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Effects of racial discrimination on society
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“My skin color was an asset for any move I was educated to want to make”(Mcintosh 1). A quote from Peggy McIntosh’s essay shows how the way we are treated in our societies has a direct impact on the way we perform in that society. The essay caused me to think deeply about myself and how I truly am privileged to be white; although we may not notice it there are millions of privileges linked to our skin colour. Upon finishing the reading I was questioning not only white privilege but also things like racism and what I myself could do to help people of other ethnicity’s not feel underprivileged. To begin, Peggy McIntosh mentions in her essay the fact that men have privilege over women causing women disadvantages in the same way whites have power
White Privilege in America Recently in America racial tension has increased because events that’s have been occurring across the country. Across the United States (U.S.) black men have been killed by law enforcement and this has sparked protest in its aftermath. The media has started to give more time to these problems so more Americans have learned about them. This has started a conversation on different social issues that include the dominant culture, social privilege in the U.S. As a young black man this has affected me directly.
Race, class, and culture can contributes to one belonging or isolation in society. Many people go through this everyday. Its like judging someone on what you think of them. It isn’t fair, but thats how the world is. John judged because of culture, Tituba judged because of race, and Ronald judged because of class.
The insights of critical race theory (CRT) are invaluable for advancing racial equity, and schools have a responsibility to integrate CRT into teaching and learning. As Judith C.P. Lin demonstrates in her article, racism adapts insidiously across institutions, hiding behind specialized language and practices that obscure structural discrimination. CRT serves as a powerful lens for exposing this "chameleon-like" racism, no matter the setting. Rather than avoid candid discussions of racism because they are uncomfortable, schools must lean into the discomfort. Openly teaching students about historical injustice, privilege, implicit bias, and systemic oppression is essential for creating a just society.
They support this claim by using the matrix of domination in relation to gender, race and class, then advise the reader to look at an issue through a broad perspective- realizing both the oppressor and the oppressed, and finally distinguish between recognizing and understanding diversity and not just acknowledging it. Andersen and Collins’ purpose is to have students think about race, class and gender as systems of power, how the three categories matter in shaping everyone lived experiences, and to understand race, class, and gender are linked experiences. Furthermore, Anderson and Collins adopt an unbiased, and assertive yet friendly tone for his/her audience, the readers and others interested in the topic of race, class and gender. By doing this, the readers can relate to the struggles that the issues bring up, however the authors can still get their point or message across
“Seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, feeling with a heart of another.” In which was said by Alfred Adler, demonstrates a great theme that was displayed in both To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, and real life. The theme is to always consider someone else's position by walking in their shoes before you claim to know a person. For many years, people have taken action into assuming that everything heard is true, without considering the person's current position, emotional state, or their outlook on life, this action has caused many dilemmas. As Harper Lee portrayed throughout the book, you must walk in someone else's shoes before you truly know them.
By acknowledging and understanding the privileges of my White identity, such as my cultural capital, I hope to change how I perceive issues and interactions with students throughout my future in higher
“Native Americans had it the worst of any group! There’s really nothing that can be done now… Seriously…what “struggles” do they face now anyway?” (F).
Living as one of the members of the African American community is tough in this era. The discrimination and profiling that accompanies this label can be challenging at times, but I have made my mark in this group. I am a fighter. I persevere when the storms of racial slurs hit, and I try to disprove these stereotypes. For instance, in a baseball tournament in Saginaw, while I was at bat, the pitcher threw a fastball at my head because of the color of my skin.
I know just from being from a certain race people believe that sometimes that defines us as a whole. There is always a race being discriminated, oppressed and even treated unequally. I clearly understood that taking this course opened me up to the different events. It is really difficult to see that we live in this environment even though many whose
How I feel Marginalized: I have never been part of the “in-crowd” due to a plethora of reasons. In fact, I have continuously gotten “INTJ” (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment) on the Myers-Briggs test, if that is to be taken seriously. This has only manifested itself as an issue for me in college, since attending a large public university is not inherently the easiest place for an introverted individual like myself to meet people and make friends. At the same time, I consider myself to be highly independent and non-conformist, two character traits that quickly eliminate any possibility of me joining a social group, such as a sorority.
Throughout my short, young live I haven’t had much experience with life-changing obstacles or events. In addition, overcoming an obstacle depends on what qualifies as an obstacle in your eyes. Since, we all have different opinions about what an obstacle is, I believe it all comes down to how personal the challenge is to you and how serious you are to overcome it. Therefore, my personal demon I had to defeat was as simple as stop drinking coffee.
Life is entirely what you make of it. If someone would have told me that a few years ago, I never would have believed it. Now, it’s a whole different story. Nobody in this world is exempt from facing challenges and hardships, which is something that I’ve come to accept rather early in life. So if everyone faces them, how am I any different from the next person?
On Friday, February 10th at approximately 3:30pm myself and Megan were having a conversation in the staff room regarding a lesson. The conversation lead to us talk about how many people, though from the same race or ethnic group, may view an issue very differently based on their past experiences with the issue. To substantiate my point, I retold an experience that I had in college where students from the African continent and the Caribbean region did not completely understand the issue or atmosphere of race relations in the United States. I went on telling her that the harsh reality that most Black Americans face was vastly different from the many African and Caribbean students realities in our home countries. However, this misunderstanding lead to a temporary divide between the African and Caribbean students’ organization and the Black Student Union as they were not happy with the fact that we –
Did you know every human body has 206 bones? Instead of having 206 bones, I have 206 ½ today. This is definitely a story I was never going to forget about, with all the pain, tears, and laughs involved. In P.E. one day in 8th grade, for our unit we played basketball.
