Had he been white, it would not gotten as much publicity. The way this changed the moral views of society is because it made a lot of people realize how evident the racial inequality still was, almost fifty years after the Civil Rights movement and famous Martin Luther King Jr. speech. It also alienated a lot of people, because some were on Martin’s side of the case, while others were on Zimmerman’s. In the end, it caused for a lot of controversy in the news and in America as a whole. Another example of how racism effects society is in the Little Rock Nine, which took place September fourth, 1957. Nine African American students were sent to Central High in an effort to desegregate the previously all-white school. However, the students and the Governor of Little Rock didn’t like the idea. Governor OrvalFaubus even accused Washington of “cramming integration down their throats,” and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Ventral High to keep the students from entering. Eventually, due to President Eisenhower calling in one thousand Army troops to let the students in, integration was achieved at bayonet point by the six black girls and three black boys on September twenty-sixth, 1957. This is an obvious example of how the moral views have been changed by racism. It is shown in that these nine students couldn’t receive an education just because of their skin color.

As for Paula Deen, the whole issue was raised over one comment made over thirty years ago. She is a grown woman with a very successful TV show on the Food Network, her own line of cookware, and even cookbooks.