Problems of race discrimination of the USA in the XX century
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legates - a possible sign on how they really feel about this conference, and what it is about).
Israel and United States were against discussing the possibility that Zionism is racist against Palestinians, causing both to walk out of the conference altogether; India was against including discussions about caste-based discrimination; Some Arab nations were against discussions on oppression of Kurds or Arab slave trade.
Discrimination is defined as the practice of treating one particular group in society in an unfair way, and probably stems from an inborn human intolerance towards something unusual. A possible theory as to why humans cannot tolerate difference is that they are too adverse to change - since they develop a certain mentality after being put in the same kind of environment, and keep their codes. That code is broken when they encounter something that does not match with their idea of what is normal. Then, they get resentful because their secure code has been broken. Therefore, discrimination sets in. It is an especially worrying problem for the world because discrimination may lead to civil wars which would in turn cripple a countrys social and political stability.is proven in the fact that more harmonious countries such as Singapore and Switzerland develop quickly while divided societies like that of Northern Ireland and Indonesia are still very technologically backdated.would also cause an extreme violation of human rights. People would be too busy labeling each other to realize they are not treating each other like fellow human beings. Since discrimination is a result of deeply ingrained prejudice, it is difficult to find an appropriate solution to this problem.
Nelson Mandela, for example, was valiant in his fight against the unfair political system of apartheid in Africa. Mother Teresa of Calcutta also fought against stereotypes and associated herself with the social outcasts of India. Even though she was prone to the human flaw of discrimination, she chose to fight against it. A mother and a child also share a magnificent and unconditional bond, in the sense that the mother will still love her child if her child goes to jail. As such, discrimination can definitely be fought against.
Unfortunately, there exist stereotypical images in the entertainment media.
Popular culture (songs, theater) for European American audiences in the 19th century created and perpetuated negative stereotypes of African Americans. One key symbol of racism against African Americans was the use of blackface. Directly related to this was the institution of minstrelsy. Other stereotypes of African Americans included the fat, dark-skinned mammy and the irrational, hypersexual male "buck". Other stereotypes include the portrayal of East Asians as very small people with huge front teeth and the portrayal of Native Americans as dangerous savages.family members were talking about the guy who made a lot of money, this was as stereotype. It was the stereotype that a black person should be poor and not have made a lot of money. Although they themselves are black, they apply a negative stereotype against themselves; such as by believing they should all be poor because they are black.is indeed disappointing to realize the lack of empathy there is in our world, such that even if a disabled person had extremely pleasant mannerisms, normal" people would still look upon them with fake, hypocritical pity, or worse, disgust. It is clear that such judgemental actions taken against a physically different person are already commonplace, as one often opens the newspaper to read of how AIDS-stricken patients are denied jobs even though they have educational qualifications higher than of a person without any illness or disability.movie I Am Sam" also depicted a situation whereby a mentally retarded man is not given the right to raise his child just because her intellect has surpassed his. This is unfair considering how much he loves the child, and love should be enough to ensure the childs growth.though this is just a movie, movies are often introspective reflections of human nature, which plainly proves how rampant discrimination is in our world today. One has also probably disliked someone else because she is fat, or has indulged in racist jokes. All the above examples serve to emphasize how discrimination, be it against people of another race, people of different facial features, or people of different physical abilities, is very real in our world today., our mass media perpetuates certain themes that reinforce the problem of racism in our society. There are certain messages that our media projects that portray visible minorities in a negative light. From this perspective, it is clear that there continues to be a problem in our society in connection to race.goes to show that there is that little spark of hope for humanity to be able to keep that discrimination to a minimum. If we are willing, we can cease the abyss of discrimination that has undoubtedly blinded our eyes to the real beauty of the world. Since humans have such a strong will to hate, they will also have a tenacity to love wholeheartedly and unconditionally. Ultimately, humans are creatures who want to love and be loved.race is one reason for inequality and gender is another, they are not mutually exclusive forms of discrimination. Indeed, too often they intersect, giving rise to compounded or double discrimination.many women factors relating to their social identity such as race, color, ethnicity and national origin become "differences that make a difference." These factors can create problems that are unique to particular groups of women or that disproportionately affect some women relative to others.discrimination claim may be based upon:Treatment - where the employee has been subject to discrimination because of race, ethnicity, skin color, or a words characteristic.Impact - where the employer may not intend to discriminate, but the employers policies adversely affect employees on the basis of race, ethnicity, skin color, or a words characteristic.VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin, sex, or religion. Even though race and color clearly overlap, they are not synonymous. Thus, color discrimination can occur between persons of different races or ethnicities, or between persons of the same race or ethnicity. Although Title VII does not define color," the courts and the Commission read color to have its commonly understood meaning - pigmentation, complexion, or skin shade or tone. Thus, color discrimination occurs when a person is discriminated against based on the lightness, darkness, or other color characteristic of the person. Title VII prohibits race/color discrimination against all persons, including Caucasians.VII is violated where minority employees are segregated by physically isolating them from other employees or from customer contact. Title VII also prohibits assigning primarily minorities to predominantly minority establishments or geographic areas. It is also illegal to exclude minorities from certain positions or to group or categorize employees or jobs so that certain jobs are generally held by minorities. Title VII also does not permit racially motivated decisions driven by business concerns - for example, concerns about the effect on employee relations, or the negative reaction of clients or customers. Nor may race or color ever be a bona fide occupational qualification under Title VII.like a saying Dont judge the book by color.
Chapter II. Racism reflections in literary works
II.1 African American writers about racism
of the impacts in promoting change in society was literature. Abolitionary literary works were emotionally strained and influenced much on the minds of the Americans. Antislavery literature represents the origins of multicultural literature in the United States. It is the first body of American literature produced by writers of diverse racial origins.
Race was a subject potentially implicated all American writers, it was African Americans whose contributions most signally differentiated American modernism movement. Zora Neal Hurston drew on her childhood memories of the all-black town of Eatonville, Florida, for much of her best-known fiction, including her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. W. Faulkner depicted a South at once specific to his native state of Mississippi and expanded into a mythic region anguished by racial and historical conflict.numerous writers associated with the Harlem renaissance made it impossible ever to think of a national literature without the work of black Americans, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neal Hurston attained particular prominence at the time: but others including Claude McKay and Nella Larsen were also well known.wrote a number of powerful anti-lynching and anti-capitalist poems; but in general the movement was deliberately upbeat, taking the line that racial justice was about to become reality in the United states, or like Hurston, focusing more on the vitality of black culture than on the burdens of racism. At least part of this approach was strategic-the bulk of the readership for Harlem authors was white. Some women writers found social causes like labor and racism more important than womens rights; others focused their energies on struggles less amenable to public, legal remedies.
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