Prejudice and Racism Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. Words appearing in maroon bold font are glossary words. Please refer to the course glossary list for the definitions. _________________________________________________________________________ Part 1 Racial Profiling: Answer the following questions. (Each question is worth three points) 1. Give three original examples of racial profiling. Type your
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Canada is perceived to be a tolerant country open to multiculturalism. In both stories “I’m not a racist but...” and “I’m a banana and I’m proud of it” we see that Canadians may stereotype immigrants just as easily as other countries. As much as we all would like to think we are not racist‚ it is only human nature to use stereotypes as a point of reference when thinking of races we are not familiar with. How many times have you heard something outrageous about a specific culture and wondered if
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Freedom of Speech Originally rap music has been around since 1926 and was not as popular back then as it is now. Teenagers to adults listen to an average of two point five (2.5) maybe three (3) hours of music per day. Study shown in 1 of 3 of the songs played contains explicit language and reference to drugs alcohol or women. Ice Cube’s album entitled ‘Death Certificate’ sends messages that bluntly and descriptively threatens violence against homosexuals‚ women‚ whites who exploit blacks‚ whites
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Racism in the NHL Russians are lazy‚ take plays off‚ showboat and don’t play the game hard‚ or at least not as hard as the “good ol’ Canadian boys” in the league and will leave for the KHL at the drop of a hat. That’s the stereotype that has be given to all Russian-born players who play in the NHL and it shapes how they are managed‚ coached and reported on. A recent example of this is the Edmonton Oilers’ Nail Yakupov. A commonly narrative that appeared in hockey media in the lead up to the 2012
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Racism is still a major issue in America today. These two recent films‚ "Do the Right Thing" by Spike Lee and "Two Towns of Jasper" by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams‚ were made to expose these truths about American society‚ to better educate the people of America‚ and help prevent situations such as these from taking place. Both of these of these films‚ "Do the Right Thing" and "Two Towns of Jasper" relate to the theory of exclusive multiculturalism. Exclusive multiculturalism is when a group
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from the impoverished family who slept in a room with their parents and nine siblings and had to endure abuse‚ neglect‚ and near starvation‚ determined to make a better life for his children. They want to hear about the girl that was the target of racism‚ and told that she’d never be good enough for anyone because of her skin color‚ and who wants to think of her race not as a handicap‚ but as a badge of honor. They want to hear about the boy that was molested by a teacher at a young age‚ and has carried
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For about 42 years‚ non-white South Africans suffered one the worst instances of institutional racism and white supremacy in the world. The apartheid came into law in 1948 which allowed the government to create a series of racist laws that would further cripple the advancement of non-whites under a white rule. The laws enacted dismantled the education system for blacks‚ subjected protestors to jail time‚ and delegated where people lived based on race and skin color. These practices would disproportionately
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The Freedom of Speech In the United States‚ citizens have several rights that are protected by the United States Constitution. In the First Amendment to the United States Constitution‚ the Freedom of Expression (speech) is recognized. The Freedom of Speech is the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. The right to Freedom of Speech is not absolute and is common subject to limitations such as libel‚ slander‚ copyright violation‚ and revelation of information that is classified
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This first source is a scholarly source titled Probing the Epidemic of Police Murders by Steve Martinot. The article focuses on police brutality and racism by exploring different incidents that occurred in recent history‚ incidents similar to the Trayvon Martin incident or the most recent Michael Brown incident. In each one‚ it talks about what actually occurred in the incident‚ how police tried to cover up their actions‚ and then focuses on how the media or government focused on the impact of the
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When I was reading the section of Racism in Multicultural Class‚ the facilitator’s way of handling the subject “Racism” reminds me ‘’Freedom Writers” the movie‚ which is based on a book of Erin Gruwell -a new teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach. She chose the school because of its integration program‚ but she did not expect a class consist of students who have racist problem. Students splitted into different racial groups‚ who are ready for fighting‚ hate each other‚ but also they
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