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- 241: Martin Luther King
- ... King The most important person to have made a significant change in the rights of Blacks was Martin Luther King. He had great courage and passion to defeat segregation and racism that existed in the United States, and it was his influence to all the Blacks to defy white supremacy and his belief in nonviolence that lead to the success of ... use of violence from whites to blacks and vice versa. This philosophy was tested during the Montgomery bus boycott. Before the successful boycott, blacks used violence in order to protest racism. During the boycott, however, on both sides violence was not a measure to be taken. When someone bombed King's home, the fact that violence was used against a nonviolent ... through Congress. It allowed the federal government to enforce any racial discrimination in public areas like restaurants and hotels. It allowed the government to hold federal funds from places where racism existed. It also prohibited discrimination in the voter-registration procedures. Whites previously discriminated Blacks from voting if they were illiterate, but the Act forbade this. M.L.'s success ...
- 242: The Color Purple - The Struggl
- ... men. Alice Walker's The Color Purple is a good example of colored women's plight. Three obstacles black women had to overcome to be able to express themselves were Racism, the lack of education, and the stereo-type that women are inferior. African-Americans have always experienced racism throughout their habitation in America. Slavery, is what caused most of the hatred towards blacks. African Americans were sold by their people and sent off to a foreign land. Colored ... believed. Make a difference. African-American women have overcome quite a bit in order to get to be where they are today. Colored women have(and are still) over coming racism, lack of education, and the myth that women are inferior. Black women have taken care of their children, men, land and themselves for years. The book The Color Purple ...
- 243: Native Son
- ... rich white family) to demonstrate that he is fed up with his life being controlled by fate. The author does an exceptional job in creating a theme that illustrates how racism takes away the self-control of the oppressed, thus leaving their lives in the hands of fate. The theme that racism doesn’t allow the oppressed to control their lives can be demonstrated through the symbolism of the rat, the poster outside of Bigger’s apartment, and Bigger’s encounter with ... whites. Bigger’s, like the rat’s, destiny is to be trapped and killed which is well demonstrated through symbolism. Another factor that would lead the reader to believe that racism does not leave the lives of the oppressed in their hands is something Bigger sees everyday of his life. “They were pasting a huge colored poster to a sign ...
- 244: “Do You Believe In Fate Neo,”
- ... rich white family) to demonstrate that he is fed up with his life being controlled by fate. The author does an exceptional job in creating a theme that illustrates how racism takes away the self-control of the oppressed, thus leaving their lives in the hands of fate. The theme that racism doesn’t allow the oppressed to control their lives can be demonstrated through the symbolism of the rat, the poster outside of Bigger’s apartment, and Bigger’s encounter with ... whites. Bigger’s, like the rat’s, destiny is to be trapped and killed which is well demonstrated through symbolism. Another factor that would lead the reader to believe that racism does not leave the lives of the oppressed in their hands is something Bigger sees everyday of his life. “They were pasting a huge colored poster to a sign ...
- 245: The Obstacles in Raising Nonracist Children
- ... society. The racial statements and opinions from the media can be direct or subtle, all of which will affect my children. Rather than being blatantly racist, television programs hid their racism in innuendo or as comic relief. For example, the newest program on the Fox Network "The PJ's" portrays black people and minorities as poor, lazy, uneducated and criminally inclined ... a stable home life free from abuse, abundant in love and an openness between family members. As my children grow older there are many fronts that will confront them with racism. But, I know that what they learn from me tolerance, acceptance, education and integrity will prevent my children from becoming racist. I only hope that other parents share my determination to prevent racism, not just in Canada, but around the whole world.
- 246: West Side Story Anaylsis
- ... people feel the need to separate themselves by there culture and this is why discrimination has always been a big deal. The word discrimination can always be a associated with racism. This is something that also takes place between the Polish-Americans and the Puerto Ricans. A large source of the racism that was present in the West Side Story society stems from one's pride in his own race. People will always have pride in their ethnic background because they are ... it that one might learn to think tht their ethnic background is superior and so the level of pride increases. Pride in one's race may eventually lead to covert racism thought. Another difference that the gangs love to point out about their enemies is the status or social identity that they have. Each gang has a social deinfed positon ...
- 247: The Problem With Affirmative Action
- ... Leonard J. Biermann ) If the justification for affirmative action is reparations for prior injustices why are whites not considered? What about all the other ethnicities that suffered from historical institutionalized racism? Affirmative Action selectively discludes these people from preferential treatment, except for the females. Another issue is the "immigration-with-preference paradox," as Frederick R. Lynch describes it. This omission of non-black minorities from affirmative action. Frequently, arguments in favor of affirmative action present the case that blacks are "owed" for the past racism and oppression against them. This ignores the fact that a great number of non-black minorities are included in affirmative action programs, many of which are only recent arrivals to ... what their ancestors went through. Backers of affirmative action are groups such as the National Advancement of Colored People and the National Organization of Women claim that there is still racism and sexism in the United States. They claim that affirmative action forces "a level playing" field that gives minorities and women a chance to advance where they may not ...
- 248: The Problems of Affirmative Action
- ... with his choice, and where the peers of the employee look down upon him. All of these affect the moral of the workers and new employee, sewing new seeds of racism, when racism is what Affirmative Action was designed to extinguish. On the other hand, what if the new employee is everything that the employer could want and he just happens to be ... get the job done. Affirmative Action does nothing but cause more trouble. It makes fellow students unhappy, creates hostile working conditions, lowers the candidates’ self esteem, and is counterproductive against racism. The alternative solution presented above may not be the best course of action, but the current solution is an unacceptable substitute.
- 249: America and Affirmative Action
- ... and stigmatized in this country. When racial categories were created, simply being labeled a minority carried with it quite a slanderous stigma. Even to this day Black Americans combat lingering racism an stereotypes about their intelligence, tendency toward violence, sexual prowess, etc.... The idea that affirmative action policies introduce stigmas that did not already exist into the life of minorities seems ... admission decisions on a yearly basis? This focus on gender and race based policies only reinforces my point that the stigma minorities face has much more to do with persistent racism than the deleterious effects on affirmative action. Should affirmative action programs force people to hire unqualified minorities? No. But affirmative action programs should cause us as a society to re ... legitimate ethical concerns, they take us away from a system that is inherently unfair to some groups. The active deconstruction of the White privilege that grew out of virulent American racism affords Blacks a greater chance at equal opportunity and will have the side effect of forcing us to re-evaluate that unethically and immorally disadvantages minorities. These advantages outweigh ...
- 250: The Rez Sisters
- ... Western Ontario, with honors in Music and English. Native Literature is inspired by contemporary social problems facing native Canadians today; alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, wife battering, family violence, the racism of the justice system, loneliness, rejection, youth awareness, as well as modern-day environmental issues. (P. 172 Native Literature in Canada.) Highway once said, We grew up with myths. They ... to adapt to a lifestyle they are not accustomed to. They do not feel as though they fit in or belong to any particular culture. They are faced with extreme racism and stereotypes from other people in the nonreservational society. The Rez Sisters won the Dora Mavor Moore award for the best play in 1986-87 and later went on to ... need to open our eyes and see we can all belong together and live in one society without dropping our culture but before this can happen we need to end racism and stereotyping. These are the two main factors that push people, more commonly native people, into the loss of belonging the loss of their culture and the loss of ...
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