Race And Your Community: Prejudice And Discrimination In The United States
Race and Your Community
Ethics 125
Ms. Carol Agurs
April 22, 2012
Abstract
There are many issues that come from prejudice and discrimination in society. From stereotyping in the media, institutional discrimination, and policy reform when it comes to immigration. All of which have a negative impact on society and how we function as a whole.
What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past?
Information about diversity in the United States has helped me better understand and relate to others in ways that I have not in the past. By learning that there is two sides …show more content…
The first way is to ensure and instill in our societies young children that it is because of our differences we are a stronger nation. Education is key when it comes to help foster a climate of acceptance. Most prejudice starts with fear and so by teaching our young that there is nothing to fear we are able to move on and form more of a utopia society. Part of educating has to do with learning from our countries and society’s mistakes to make for a better future. An example of this is our own countries civil rights movement that went on in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It is from our mistakes in that time that we have learned that social problems such as equal rights only divides our country and makes us …show more content…
A couple examples have to do with Fox News Channel, they claim they are fair and balanced but they are far from being fair or balanced. Fox news is particularly unbalanced towards the Democratic Party and especially towards our current President Barack Obama who is African American. There have been times where he has been portrayed as a Muslim because of his heritage and therefore a terrorist. He has been portrayed "ape" like in a couple political cartoons featured on their programming. Fox news is essentially telling its viewers, who are primarily white, that a African American man is unable to run this country. Another way how the media contributes to the perpetuation of stereotypes and prejudice in the United States is by reporting on certain people’s actions for shock value and commercial gain. An example of this is a Pastor is Florida who was burning the Quran. The media outlets posted this story everywhere, which infuriated the Muslim people. However by doing so a stereotype was formed that the United States is after all people of the Muslim faith. So in a way the media perpetuated a negative stereotype about their own American
Ethics 125
Ms. Carol Agurs
April 22, 2012
Abstract
There are many issues that come from prejudice and discrimination in society. From stereotyping in the media, institutional discrimination, and policy reform when it comes to immigration. All of which have a negative impact on society and how we function as a whole.
What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past?
Information about diversity in the United States has helped me better understand and relate to others in ways that I have not in the past. By learning that there is two sides …show more content…
The first way is to ensure and instill in our societies young children that it is because of our differences we are a stronger nation. Education is key when it comes to help foster a climate of acceptance. Most prejudice starts with fear and so by teaching our young that there is nothing to fear we are able to move on and form more of a utopia society. Part of educating has to do with learning from our countries and society’s mistakes to make for a better future. An example of this is our own countries civil rights movement that went on in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It is from our mistakes in that time that we have learned that social problems such as equal rights only divides our country and makes us …show more content…
A couple examples have to do with Fox News Channel, they claim they are fair and balanced but they are far from being fair or balanced. Fox news is particularly unbalanced towards the Democratic Party and especially towards our current President Barack Obama who is African American. There have been times where he has been portrayed as a Muslim because of his heritage and therefore a terrorist. He has been portrayed "ape" like in a couple political cartoons featured on their programming. Fox news is essentially telling its viewers, who are primarily white, that a African American man is unable to run this country. Another way how the media contributes to the perpetuation of stereotypes and prejudice in the United States is by reporting on certain people’s actions for shock value and commercial gain. An example of this is a Pastor is Florida who was burning the Quran. The media outlets posted this story everywhere, which infuriated the Muslim people. However by doing so a stereotype was formed that the United States is after all people of the Muslim faith. So in a way the media perpetuated a negative stereotype about their own American