was because the creator of the national anthem was racist and how some lyrics on the national anthem use to have racist lyrics‚ another reason why he kneeled down is because he wanted to bring to light how unfair the police and that there is still racism. After hearing all this I was happy that someone was doing this‚ I was happy that it be a professional football player so that it can get attention‚ I was proud to be american. I didn’t show any emotion‚ I just sat there thinking about he did. Then
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have the right to be treated equally because they are humans. They have expressed their anger about Trump being the next president of the U.S. and many saw this as a wakeup call. In one way or another‚ we all have experienced or been victimized by racism. But undocumented immigrants are ready to fight for their rights; for instance‚ I asked some of my family members how they felt about this and some have said to give Trump a chance because if he fails we all fail. I agree‚ but I’m not willing to give
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Racism against minorities represents injustice within our community and country which can ignite significant social impacts such as loss in job and college opportunities. The impacts on our society with this racist thought in mind can ultimately create a loss in chances for African Americans to obtain modest compensating jobs. “As of 2013 72% of workers employed in fast food restaurants were black and Mexican while white dropout students have a higher chance of getting a moderately paying job” (Edwards)
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Racism in Advertisements 2 Racism in Advertisements: Racism in commercials is so thick that one would have to live in an airtight vacuum not to choke on it. When you watch the Super Bowl‚ did you notice how few African Americans and Hispanics were in the commercials. These are the same commercials that have come to signify American democracy and pride throughout the world. Many commercials have portrayed blacks as cheap non-resourceful human. The effect was that advertising treated African American
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to unnecessary. From this he became hospitalized and became absent from school many days through him being hospitalized then came the “#RashadIsAbsentAgainToday” protest. Rashad’s story isn’t the only one that came to the unnecessary force within racism there are many more. But otherwise‚ 61% of officers do not always report serious criminal that involve the abuse
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Racism is a hot topic all over the world‚ but what really is racism? Miriam-Webster defines racism as “poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race; the belief that some races of people are better than others.” In more colloquial language‚ racism is discriminating anyone because of their race and or ethnic background. Racism is all around us‚ and racism will be prevalent until the end of time. The idea of racism developed from “xenophobia‚” which is the fear of foreign peoples
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Racism has of course not been wiped out completely and it will take centuries for the people to come out of the concept of white supremacy that is built in their minds. President Obama had to stand behind bullet proof plexi-glass when he addressed the nation due to death threats made against him. There is still a large amount of racist organizations operating in the world today. Organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan and the British National Party still have extremely strong followings. The civil
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Hispanics are often referred to as the fastest growing minority group in the United States. The Texas Credit Union site provided the following statistics. There are 38.8 million people of Hispanic origin residing in the U.S. By 2007‚ the number of Hispanics in the U.S. is expected to reach 50 million (http://www.tcul.coop/Demographic_Information.html). Hispanics are defined as those who claim a Spanish speaking country as their or their ancestor ’s country of origin. Thus‚ the designation of Hispanic
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established with the idea of freedom and liberty to all but has change into racism. Now‚ racism against African Americans in America has been a huge problem in the south. Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. The 19th century saw a hardening of institutionalized racism and legal discrimination against citizens of African descent in the United States. Although technically
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Racism against Native Americans and African Americans Sometimes I imagine that racial diversity would be a boon to human kind if there was no such thing called “racial hatred”. Now if you tell me that if there was only one kind of race then I will tell you that if all roses were red then what you would have given for a funeral? My point is that diversity is what makes this world keep going amusingly and these notions of race and ethnicities as big and small‚ upper class and lower class‚ superior
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