Race and Ethnicity Today in society, there is an inequality with races and ethnic backgrounds in the United States. The prejudice judgements have flourished over many generations which causes the world view of racism to become international. There are many differences between race and ethnicity. Race is defined by the color of someone’s skin, society considers people if they are one drop of that race they are considered that race, this is known as the “Drop of Blood” theory, this pertains to a racist theory. Ethnicity is defined by the culture customs of norms and language. The ethnic background is usually perceived by others and by self. In the Color of Fear, the group of men who conversed with each other explained how they were treated by certain areas of the community. The social structure of these men were all different since their classes were all different. A question addressed in the conversation was why whites deny the blacks the idea that racism exists, this …show more content…
There are various racist views on the segregation of these races, although in the passage there were talks of hate crimes that were committed to send a message of hatred and union to the minorities. These hate crimes were biasedly motivated for not just their race but also their ethnic background, or national origin. In the passage “Idiot Nation” the author writes about the political leaders who failed to address the racism in America. The author states that the government view the “dangerous class” as uneducated and poor, these traits would prevent the country to ever succeed in having an equal society. Although Michael Moore also stated the enemy in the United States were the rich, old, fat, white men in the government. The political system will interfere with any unjust problem if they view the issue as unfit, also any wrong behavior was deemed to criminal