...Reading the Nonviolent excerpts, the two chosen to write about are Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. It seems that the two men only agreed upon one idea, which is, bettering the life for African Americans in America, alternatively, having two different views on how to achieve this goal. Malcolm X was not a radical. However, he voiced different views during the Civil Rights Movements. It is believed by a majority of educated African Americans that if Malcolm was a radical so was every white American that murdered African Americans before as well as through the duration of the Civil Rights Movement. Moreover, Malcolm X was not violent. He believed in self-defense. Self-defense only when an act of crime was being done against an individual,...
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...distinguished, upper-class fathers with the pipes and sweaters with the leather patches on the elbow—the guys who gently sat their children down and explained to them in a calm voice that the kids had messed something up and then gently gave them moral advice on how to fix the situation. Oh, yes, those men were gone. Enter the new guy: Archie Bunker. This dad was middle-aged and middle-class, he believed in family and country, and he feared everyone who was different from him. He yelled at the top of his lungs about anything and everything, and he showed his sensitive side only in the most serious of situations. Archie and family were introduced to America in 1971 by sitcom genius Norman Lear in a show called All in the Family, an American remake of the British hit Till Death Us do Part, which ran for ten seasons in England from 1965-1975. Initially, the show didn’t do well in the ratings. America’s response to the character who would become “America’s most loveable bigot” was outrage. Many wondered how CBS could air a show whose main character used words like “jungle bunny,” “jigaboo,” “fag,” “fairy,” “Mick,” “Spick,” “dumb Polack,” and “Hebe” on a regular basis. The audience was shocked and, at first, put off by such a character. However, the show was saved from cancellation by the popularity of its summer repeats, and had finally earned a place on CBS’s fall schedule (IMDB). Still, the show was shrouded in controversy, which continues to this day, twenty-six...
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...classification when matters identified with isolation, race and ethnicity are interrelated. I have chosen the film "Remember the Titans" to examine the effects of the previously stated as they relate to sports all through this paper. In 2000, Remember the Titans was an American sports film focused upon fanciful African American football mentor Herman Boone who was depicted by super star Denzel Washington. This motion picture was not just one of the top rated and enthralling films of its year, however offered groups of onlookers a complete representation of mutual activities and leads in the lives of individuals like themselves. Using our text to break down and thoroughly describe the movie in regards to realistic conflict theory, cultural theory and racism all of which plays into the factor of sociology of sport. Prejudice is the amazing conviction that races have unmistakable attributes and inherited variables, and, likewise, certain races are better than others. The realistic conflict theory suggests that contentions between two distinct gatherings will emit as the gatherings contend over the same constrained assets. We will see what the life of African American mentors and players were similar to living through the time in American History. This was an unpredictable time in U.S. History; the 1970's were a period of war, social change, and racial battles for equity. A large number of the issues of the day persisted from the 60's. This was the season of the flower children, and the restriction...
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...men and women by showing instances of inferiority and superiority throughout the story. In 'A Point at Issue,' there are many instances where the idea of hypocrisy and the attitudes that the main characters display and how their actions affect each other's lives, show the impact that men have on w... As I read "Desiree’s Baby" by Kate Chopin, I couldn’t imagine living in an era where my value as a human being was determined by my skin color. I ask myself if I would have been considered an Afro-Cuban and treated like a slave just because my father is a "Quadroon" (1/4 African)? Would my father’s skin color, heritage and ethnicity make me an "Octaroon" (1/8 African) regardless of the fact that my skin is lighter than most Caucasian’s? "Desiree’s Baby" by K. Chopin is set in the early nineteen hundreds, just before the American Civil War. In that era, slavery was legal and people who had traces of African descent were treated worse than insects. It was an era when a human’s value and social status were measured by the color of their skin. Chopin writes about the importance of social status and the importance of race versus love, family, dignity,...
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...Black Panther Party, initiated nearly fifty years apart, were formed primarily to fight against police cruelty against the African-American people in the United States. The Black Lives Matter was established primarily to terminate the prevalent murdering cases of the Black adults and children by the police officers. On the other hand, the Black Panther Party for Self -Defense was a revolutionary movement founded to terminate the state-sanctioned victimization, curb racial discrimination and aid some communities in several social programs in the USA. This article explains the strategies and plans used by the two organizations, their political influences, and ideologies of each movement. Zero Campaign plan and ten-point program of the Black Lives Matter movement and Black Panther party accordingly, are broadly discussed. Further, the paper elaborates on the means of communication particularly social media and newsletters employed by each organization such as cell phones and press in disseminating their information to the general public. In addition, the community impact and the services provided by the two movements are explicated in depth. The Black Lives Matter and Black Panther groups have effected a substantial political influence in the United States using various dogmas. The organizations’ mission of fighting for the rights of the African-Americans has overwhelmed the whole nation. Neither the police officers nor the country constitutionalists have been able to stop their...
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...After African Americans had gained some improvement in their civil rights, the resurgent white elites, who alluded to themselves as Redeemers, enforced racial segregation in the South, enacting laws that mandated bigotry and partisanship by both state and local governments. These became known as the Jim Crow laws. The Redeemers believed that the Jim Crow laws were constitutional as long as they agreed to have separate but equal facilities. But separate is not equal. “In the years that followed, the Court made this "separate but equal" requirement a hollow phrase by approving discrimination even in the face of evidence of profound inequalities in practice” . Not only were the Jim Crow laws devastating, African Americans also had to deal with...
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...A report has demonstrated that youthful African American men matured 15 to 19 are 21 times more inclined to be killed by police than their white associates are. Taylor contends this can't be comprehended as only a black versus white issue. black lawmakers run the city of Baltimore and control its police constrain. Be that as it may, this didn't stop Freddie Gray dying or the foundation moving in around the officers in whose authority he was the point at which he passed. Taylor clarifies how this fits in with the advancement of "colourblind" governmental issues in the US. Being colourblind implies saying that no gathering ought to have advantages. By and by this implies expelling hostile to supremacist laws that were established because of the Civil Rights and Black Power developments in the...
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...Hate Crimes in American Society in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries Sample Student Research Paper Project of Sociology Table of Contents I. Thesis Statement…………………………………………….………….....Page 4 II. Introduction and Summary………………………………….………….....Page 4 III. Literature Review………………………………………………………....Page 6 IV. Methods………………………………………………………….......….. Page 16 V. Socio-Historical Analysis………………………………………………. .Page 18 A. 20th Century 1. Lynching 2. Ku Klux Klan 3. Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots 4. Matthew Shepard B. 21st Century 1. Post 9/11 2. Jena Six VI. Cause and Effect Analysis…………………………………………… ....Page 24 A. Causes 1. Prejudice a. Stereotypes b. Scapegoats c. Presence of Hate in American Culture d. Need for Status and Power 2. Reasons for Crime a. Sending a Message b. Thrill Seeking c. Defensive B. Effects 1. Psychological Trauma 2. Undo Social Progress 3. Community Unrest 4. Threat of Retaliation VII. Descriptive Analysis……………………………………………….........Page 30 A. Description of Victims 1. Bias against a Particular Race 2. Bias against a Particular Religion 3. Bias against a Particular Sexual Orientation 4. Bias against a Particular Ethnicity/National Origin 5. Bias against a Disability B. Description of Offenses and Offenders This must be your new section? VIII. Comparative Analysis…………………………………………………. Page 36 A. United States Justice Department Definition of Hate Crime B. International Justice...
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...Pinkney’s On the Historical Development of African American Dramatic Theory; or, The Roots of Black Theatre Aesthetics, the reader is introduced to the dramaturgical criteria for “serious” African American theatre which is that it is: about us, by us, for us, and near us. These four tenants were introduced by W.E.B. Dubois and used to assess dramatic pageants of his time and have steadily been used as a basis for African American modern text. Dael Orlandersmith’s Yellowman, a two person play which investigates the corrosive prejudices within the Black community, lends itself to universal understanding of Black Americans who are conscious of their African existence before they were deemed African-Americans. Through Orlandersmith’s expressive telling of the South Carolina Gullah/Geechie culture, the play adheres to W.E.B DuBois criteria of African American drama while also offering the viewer a full understanding of prejudices understood universally no matter their race or creed. According to Pinkney, “From the earliest portrayals of Blacks in American theatre (ca. late 18th Century) through the development and institutionalization of the minstrel show (ca. early 20th Century), the Negro image was given little if any respect or justice on American stages.” The human experience through the African and African American gaze was not fully realized. Through a series of milestone eras for the dramatic movement, African Americans were taking ownership of their stories. During...
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...debate among African-Americans. The “light vs. dark” dispute within the African American population is widespread. If someone were to Google the phrase "light skin vs. dark skin" they would find more than a thousand results to look through. This is because the issue of skin color is still a big issue within the black race because in the times of slavery black people were treated differently according to their skin color. The roots of this kind of bigotry run deep throughout the country. African Americans see colorism all the time in the media, their workplace and even in schools but have learned to accept it. This way of thinking began in the time of slavery; skin color has been used as a means of division and special treatment within the black community. It’s common knowledge that slave masters separated their slaves in order to control them and reduce chances of an uprising. One of the main aspects of that separation was turning the slaves against each other based on skin tone. The house slaves were usually light- complexioned and were more likely to receive the special favor of doing work inside the house instead of out in the hot sun. Slaves with darker skin were usually stuck with backbreaking work in the fields. To guarantee the division of the races, it was a well-known law that if a person had 'one drop' of black blood in their bloodline they were considered to be black. As a result, this discrimination among light and dark complexioned African Americans has caused...
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...ETH125 Week 4 Quiz Ch. 5 Ethnicity and Religion This is a multiple choice quiz and each item is worth two points for a total possible of 50 points. There is only one correct response for each numbered item, and you should use the Schaefer text as needed to determine the best response. Please clearly identify your choice (you can highlight, underline or mark it in red ). If you have more than one box checked, it will count as incorrect. Review your work prior to submission and make sure you have responded to all questions. Save your work and upload via the Assignments tab by the due date. 1. The largest ancestral group of European Americans is a. French. b. Irish. c. German. d. Norwegian. 2. Which of the following groups has always been considered White by the English? a. Irish. b. Germans. c. Swedes. d. none of these 3. The principle of third-generation interest states that a. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have an increased interest in their ethnicity. b. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have a decreased interest in their ethnicity. c. the children of immigrants would have more of an interest in their ethnicity than their children. d. none of these 4. The emphasis on ethnic foods and ethnically associated political issues was called __________ by Herbert Gans. a. symbolic ethnicity. b. ethnic...
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...How does the history of American education provide a context for multiculturalism? Throughout the years the education system has had problems and the issues are still being address. In the 1800’s and 1900’s the school were intended for rich white students. Women were not allowed to attend schools as they were prepared to their role as a wife. As education changed, so did the multiculturalism within the schools. Students from all walks of life were provided an education. Education was now provided to woman as well as men. In the 1960’s the African Americans started a movement to receive the same quality of education as white students. The African Americans were bus to other white schools to integrate the school system and make universal system. In the beginning this was feared and white students voice their opinion against the union between the two cultures. Over the next decade the school system found a large number of Spanish speaking students attending the school system. The school system consists only of English speaking school and had to adapt to students that will use English as a second language. The school started programs and classes for Spanish speaking classes and hired Spanish speaking teachers. This country is a large melting pot that includes many cultures. It was always a difficult task to bring all of these cultures together the way the city neighborhoods were segregated. The movement to have students bus to school to integrate the schools was used to mix the...
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...Huck Finn: Comparing and Contrasting the Controversies Surrounding Banning Books The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, deemed one of the great American novels, was published by Mark Twain in 1884. From the start, this novel has sparked a lot of negative criticism. There were heated debates among critics, and in schools debating whether or not to ban this controversial piece of literature. In today's society, this book still offends sensitive readers, because it was written in a time when people were not sensitive to the plight of African Americans. Just a month after it was published, The Concord, library in Massachusetts banned all copies stating that it was “Not suitable for trash.” (Ruta1) It was believed, that racism was at the heart of this book, and the content was, and still viewed as being harsh. Louisa May Alcott was a popular author who served on the very first library committee in Massachusetts, where The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned. She voted against this book from being sold, read or viewed. Criticizing Mark Twain saying that "Huck should not sweat. He should perspire." (Ruta1) Other libraries began removing their copies stating that it is inappropriate for children to read. The number of concerned citizens continue to debate on this subject today. Derogatory words are seen throughout this story in reference to showcase the difference between the two classes, white verses black. This book not only celebrates an unlikely friendship between...
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..."The native-born U.S. population reacted in part by developing negative Irish stereotypes similar to those associated with bigotry toward African Americans. The long history of English domination of Ireland already had planted notions of Irish inferiority that English immigrants had brought with them in the two centuries before the famine exodus. In fact, the Irish generally were viewed as a separate "race," although the term would hardly be applied to Irish Americans today." I chose this section mainly due to highlight the change of how the irish-immigrants are viewed today in comparison to the late 1800's. In the section I choose, it stated that the Irish "were viewed as a separate 'race' although the term would hardly be applied to Irish...
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...The dream was for all men and women to be treated equally and fair. He wanted African Americans to have equal opportunities as white people have. He wanted women to be treated equally and fair also, giving them the same opportunities as men also. Dr. King preached for equality for all. I strongly agree with Dr. Kings’ preaching’s. The problem is things have gone too far the opposite way. The way equality is portrayed in today’s world is not what Dr. King wanted. Dr. King was not asking for people to be hired because of their race or gender. He wanted equality for all mankind. While life is not fair for everyone, we as a society continue to promote to have equal numbers of blacks and women per white men. This is not what Dr. King had envisioned. I feel he had envisioned the work place hiring the highest, qualified person for the position. Not hiring the one who looks better in the demographics. Dr. King was not asking for special testing for the women. If women, blacks, and men all desire equal treatment, then they all should take the exact same test and the person who has the highest and best qualifications deserves the position. This is what equality for mankind means. Dr. King also wanted to see all people, black, white, red, and blue all getting along and working together. There will always be bigotry in the world, unfortunately. Some people are just so naïve, that the bigotry in their minds will never go away, But there are many people in the world who...
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