...SUBMISSION :______16 September 2013_____ Table of Contents Introduction 2 Question 1 2 Question 2 4 Question 3 5 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 7 Plagiarism Declaration 8 Introduction Post-apartheid South Africa was intended to bring together people of all races and ethnicities; however, black South African citizens are discriminating against and showing prejudice towards African migrants. Research has shown that the main causes of xenophobic attitudes are a result of politics of access and the struggle for political and socio-economic resources (Adjai & Lazaridis 2013:192). Question 1 Old racism is discrimination based on race which is a group that is different biologically to one’s own group. New racism is discrimination based on someone else’s national origin or ethnicity (Adjai & Lazaridis 2013:192). Old racism is exclusion based on biological features whereas new racism is exclusion based on cultural and national features. New racism claims to be moving away from prejudice views and judgements but as simple pointing out the differences between different groups. Although by pointing out these differences it encourages concerns that they are a threat to the values and beliefs cherished by the community. New racism diverts from racism being about domination but rather the exclusion...
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...CAI Critique Is it true that racism is still around today? In the novel, “New Boy,” By Julian Houston is about a young african american boy’s life and the struggle he goes through to be able to have the best education as well as the struggles he sees his own people facing back home in Southern Virginia. Rob Garrett is forced to go to a all caucasian school to get the best education as well as to be shielded from the racism events happening back home but there was no way in shielding him from something so big and important. Throughout the novel, we are enlightened by the author on first hand experiences that involved racism in the South and examples of how history repeats itself till this day. In the novel, the basis of the piece of work is a short story the author wrote in school, the first African American at his school and was able to have a deeper connection with the topic. Julian Houston based this novel on events and cruelty he experienced back in the day when segregation was at it’s peak. The realism of this novel is that is based on actual knowledge of how the South was in the 1960s and how it affected America and the life of African Americans. This novel represents the horrors of segregation and racism at its worst. One of the messages told in this piece of work is that segregation in the South was an important part of history because it helped shaped America. Another message is that there was no escaping the harsh realities of racism because it was and is everywhere...
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...Since the abolishment of apartheid in 1994 South Africa has been in era of attempting to rectify racial inequality. White anti-racism is one of the issues that has presented itself in this attempt at achieving equality posing both possibilities and challenges. The issues of whiteness and white privilege have emerged as one of the greatest challenges in this proves of restoration. This essay will first provide a brief historical background to white anti-racism in post apartheid South Africa as well as introducing the concept of whiteness and white privilege. In order to demonstrate the challenges and possibilities relating to whiteness a few ideological discourses will be discussed. The findings of the research done by Wale and Foster will also...
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...English 1301.63505 United States, the Home of Racism Racism is defined as discrimination or prejudice based on race. Racism is one of the main problems in the U.S because of the tragic events such as the Civil War, Holocaust, and 9/11. First was the Civil War. That was the war about slavery, and we all know that slavery is one of the biggest forms of racism known to man. It was fought between the North/Union and the South also known as Confederates. The cause of this war was slavery, which is the base of racism in this country today. The South sent ships over to Africa and brought back people to sell like they were cattle. The south thought this was ok, because they were a lesser race to the white man. The South put the African Americans to work on their farms. Not seeing that this was so wrong to the moral standard of a human being, the African Americans weren't allowed to do anything but be slaves. When the North heard of the news they tried to stop this. The south wanted no part of the North's explanation because they bought the slaves and thought the African Americans were their own property. They were so mad that they broke away from U.S and made their own thing, “The Confederate State of America”. There were many people in the south who thought the same way as the North, so the Underground Railroad was started to help the African Americans. This was a series of hiding spots for African Americans who were trying to get to the North's border so the slaves could become...
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...racial slurs because it not only challenges the reader with such a controversial topic but shows the prevalence of racism in that era. The novel’s fictionalization of the south makes it more enriching as it brings a sense of realism to the novel. This novel is a beneficial teaching tool for students learning about racism in America so banning it would impair students’ learning of the south in this era. Many historical concepts of race are displayed throughout the novel, giving it more historical context than just slavery. The underlying reason for the push for the ban is because many parents are concerned about their child well-being while reading....
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...day to day life. To kill Mocking bird shows what is was like to live in a time when people were treated terribly because of the color of their skin. This novel also reflects the time at which it was written because in the 1960’s racism against African Americans was still a big problem. To Kill a Mocking bird is a timeless classic because it teaches readers what it was like to live in 1930’s and issues of racism, it relates to the time period it was written in , and it also still relates to issues that are present today. During the 1930’s racism was a very big issue in the south. African Americans were treated extremely un- fair and had little civil rights. They were persecuted and discriminated against because of the color of their skin and no other reason but that. Racist Americans seemed to really think that African Americans were less important and less human then white people because there skin was brown. “Despite the decline of organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, racism was as strong as ever, especially in the Southern states” (Allen). To me this shows that the racist white American was ignorant and honestly stupid to think that a person was less important and less human because their skin was a different color. African Americans in south were severely segregated from the white people , whether it be in a restaurant, a store or just walking down the sidewalk. To kill a mocking shows how un-fairly African Americans were treated when they were accusing Tom Robinson...
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...Civil War, the flag of the South called the Confederate flag was a representation of a culture that the south was trying to preserve. After the war ended, with the south losing, the flag began to take on a controversial meaning due to the connection it had to slavery. The connection the Confederate flag had towards slavery in the past is why using it today, as a southern heritage symbol is controversial. Due to the nature of the meaning of the confederate flag and it connection to slavery during the civil war, its meaning becomes blurred when when it flies anywhere except a museum dedicated to the civil war. When it is displayed elsewhere, it begins to represent a reminder and celebration...
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...Government Greed Oil, stockholders, drama, racism, government and death are all words that come to mind when the Case Study of Caltrex are exposed. This controversy that occurred was one of the most horrific yet historic events in our pastime. This showed many examples of how management of companies has the responsibilities beyond normal duties to ensure a high return for stockholders. Investments should always carry high criteria before making the investment because people’s livelihood depends on it. In this case, stockholders Texaco and SoCal invested in an oil company named Caltrex to give them a high return of its investment although the trust was severed by racism and government greed lend to an end result of sense of unjust ethics such as care and virtue. Caltrex was an American oil company that operated several oil refineries in South Africa during a time of hatred and racism. Texaco and Standard Oil were jointly owned with Caltrex. It was under the Apartheid legislation which deprived the entire black population by giving them no rights at all. This included segregation of blacks and whites, blacks could not vote and were not allowed to socialize with white people. South Africa depended on oil for most of their energy needs and this was a crucial resource for them. The African law that was in place at that time established a percentage of the income be set aside for the government. This raised great concern with shareholders as they felt they were funding a nation...
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...classifications designated who could or who could not obtain membership to the elite group, and who could become a citizen rather than a subject. In the 17th century the Dutch and the British colonized the previously unexplored South Africa in a drive for modernity. The rapid English domination of the Dutch offspring (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted...
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...With Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan, it allowed the country to “forgive and forget”, which is what the country needed: to industrialize the country and unify both the North and South again. If Congress did not reject this plan, I think there would have been less tension because lingering on the aftermath of the Civil War gave way to Northerners to continue to mock and ridicule the South for losing. Lincoln’s plan could have decreased the amounts of tension and racial segregation because it would have stopped the South from continuing to feel unwanted in the Union and inferior. It only called for 10% loyalty in each state and for them to abolish slavery officially. However, Lincoln’s leniency could have been taken for granted as well. The South romanticized the Civil War into the “Lost Cause” and it allowed the Southerners to remain bitter towards the Union they already despised. I believe it could have been possible that the South would have risen up again against the North, if they were not punished. It is important to note that the Confederates only surrendered to the Union because they ran out of supplies and men, not because they lost the spirit and drive for independence. Therefore, it is a possibility that if the Ten Percent Plan was...
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...Should the Confederate Flag be Banned in the South? Today the confederate flag holds an outdated image in America’s diverse, modern society; because of this, it has no more purpose to fly publicly in the south with its symbol of racism. Instead, its new home should be part of a museum where its history can remain intact without being offensive to any particular group of people. Among many people in the United States the confederate flag is seen as offensive and serves as a reminder of the dark past our country endured in which their ancestors were enslaved and treated with cruelty. Should the confederate flag be allowed to fly in the southern States? Although many argue that it cannot be taken down due to it being a part of our history and that many people have died for that flag, it should not be flown as it relates to racism and the...
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...deal with an extensive amount of racism all around the world; therefore, it is still a struggle for the world to learn how to live in peace and harmony. Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, captures many themes, but the most influential life lessons deal with racism, perspective, and morality. Racism is one of the most influential themes in the book. Lee explains very well about the problems of racism in the south; in other words, the theme of racism in the book teaches an important message that all people need to learn. Atticus says, “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the...
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...The Native Americans with Racial Diversity in Society Cultural Diversity 4/26/2015 Sisay Teketele South Dakota, New Mexico and Alaska are three of the largest populated states of the Native Americans. There are 562 federally recognized tribes in America. There are more tribes but they are either only State recognized or not recognized by the government at all. The largest tribe would be the Navajo, Cherokee and the Sioux. More than 3 million people in the United States are Native people. The term “Native American” refers to the people who are ingenious to North America, and individuals who lived in North America long before European explorers invaded the territory. In the world of the Natives Americans today, they still live on reservations. They look to the federal government to protect them and their homesteads. Land was often removed from tribal status without any compensation and opened to settlers and gold prospectors. Although they are not hunting the buffalo any longer, they have the option to hunt other live game. In 1989, the median income of the Native American household was $19,000. Average income varies by tribe and can range from $29,211 in the Osage Tribe to a mere $11,402 in the Tohono O’Odham tribe. Native American households today only average less than $5000 annually, while only 6% of the overall United States population has an annual income of less than $5,000. How do racial groups interact in Contempary America? And are...
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...Short Essay on Race and Racism Racism occurs when one ethnic group or people as a whole controls, excludes, or tries to exclude another on the idea of the differences that it believes are genetic and cannot be changed. A belief base for racism came to a realization in the Americas during the modern period. No clear and explicit evidence of racism has been found in other cultures or in Europe before the modern period. The identification of the Jews with the devil and witchcraft in the general public of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was perhaps the first sign of a racist view of the world. Real support for such attitudes came in sixteenth century Spain when Jews who had converted to Christianity and their descendants became the victims of a regular pattern of discrimination and segregation. The period of the Renaissance and Reformation was also the time when Europeans were coming into increasing contact with people of darker skin-color in Africa, Asia, and the Americas and were making conclusions about them. The reasoning for enslaving Africans was that they were unconverted and unbelievers of God, associated between darkness and evil but slave traders and slave owners sometimes took a passage from the book of Genesis as their justification. Ham, derives from the Hebrew Ch’m, associated with being black and burnt. The story was subsequently used to underpin theories of the origin of Africans and to justify their enslavement. (Rattansi p.17) When the state...
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...Mandela. Fighting racism is difficult because people think that change is wrong and that everything should stay how it has been. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout is the protagonist and her dad is Atticus Finch. He is a lawyer in the small town of Maycomb, located in the south around the 1930’s. He is an influential character in the book because he shows integrity and Atticus makes his own decisions throughout the book. His family, the Finches, are at the top of the social pyramid of Maycomb. When he takes on a case in which an african american man is accused of raping...
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