“The Express” is a true story about Syracuse University football player Ernie Davis, the first African-American football player to win the coveted Heisman Trophy. Ernie Davis is an African American lived with his extended family in Pennsylvania. He grew up with his uncle Will Davis, who has same age as Ernie. I think there are two reasons why Syracuse University erected the statue of Ernie Davis. First of all, Ernie contributed a lot into football career life.
Oppression- Through this strong word, many leaders throughout history have taken complete power of their subordinates. No matter who the leader is or how he uses it, oppression is not at all ethical or just. Adolf Hitler’s Nazis committed many dreadful crimes against people of Europe: killing millions of people and oppressing even more. In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace prize, Elie Wiesel argues that people must unite against the constant oppression around the world.
Cultural diversity is also called multiculturalism. It is having a heart and mind that acknowledges, accepts values and celebrates different ways via which people live and interact all over the world. Now what is discrimination? Is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. In 1920-1945 America showed so much discrimination toward many cultures African American, Japanese American and Hispanic American.
I’ve been so consumed and focused on the power I do not have and the oppression I have experienced because I am African American. I have failed to recognize the privileges I experience due to being Christian. Privilege involves unearned rights and advantages solely based on membership in a cultural group. Christians have several advantages because the presumption that the belief in Christianity is a social norm; this can often exclude the traditions and values of other religions through institutional religious discrimination. (Blumenfeld, 2006)
Young writes “one can plausibly claim that one group is more oppressed than another without reducing all oppressions to a single scale” (p. 65). In regards to the faces of oppression that Young speaks about, minority groups experience several of the different types of oppression throughout their life. Some minority groups may face more types of oppression than others. Young writes that gay men experience cultural imperialism and violence, but they don’t necessarily experience powerlessness or exploitation. Young argues that Blacks and Latinos usually experience all 5 faces of oppression.
Social forms of racial oppression include exploitation and mistreatment that is socially supported. Systematic oppression of a race means that the law or police work to oppress a certain race. Institutionalized oppression refers to establishing laws, practices and customs that produce inequities based on race. Internalized oppression involves an oppressed group using the oppression they experience and using it against themselves and fellow members of their race. Examples of internalized oppression include internalized racism, sexism and
Imagine going through a breaking point in life. A point to where it is so awful and unbearable. Going through life complications will and can affect an individual. Oppression can affect how oppressed people think, including loss of hope, making changes in society, and having acceptance.
Culture is the behaviors beliefs and characteristics of a particular social ethnic age group. That means you have many different cultures like family culture, friend culture, and interest culture like music culture do you think any of these cultures affect how you view the world? Well, culture affects how we view things entirely because our cultures helps us define our moral senses. For example culture, ‘A’ and culture ‘B’ will clash on their moral senses because culture ‘A’ could believe they are doing something right and culture ‘B’ is doing it the wrong way and visa versa with culture ‘B’ so your moral sense would be affected by the culture.
Privilege and oppression can be delivered in many forms. Privilege immensely depends on the social class or ethnic background of the person or person’s receiving it. Privileges that are given to someone of a higher class may not be as greatly appreciative as the privileges that are given to a person of a lower class. Today, privilege and oppression are dispersed in many forms and among many different races and social classes. However, privilege seems to favor the wealthy and those who are not of color.
Internalized racism is the action of someone participating in the contribution of racist actions towards members of their own ethnic group. Internalized racism goes beyond the internalization of stereotypes imposed by the white majority about People of Color. It is the internalization of the beliefs, values, and worldviews inherent in white supremacy that can potentially result in negative self or racial group perceptions (Kohli, Johnson, & Perez, 2006). Internalized racism is not just another form of racism, but a systematic oppression that has its own structure and impact within society. Internalized racism is considered a systematic oppression because it affects groups, rather than solely individuals.
Who are African Americans and what is their cultural and why is it important. In my opinion I believe culture is what you learn from your family as you grow up. Something to believe it is tall so you can learn your heritage. African Americans or more commonly known as black people is apart of culture worldwide but for me African American culture is the basis of my culture and life.
Human oppression can be defined as the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically by troubles and adverse conditions ("Dictionary.com"). There are many forms of human oppression and we will take a closer look at all of those. We will also, take a closer look at some real life examples. Furthermore, sexism can be defined as unfair treatment of people based on their sex ("Merriam-Webster.com").
The study of racism has a profound potential to become an ambiguous sociological endeavor. Incidentally, accounting for the multitude of factors which encompass this subject appear to make it the very heart of the matter and consequently the most time consuming. Although, it is my belief that all three of the main sociological theories (Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism) should be integrated in order to achieve a legitimate and quantifiable outcome, for obvious reasons the “Conflict Theory” logically renders the best possible method to obtain a valid micro analysis of specific agents in this case. The oxford dictionary defines racism as being: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior; a belief that all members of each race possesses characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
From my personal experience, the oppression I had to face was violence during my middle school years. I attended Hodgkins Middle School as a sixth grader; the beginning of this year was definitely a nightmare. There were a small percentage of Asians who attended this school, I would say around 10 percent and majority of the students were Hispanic. I had a total of five classes where I was the only Asian girl and all of my classmates were Hispanic who knew one and another. Every single day, I would hear them mocking the Chinese language or approach me and call me China.
Oppression is the foundation of several serious issues in the world today and in the past. Nelson Mandela gave a good insight to the powerful weight of oppression when he said, “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” A global phenomenon that I have seen is the oppression of the sick and the elderly. Whether or not it is intentional or unintentional, both groups have a high tendency of being marginalized and excluded from full participation in society. The oppressive phenomena around the world may seem very similar, however, each one is culturally bound and varied.
