Racism

“The dynamic and integrating power constitutes the principal frame of reference for all individual and collective experiences-has been preserved in recognizable form among the North American Diasporas.”[1] Racism still plagues the veins of America today. Whether it is positive or negative racism is to be decided. There are examples of positive racism such as: Affirmative action and following a role model of the same race. Traces of negative racism still exist within groups such as the KKK for example. Our group has mostly examined racism against African and African Americans. We believe the term “African”, in it self, is racist. Do you see anyone calling a white American, a European American? The answer is no. Why can’t we call the group labeled African Americans, Americans? When our group goes to a TCU football game, we cheer for the team as a whole. At TCU a black football player is called a football player. A white football player is also called a football player. If a sport as simple as football can get past discrimination of white and black, how come America cannot? People like Johnny Lee Clary, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela are great examples of attempts to over come black racism. Peter J. Paris makes many great points in his book Virtues and Values: the African and African American Experience. Paris uses leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. to empahsis that troughout the hard times, African virtues and values stood strong. The virtues and values Paris hit mostly on were: Beneficence, Forbearance, Practical Wisdom, Improvisation, Forgiveness, Justice, and Public and Private Ethics. Paris uses many examples to show how King and Mandela practiced and believed in all seven of these virtues and values. By having role models of this stature follow these virtues and values, it made it easier to keep the sacred