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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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    Technology And Racism

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    Technology is a big part of racism. People see all of the horrifying activity from different races but never see the innocent good thing and when they do see the good they don’t believe it’s true or that it was staged and only continue to discriminate against other races. If people

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    Colorblind Racism

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    More females than males graduate from college. The double standard is a set of norms between women and men especially is terms of sexuality Colorblind racism is powerful because its embedded in the social structure. It allows the dominant group to pretend that they don’t see it. Life expectancy in the 18th century was 35. Laws like the federal age discrimination act is hard to enforce because its hard to find out why somebody didn’t hire someone. Syphilis is from a bacteria.

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    Racism in the Movies

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    Spike Lee’s‚ Do The Right Thing is a comtemporary look at racism in a ordinary city urban neighborhood. The movie is seen through the eyes of the main character‚ Mookey‚ we are shown the multiple relationships and often typical stereotypes of racial groups. This movies is filled with symbolism and imagery that feeds to the story’s plot. Throughout the movie‚ the scorching heat is always being refereed to. As the movie goes on ‚ the heat rises. I think this is done to represent the increasing racial

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    Racism in Film

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    Racism in Film Throughout the history of film in the United States‚ the depiction of race has only changed slightly. Although‚ the display of various races in film is pertinent to the specific time period in which the film was made‚ films have‚ for the most part‚ always portrayed white superiority over other races. People of color have traditionally been presented in a negative way (if presented at all) that helps to maintain the status quo where whites are at the top of the social hierarchy. A

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    Racism In The Classroom

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    Racism in the United States has been a major issue since the slave era. At that time‚ black people were divest of their basic rights. As time goes by‚ ethnic discrimination was losing its power due to the presence of mixed- race slaves who no longer looked or sounded black. At that time‚ racial discrimenation was based on the ethnic backgroung and the skin colour of the people not on scientific findings.Therefore‚ although you regard yourself as a white‚ sometimes you may discover that the African

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    Aaron Raymer Lilian-Thomas Writing 0800 21 October 2012 Racism in the 21st Century People in the 21st century are inadvertently racist. To combat this problem‚ whether it is conscious racism or not‚ the United States has implemented affirmative-action programs. These programs are in place to protect all people from hate because of their race‚ and promote a fair and prosperous nation that is equally fair to all its citizens. Racism today isn’t like it was in the past‚ people have a very emotional

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    Racism is the hatred and intolerance of another race and this eventually leads to inequality for all minorities. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the effects of racism in a community and how it changes and affects the people in it. Racism‚ throughout history‚ has created inequality as well as affected the minds of the young. In To Kill A Mockingbird these two themes are played out in the small town of Macomb County and their effects are shown throughout the story. After a decision by the

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    Race and Racism in Othello

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    In What Way Would A Modern Audience React To The Way Race And Racism Is Portrayed In ’Othello’? In the Sixteenth century‚ as we see clearly from Othello and other works of both Shakespeare and Cinthio’s original version of Othello‚ race was a topic of great debate and discussion. Today‚ in the twenty-first century the debate retains its controversy and passion. However‚ attitudes towards race have taken a dramatic turn during the last century. In the developed world people are now living in an

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    How to Tackle Racism?

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