Longtown‚ Ohio has been a location of racial diversity for approximately 200 years. People of different races sat together as a joyful community in this city‚ even before the civil war. The city’s diversity has outlasted slavery‚ segregation‚ and racial complications of other sorts. The ancestry of the folks there is so diverse they are often only called “colored”. Members of the city participated in the Underground Railroad before the abolition of slavery. We can learn a lot from Longtown.
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Racial Segregation through the World Segregation is defined as the policy or practice of separating people based on their race‚ class‚ ethnic group‚ religion or gender‚ especially as a form of discrimination. Racial segregation is not an isolated phenomenon. There are examples of segregation that can be dated back to the earliest stages of mankind. All over the world‚ in hundreds of different cultures we can identify clear examples of segregation either by race‚ caste‚ gender‚ religion‚ age‚ etc
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Identity‚ a condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is; the qualities‚ beliefs‚ etc.‚ that distinguish or identify a person or thing. Race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ special needs‚ and economic status are things that play a significant role in shaping someone’s personal identity. We all have our own unique identities as humans. Having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder known as ADHD‚ was one issue that had the greatest influence in shaping my identity. Not being able to focus or
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describing the inequalities in the social identities and how they impact on the people within them. “Social identity an identity given by connections to other people and social situations. Some examples are group and collective identities‚ situated identities‚ given by the immediate situation so liable to change‚ and relational identities‚ usually given by a two-sided‚ possibly unequal‚ relationship (Stephanie Taylor p.167)”. Sociologists look at the social identity because they want to “understand the
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Segregation has always been a problem. Attitudes regarding racial separation probably arrived in Texas during the 1820s and obviously accompanied views toward the "peculiar institution‚” slavery. Anglo-Americans begin extending segregation to Mexican Americans after the Texas Revaluation as a social custom. Tejanos formed a suspect class during and after the revolution‚ and that fact led to a general aversion of them. After the Civil War‚ segregation went hand-in-hand with the violence often employed
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Erin Callihan‚ AIUSA‚ states that "Increased national security should not equate to decreased civil liberties. All people are entitled to due process and other basic human rights and constitutional protections" (Amnesty International). Racial Profiling‚ according to Amnesty International‚ occurs when race is used by law enforcement or private security officials‚ to any degree‚ as a basis for criminal suspicion in non-suspect specific investigations. The Constitution‚ which is arguably the most important
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Social Identity Theory We all are deeply influenced by the society that we are surrounded by and the social relationships that follow it which makes us all unique individuals. We all respond differently to life’s circumstances far different from others. This is image of our personal identity that allows us to encounter our life experiences in a way that is different from others. It allows to all having different views of the world and this play a big role in social identity theory. Social Identity
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Identity‚ according to Santrock (2012)‚ is “Who a person is‚ representing a synthesis and integration of self-understanding” (p. 140). One of the theorists in this area was Erik Erikson. Erikson believed the two parts to identity is “personality and role expermentation” (Santrock‚ 2012‚ p. 141). Santrock (2012) believed identity had several parts‚ including the following: work path‚ political views‚ marital status‚ motivation‚ personality‚ body image‚ and religious beliefs (p. 141). Basically
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that having racist prejudice means having an unfavorable‚ racist‚ and discriminatory attitude against someone or group of people. This prejudice could be due to the color of the skin‚ race‚ or culture. Regardless of what culture we are‚ we perceive racial prejudices towards our personal and can be seen in violence‚ in children‚ in unemployment‚ in people who were imprisoned and who are now judged by their appearance. At the same time‚ these damages are found in many places of our society such as; in
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society for a long time‚ Richard Rodriguez‚ in his article “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” demonstrates how in his childhood‚ about fifty-years ago‚ kids viewed him in a strange way because of his ethnicity (group of people that have a certain racial‚ cultural‚ religion or other traits in common.) and language. “Walking down the sidewalk‚ under the canopy of tall trees‚ I’d warily notice the (suddenly) silent neighborhood kids who stood warily watching me nervously‚ I’d arrive at the grocery store
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