In Frank Romero's, "Going to the Olympics" painting has a lot of cool and interesting stuff in it. There are cars with hearts above them, palm trees, a blimp with "Goodyear" spelling across it and symbols of the Olympics. I see iron, two men fighting, a horse and a stamp. All of these are most likely related to the Olympics. The cars probably mean that L.A has a lot of cars, especially since it was painted on a freeway and there is a bunch of traffic on them. Especially on the 405 at nights, which makes me think that the cars mean a bunch of traffic in L.A.…
“The task that remains is to cope with our interdependence - to see ourselves reflected in every other human being and to respect and honor our differences.” The very last line of the most glorifying and enriching piece of writing I’ve ever laid eyes on, Warriors Don’t Cry, written by Melba Pattillo Beals on the struggle of integration of Central High School in Arkansas 1957. Reading about how students of color my age had to interact with people that had no sense of morality and ethics everyday, makes me think about the ethics that I pursue daily and how it may affect people who are around me.…
Human beings are supposed to be kind and treat others with respect. The problem about humans, is the way we act toward each other based on their skin color. Racism is a major obstacle in multiple countries. Humans have a history of discriminating people on the simple things such as religion, language, and nationality. For example, when Rosa Park was victimized when she refuses to move to the back of the bus, she went to jail for standing up for herself and her race. At her time, white people were really racist and treated African American with disrespect. If she didn’t stand up for herself, we wouldn’t have a law of treating others with equality. She made a change and we should make a change as well. Therefore, tolerance, human qualities, and respect are the reason why people should accept others who are different from themselves.…
The specific attributes of social, political, and cultural implications in both literal and metaphorical boundary crossing distinguish Kate Chopin 's "Desiree 's Baby" as a work of absolute realism.…
In the end we learn that everyone is prejudiced that includes every race. We are responsible of our own actions, and we should stop judging others with the unfair stereotypes. Not every white person is racist, not every black person kills, not every Hispanic steal. The real issue of discrimination plays a major role of the reality of…
Our society is filled with people who are racist and intolerant of people different than themselves. Even though all people are born with good hearts, they learn prejudices as they grow up. Millions of people have suffered due to these prejudices. Some people just don't understand change and cannot accept the differences among people. During the Holocaust in Germany, for example, anyone without blue eyes and blonde hair was literally classified as non-human. They didn't even think they had souls. More common today, African American people are often assumed to be in a lower class, or inferior to white people. Racism is still a considerable large problem in our society today. However, sometimes the problem is not one person being racist against another person, but rather the person being racist against their own self. In the movie "Crash" directed by Paul Haggis, we can see several examples of how racism against oneself, caused by fear and misunderstanding, can often be just as bad as racism against another.…
In the book Between the world and Me, Coates talks about a variety of different ideas and concepts. The one that was the most powerful message in the novel is what he has to say about racism. Coates believes that racism gave birth to race and not the other way around. He backs this statement by saying that White people only think they are white because it gives them their power and privilege. He goes on to explain that White people don’t think they are racist. They see just differences in wealth, education and treatment by police. He states that racism actually is the rejection of the black body.…
Racism against minorities represents injustice within our community and country which can ignite significant social impacts such as loss in job and college opportunities.…
This is ultimately the most important step to ending racism. Before change can occur people have to take initiative to start humanity on the path to a racism free world, instead of waiting for someone else. This is the most important way to end racism because when people start taking action, it will trigger the courage in others to take action as well. When everyone is against one thing, that one thing ceases to exist.…
This matters to my community because within my community is a multitude of cultures and ethnic groups, many of which I see separated and/or discriminated against from day to day in the classrooms around me and I know that it’s not right. If we as a whole, students and teachers alike work together to educate ourselves on the racism and inequity of our classrooms, I believe that we can come together and work on making our classrooms places of learning and equal opportunity where people can once again freely learn and not have to worry about any discriminatory acts being taken out upon them whether or not they’re intentional. My fellow teachers and classmates, if we come and work together to communicate better in terms of decreasing racism and stereotyping of all varieties, I believe that we can come up with a happier, more productive and better structured classroom environment that all students can thrive in and that is devoid of biases. What effect it will have: Classrooms will be better structured to tailor learning to every student and not just the “smarter” ethnicities because we’re all human and in the classroom we’re all students and the color of one’s skin or the languages which a student speaks at home shouldn’t be cause for any lesser treatment, especially in the…
In my opinion, I feel as racism is a bigger issue than people think. It is one person hating another because of a color. When I look at a person, I see a living, breathing human being. I do not see black or white. Although I do not believe racism can fully be abolished from people’s minds, I believe there is a way to stop the hate crimes that come from racist people and diminish the amount of racism people outwardly show. In order to reduce racism in our society, I believe we should start teaching about God in schools. Although religion should not be forced upon students, I feel as if it will make a large difference in how people act. Racism is about power to a certain extent. Some white people feel as if they are a better person or more important than a black person, and vice versa. The media can help in this aspect of diminishing racism. Rather than showing every act of hate because of race, they can show the good in races. Many black and white people get along, and many are also married to each other. Interracial relationships are more common in my generation than they have ever been. I believe news channels should show more of the positive side of black and white people working together, rather than against each…
Yet, I have not witnessed being unprivileged because of my skin, I can now understand how the movement of Black Lives Matter is shining light on the invisible privilege that exist for the white community. Slavery may have ended, but the power is still in the hands of those who deemed white worthy and colored not. Black lives matter is all lives matter, equality between all, a stepping stool for all. The movement is shared across the world not to simply tell society what it is they are doing wrong, but to ignite the movement against the social structure that has been built to benefit whites.…
One of the most controversial problems in the world today is racial inequality. Ever since I was a little girl, I was always told to see the beauty coming from the inside of a person's heart and to never judge someone by the color of their skin. As I got older, I started to realize just how serious of a problem this was and that many people take racial segregation and inequality to an extreme level.…
I think that here in the USA, white can’t really know what’s like to face discrimination every minute of every day because they are the majority so they are the superior here. I believe that no one should face discrimination, and we should all treat people the same way as we are all human beings. It’s hard for some people to do that and it takes time, but if we put ourselves in others shoes I believe that might…
We as a population see white as the normal state, and the proper one. We are taught to think that our lives are “morally neutral, normative and average, and also ideal” (McIntosh, 2). This has caused us to erase from our minds the idea of our being privileged at the cost of others, forcing their being underprivileged. Due to this we believe that when we work to assist others and other racial groups, what we do is seen as work that would make and let other racial groups be more like…