Racism And Racism

In America, a culture of sustained racism and sexism influences foreign policymakers, which results in colonialism and imperialism, the desecration of nations, and militancy. The authors of the articles, Michael L. Krenn and Laura McEnaney, with differing skill sets, provide evidence of racial and gendered bias in foreign policy. In “The Adaptable Power of Racism,” Krenn expertly examines the history of racism within foreign policy; how racism adapted in the face of religious and scientific challenges, and the overall effects of racist foreign policies.1 McEnaney, in “Gender Analysis and Foreign Relations,” provides a lackluster account of the application of gender analysis to foreign policy, specifically in relation to the policies of the Cold War and Spanish-American War.2 The history of racism and sexism in America provide a blueprint for foreign policymakers, where racist militancy and sexist excuses override basic human rights.

What we as a community cannot overemphasize is the fact that we cannot barely undo the legacy of a distinctive system such as apartheid overnight. It is our duty to continuously strive towards nationhood, transformation, reconciliation and as South Africans. Nevertheless, nation states are political constructs and thus have to be continuously molded through social engineering. It is hazardous to our democracy for anyone in this community to hold or possess the view that racism is a given. Since time immemorial all the justifications advanced by apologists of this prejudice have been proven untrue. Despite this, some people in our community are still prone to racism and this is the problem which we should address.

Racism is a serious social menace not only in the US, but also the world over, including Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The situation has escalated to a new high, especially in this twenty-first century where technological advancements have necessitated mass and quick sharing of information (Nairn et al. 188). Indeed, social media elements like Facebook, Snap Chat, Twitter, Instagram, and What Sapp has been core in enhancing globalization and its effects, some of which affect and influence racial discrimination both directly and indirectly. As opposed to the views that racism is real and has gained momentum globally, the work of media has on the other hand chosen to report the manifesting cases on the extreme degrees, so that it appears as though the world has come to a halt because of such discriminations. At a critical approach, scholars have noted that media is a channel that creates awareness about racism, and hence could easily escalate the situation if a critical balance on the news and reports aired to the public are not balanced between estimates and practical occurrences (Baker and Rowe 443). While discussing the subject of racism and racial discrimination, it is not only essential to outline how the situation is apparently but also imperative to confirm that race relations are depicted to be really bad in today’s times but the media tries to persuade people to believe an exaggerated side of the situation.

I chose to write about the racism that people in the United States are experiencing. The United States has the world’s largest economy in the world’s gross domestic product and the United States makes up to roughly about 17 to 22 percent of it. United States’ currency is the most widely used currency in international trade, other countries such as British Virgin Islands, Ecuador, Panama, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nicaragua and Belize use the US dollar as their own currency. America is a mixed economy meaning that both private interests and state interventionism play a role in it. Christianity is the largest religion which makes up about 70.6% and about 25.4% makeup Evangelical Protestant and about 20.8%

In our everyday life, we see some form of racism being portrayed in movies, tv shows, and media. For many of us, it is hard to distinguish and truly uncover the racism being portrayed. There are forms of racism that one can easily see, but it is hard to reveal full insight. For instance, in the film The Help, racism was portrayed because the women working as maids were African American whom worked to pay for their necessities. This film showed how women of color suffered double the hardship because of their race and sex. However, some white women were also discriminated by men and amongst each other. In addition, this could be traced back to the article Take a Closer Look: Racism in Women’s Lives, because it speaks of the different levels in which racism harms an entire society. Also, the article talks about the advantages/privileges that whites have. Although the article and the film are fairly similar, they also have some differences. The film portrays both racism and sexism, and the article focuses on how children’s upbringings develop racism, and how others resist racism. Both the article and the film interrelate with one another.

Racism has been around for many centuries and it has affected many people around the world. Racism affects people mentally and emotionally and can cause many terrible actions to happen to people. Racism happens to every race around the world but the most common and frequent race being affected by racism are the African Americans. African Americans have been affected by racism very harshly throughout centuries and have caused many to have mental and emotional issues. African American women and children have always taken a big toll when it comes to racism. Racism has always been amongst African American women and children and it has been affecting their psychological state of mind.

A time I had to stand up for what I believe in, was during summer of 2016, I got into a heated discussion of how profiling someone verbally can lead to racism. That day I and my African American friend went to the convenience store. One of the customers shouted to the cashier in a disrespectful manner “oh look a thug and a cartel leader, make sure they pay bossman” and I quickly questioned him “ sir you don 't know our history.” He quickly interrupted me by saying “yes I do, your buddies parent 's are black. I 'm sure “coffee grinds” has been to juvenile for committing a crime. I had to protect my friend mostly because he 's shy and afraid to express his opinion around others. At that point it was obvious, the guy was racist. In this

Racism has come to be a very important topic in today’s society. Many are talking about the injustices when it comes mostly when it comes to African-Americans and Caucasians in authority. Many have deemed the incidents of Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Sandra Bland, Walter Scott, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, the Spring Valley High School video, and even the Charleston Shooting to name a few as reactions to racism. Out of the people talking about these events, only a few really know the meaning of racism and what this grand idea includes. There are many different type of racism such as racial discrimination, institutional, economic, symbolic/modern, cultural, color blindness and othering. The most common forms of racism in today’s society are mainly racial discrimination (social division), institutional (institutionalized racism, state racism, affirmative action, racial profiling, and racism by country), and othering (we are here, they are there; us vs. them).

Beginning from the Western slavery, caused and created mostly for economics reasons, racism consequentially was promoted through law and social institutions. Using various means of dehumanization, marginalization of African Americans, and creating and legitimizing their image as a lower race, racism has been cultivated in society for hundreds of years. Gradually racism and racial stereotypes were woven into language, science, wide social opinion. The biological interpretation of the race has divided and labeled black by creating special conditions for them at all levels of social organization and hierarchy. Their political, social, private isolation, in addition to humiliation and further struggle for rights, diverse movements (Black

As immigration becomes a bigger issue in the United States, so do racial tensions and segregations. A poll conducted by CNN, in 2015 helped to shed light on five separate areas where racial ideology has rapidly changed. Americans are more likely to consider racism a big problem today than they were 20 years ago. When polled in 2016, 49% of Americans said racism is a big problem in the country, up from a mere 28% four years ago. While only 43% of white citizens consider racism a big problem, 66% of blacks and 64% of Hispanics consider it to be an issue, most likely because they are the ones who are affected by the increase in racism. The percentage of those who see racial tensions increasing has grown as well. Almost

Racism has existed since 3000 B.C when the Egyptians enslaved the Hebrews. The enslavement of African Americans in the 17th and 18th century has been a constant issue and a debatable topic in American society. In recent news, Confederate Monuments of soldiers and generals have been assaulted, and their existence bears witness to open racism. Monuments are being taken down and removed because to some, they represent a society that once owned slaves. Many Americans blindly support these claims, but fail to witness the true reason as to why these statues are placed, not to support racism or slavery, but to honor those who fought and died.

It is debatable that since King’s speech things have prospered and some stayed the same. In the past years, there have been issues that show that nothing has changed. Everyone can argue that racism and segregation haven’t gone away. If cops and the people that are against blacks would just ask questions before firing a gun then we would be alright. Even though MLK speech helped us to get somewhere in today’s society, the black people still go through racially profiling and segregation.

When a child is born, they are oblivious to the world and all its malice, including race. Young children do not see color as something that is harmful or dangerous, but they can be taught to think such ways in the environment they are brought up. With stereotypes about the minority races in the United States, it would be almost impossible to claim that a person is completely unbiased and impartial. The slight actions people take when they see a specific group of people walking down the same street as them, the slight facial expressions that change, body language towards different people shows racism in ignorant ways. Society claims that it is the bigger person who does not judge people by their physical demeanor, yet that is not true in terms of advertisements. Racism takes forms in several ways, ways that are found in the books we read, music we listen to, and more commonly the advertisements we see. Racial minorities in America still face furtive discrimination found especially in simple ad campaigns through the submissive portrayal of minorities in comparison to their fellow white counterparts, though the message of the product advertised is understood, it demoralizes minorities even though Americans claim to be tolerant, equal, and impartial.

Racism is an ideology that has shaped the entire history of America and has dictated, and continues to dictate, power structures throughout our country. In order to address that fundamental problem of racism, we first must address the fundamental inequalities, in power, both economic and political, that plague America. If we are able to truly address those power structures that enable the ideologies of race and racism, we will be able to work towards deconstructing those ideologies. In order to understand the how to address racism, we must look towards the creation of this ideology.

The setting is the time and place where an event or story takes place. Sometimes the setting helps us to understand why things happen in certain circumstances. Even though the characters from these short stories are from different places and have different racial backgrounds, does it affect their actions? “The Storm,” by Kate Chopin and “Sweat,” by Zora Neale Hurston share many similarities but also differ in many ways. The main characters, Calixta and Delia face many struggles in their marriage such as infidelity, or abuse. Setting and race can sometimes influence the actions of characters as read in these stories, but that is not always the case.